I have 2 puppet heads. They are about the size of grapefruits and were used for a tv pilot about 30 years ago. The action, mouth, and eye brows are controlled by strings. Is there a way to turn them into vent figures? They are by far the nicest looking heads I've seen, and I would love to get some use out of them.

Try contacting Clinton Detweiler (of the famous, but-now-closed Maher Studios). He may be able to help you with that.

Here's the link:

http://www.newsyvents.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps.

Ony Carcamo, PHILIPPINES

With a little skill and a lot of luck, a good craftsman should be able to turn them into talking grapefruits!!!! (lol)


..sorry Jakeg.... my sincere apoologies... I seem to have a drive to upload lots of LOLs tonight.

Ony's right, Clinton seems like an excellent resource for this.

Best of lcuk!

Jonathan

There is a gentleman also who occasionally sells vent figures on ebay named Bill Nelson.
A true artist. I have watched him continually create the most beautiful haunting modern figures from a vast array of old battered forgotten abused heads.

So bring those 30 year old heads to life jakeg!!!

Eddie, who created your figure in your avatar? He looks great!
(Sorry for deviating from our topic).

Ony Carcamo, PHILIPPINES

Jakeg,

Jerry Layne is also a figure maker that may be able to help change those grapefruits into "a real boy"!

http://www.jerrylayne.com

He is very easy to correspond with via e-mail, and has many decades of experience in this field.

You can contact him at: jerry@jerrylayne.com

If you do contact him, knidly let him know that Jonathan Levey from Montreal send his best regards.

Good luck!

Jonathan

the fellow I was speaking of before...the awesomely talented Bill Nelson.