John has been designing and making a large rod puppet for a private collector.
New commission
Category Archives: Commissions
The press has gone mad for John’s Meercat Puppet
Added 28th May 2010.
The press has gone mad!… after about a year since PuppetCraft made the Meerkat puppet they have published lots of articles.
Click to have a look:
Herald Express. Swns news. Metro.
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Brains dances
Added 4th June 2008
The hit advert of Thunderbird puppet character BRAINS dancing was a very fast making job for PuppetCraft: in 3 weeks John Roberts carved two puppets to closely copy the original TV puppet, but with the ability to perform the fantastic dance that had been choreographed for him.
Martin Corbin painted the puppet, Jane Eve made controls, Sue Field made costumes and Sarah Wright painstakingly made a wig.
Thunderbirds Brains Drench TV advert
Rehearsals and filming took place in London, followed by weeks of postproduction cgi work to erase the 5 puppeteers that worked around the puppet. Puppeteers were: Ronnie LeDrew, Sarah Wright, Sue Dacre, Libby Granger and John Roberts.
The Making of Brains from the Thunderbirds Drench advert
