Marnie is the primary artist and designer for all Puppet Artists' creations. She does all the hand sculpting work. Her husband, Bill, assists her in the design of the puppets, design and building of the skeletons for life sized sculptures, and the sewing of the puppet bodies and costumes.

All Puppet Artists' puppets (fingerpuppets, handpuppets, and life-sized sculptures) are individually designed hand sewn, soft-form sculptures. Puppet Artists' creations range in scope from the portraits of real people (from their photographs) to celebrity characters, to storybook characters, to fantasy characters, to animal characters. They each blend a sense of playfulness and humor with detailed realism. Puppet Artists' puppets offer a breadth of choice and quality of artistry that is unique in the world of puppets and dolls, and all work is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.

The puppet faces are each sculpted from nylon filled with polyfil batting. Marnie first shapes and hand sews the features, then hand paints and decorates the faces, and finally sprays them with an acrylic sealer to prevent any running or snagging.

Puppet bodies are sewn from felt. Costumes for each puppet are individually designed and sewn (by us) from various fabrics according to the character portrayed by the puppet. We personally design, hand sew, and hand paint every one of our puppets to create a unique work of art with its own personality that you bring to life. No two are identical.

To get a better picture of Puppet Artists creations, simply click on one of the categories below to see for yourself. If there is anything that you’re looking for that you don’t see, let us know. We’ll be happy to make it for you. We’ve made hundreds of different characters for people (from children to professional puppeteers).