We learned from the best so we can become the best.  In an attempt to further the art, puppeteers share the magic with each other freely.  Puppet Gumbo featured a variety of workshops to assist us in increasing our existing skills and developing new ones.  Yostie Ashley, who served as the festival's workshop director, was kind enough to donate most of the photos on this page.

Now you see it...	Now you STILL see it through the magic of blacklights.
Storyboarding, the Prerequisite to a Performance	Overhead Projector Shadow Puppetry
Anything can be used as a puppet	Onlookers takes on a new meaning
Sock It To Me	Simple, But Effective Puppet Characters
And if socks are not to your liking, how about large Bunraku puppets from newspaper?

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