Inspiring pictures of puppets from the weburbanist

I thought I'd share some cool pictures that I found on a site called the weburbanist. I was looking for 'adult puppets' and they posted an article on several different artists who make them.
here are the artists from top to bottom:Marina Bychova, Julien Martinez, Kerry Kate Patterson, Jan Svankmajer, Elizabeth McGrath,The Brothers Quay, and Beth Robinson

Awesome puppets from etsy sellers

Cool Friday etsy pics of some amazing puppet creations...I hope that you will find them as inspirational as I do!

Here are the artists who made these puppets from the top:
Anipoma Nemorosa and Gusgustavio by SandraArteaGa
Clarissa-a handmade puppet doll by RoseLullabyDolls
FifiBunnyFingerPuppet by mrssewbot
mermaidshadowpuppet by owlyshadowpuppet
MonsterFleeceFingerlessGloves by BoysenberryLane
Zizzor-DecorativePaperPuppetScissors by crankbunny

An update on the slowly drying brown puppet woman!

My slowly drying brown puppet woman is finally fired today! It has been quite a process slowly and carefully making sure that her parts don't crack. Fortunately, the clay that I chose to use which is a terracotta with mica flecks, holds water like a sponge! I originally stopped working with water based clay because I got so frustrated with it drying fast and collapsing or cracking. This terracotta clay is fantastic though! It is great for sculpture because it has ' grog' or big bits of sand that make it more like bricks( ie stronger). I also think that I appreciate water based clay a lot more now so it makes me able to be more patient.
Here are some photos of her drying and when I have photos of what she looks like fired I will post them. Thanks so much for all of your interest in her!
Also, here are a couple of pics of some other work in progress that are going to be in shadow boxes I think...