Puppet Building Office Hours with Andrew Kim

Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 2pm est

Puppet Building Office Hours is a monthly, community-centered space designed to support the builders and makers in our field—whether you’re just starting out, experimenting with new materials, or refining a long-standing practice.

Each session features a guest host who is a well-established, versatile puppet builder working in the industry today. These artists frequently join us directly from their home or professional studio spaces, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at real-world puppet-building practices.

This is not a lecture or a polished demo—it’s an open, conversational office hour where you can:

• Ask questions about materials, tools, and techniques
  
• Get feedback on works-in-progress
  
• Learn how professional builders problem-solve in their own studios
  
• Connect with other puppet makers in a supportive environment
  

Our goal is to create access—to knowledge, to artists, and to the kind of practical insight that often only comes from years of hands-on experience.

Accessibility & Pricing:  We believe this resource should be accessible to as many makers as possible.

• Sessions begin at $15
  
• Participants are invited to pay what they can beyond that amount if they’re able
  

Your contribution helps us continue to fairly compensate guest artists and sustain this offering for the community.

Who it’s for: Puppet builders, makers, designers, and artists at all levels

Come as you are. Bring your questions, your curiosity, and your in-progress ideas. Puppet Building Office Hours is about learning together—and keeping the craft moving forward.

Replay available for 30 days

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: 

Andrew Kim is puppet maker and performer based in West Yorkshire, England. He is the co- director of Thingumajig Theatre (http://thingumajig.info) who create touring giant puppet and street theatre acts, build puppets for commissions and teach puppet making and performing workshops. Andrew was born in Korea, raised and educated in the USA emigrated to the UK in 2006. He has created and performed puppet and mask plays, parades and pageants for nearly 30 years with In the Heart of the Beast Theatre, Bread & Puppet Theater, Horse and Bamboo, Theatret Thalias Tjenere (Denmark), Thingumajig Theatre and many others. Andrew is the founder and former director of Handmade Parade. His puppets have been seen throughout the UK and in 20 other countries throughout Europe, Asia and North America, in several television shows and a Disney feature film.