Sunday, September 30, 2007

Jackson Tribute Characters On Their Way!



Great news! We are close to completing the first in the Jackson Tribute series characters. These characters are first carved out of wood, then cast out of a woodlike material to keep the quality of a wood character.

Many hours are spent in creating the molds. The head casting is only as good as the mold is. To begin, we take the wood head, build the clay bed and start to pour on the mold material. The next step is to create the mother mold, the mother mold is simply a shell to keep the mold rubber in its original shape.

The mouth mold is completed! As you can see from the photos, the first mouth has been cast out of the mold! The mouth on the right is the original, while the mouth on the left is the cast mouth. Identical! This is very crucial for everything to fit together and work well.
Keep watching these pages for updates on these extremely unique and high quality characters!




Monday, September 24, 2007

For Sale


What a fun character!

Pro Ventriloquist Character In-Stock!

IN-STOCK and ready for immediate shippment! We have in-stock one of our popular "Snergi" characters with moving mouth, moving head, moving self-centering eyes, pro headstick, and raising eyebrows in-stock and ready for your show. Right hand controls, brown hair and large brown eyes. Sold without clothes. Don't have to wait the standard 180 days for this one, he is ready NOW!!! Only $850.00 plus shipping. Don't delay, call today! 903-892-4053

Yes, You Can Learn Ventriloquism!

Ventriloquism and YOU!
Ventriloquism today has seen a wonderful rebirth! Ventriloquists like Jeff Dunham, Ron Lucas, Dan Horn, Terry Fator, etc. have brought ventriloquism to the forefront again. These ventriloquists are the Edgar Bergen’s, Paul Winch ell’s , and Jimmy Nelson’s of our era. How can you as a ventriloquist keep this momentum going? By mentoring! Mentoring is a fabulous way to encourage others in this wonderful art. Do you have a ventriloquist character or puppet, ventriloquist instruction DVD, CD or book that you aren’t using? Consider donating it to someone that has an interest in ventriloquism. One good example of how mentoring has been very successful is the AOPA’s (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, www.aopa.com) program. In this program, a pilot takes under his wing (no pun intended) a person who is interested in flying, take them to fly-ins, club meetings, etc. How can this apply to us as ventriloquists? By interesting others in learning this art we can take them to our shows, take them to see a ventriloquist passing through town, sponsoring a trip to a ventriloquist convention and such.
The Dummy Works desires to help you mentor someone and keep the interest in ventriloquism alive. The Dummy Works is designing a mentoring program that will be educational and most of all FUN! Details to come. www.dummyworks.com