Beginning to stitch Elmer’s antron fleece coverings.
Crank Yankers Puppet Building
At Swazzle Puppet Studio, I was the builder behind Elmer Higgins 2.0. The puppet from the original series had faded & deteriorated to the point that it was no longer usable and needed to be recreated. This one was particularly challenging because we did not have the original patterns, so in order to make the new version it required a lot of measuring with tape measures & calipers, and sometimes just eyeing it. To learn more, check out the behind-the-scenes photos below, and consider contacting me to help bring your puppet project to life!
Original 2001 Elmer Puppet from seasons 1-4. His inner foam had deteriorated and his fleece was sun bleached.
Original Elmer & the poor guy who had to recreate him.
Initial foam mock-up for Elmer 2.0. I didn’t have a pattern to recreate him, so everything was done by measurements and eyeing it.
Putting the final stitches in his nearly finished head.
Finished head. Comparing it to the original.
Finished puppet, ready to leave the shop.
Glamour shot for the press photos.
Shot from a finished episode.