‘Cactus’ puppet by Philip Eddols. Assisted in detailing, making limbs, and problem solving for animateable ‘squished’ model.

‘Fox’ puppet by Philip Eddols.

Assisted creating mouth mechanics, detailed heads and body, and fabricated limbs including tail.

Puppets for Stop Motion Department, for PBS Kids show "Let's Go Luna!"

All designs by Andrea Vela Alarcón.

Llama, Alpaca, and Vicuna puppets by Meaghan Hettler.

Fox and Cactus puppets by Philip Eddols, completed with assistance from Meaghan Hettler.


Puppets are built up on styrene plastic sheets and formed with sculpey, upholstery foam, pvc foam, and felting wool. Aluminum wire armatured limbs with brass stock attachments. Llama has latex tongue swaps. Detailed with felting wool, felt sheets, and embroidery thread. Magnet system used for various face features.