FULL MOON PUPPET ARTS: Engineering with Feeling
Online Workshop · September 14, 2025 · with Tyler Stuart
We’re sharing this exciting upcoming event from our friends at Full Moon Puppet Arts (hosted by Open Eye Theatre). This is not our event — but part of our ongoing collated list of fabulous puppet and mask workshops happening around the globe.
🎭 Workshop: Engineering with Feeling
Instructor: Tyler Stuart
📅 September 14, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 4:00 pm (Central Time)
💻 Online (via Zoom)
💲 $30 | Ages 13+ | Max 20 participants
Description:
In this workshop, Tyler Stuart introduces playful, practical methods for solving common mechanical challenges in puppet design — like eyes, legs, and arms. By working with simple mock-ups, participants discover not only technical solutions but also creative sparks for future builds.
“Engineering with feeling” means looking at mechanics not as cold calculations, but as part of gesture, movement, and life. You’ll come away with a new appreciation for how engineering and emotion work hand-in-hand in puppetry.
🧰 Required Materials
Please assemble these materials in advance of the workshop:
String
3–4 large beads or balls with holes through them
Tubes of various lengths (plastic or metal tubing)
Elastic cording (bungee or rubber bands)
Roll of tape (duct, gaff, or gorilla tape)
T-pins or thumb tacks
Cardboard or foam-core sheets
Needle nose pliers
Scissors
Drill with drill bits (if available)
Hole punch (if available)
Wooden sticks (popsicle sticks, dowels, or paint sticks)
👤 Teaching Artist Bio
Tyler Stuart is a visual artist, designer, fabricator, and performer from Portland, Oregon who has worked within the entertainment industry for over two decades creating and performing puppets of various sizes and styles.
He has worked with Michael Curry Design, creating large-scale costumes, puppets, and props for clients such as Disney, Universal Studios, and Broadway venues. More recently, Tyler has ventured into the world of stop-animation, working on film productions such as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and the television series Tiny Chef and In The Know.
🔗 Learn more at tylerstuart.com
(Images: 2019 USH Triceratops ·
About Full Moon Puppet Arts
Open Eye Theatre partners with their long-time collaborators at Full Moon Puppet Arts to offer a new series of extraordinary workshops in 2025. These sessions are led by master practitioners and open to artists of all experience levels.
Workshops happen on Zoom or in person.
Online sessions are recorded and viewable for 1 week after the live event.
For questions, email liz@fullmoonmpls.org.