*laughs* i know next to nothing about puppetry, but if you're not familiar with him, i'd highly suggest checking out Basil Twist (http://www.basiltwist.com/). he designed and directed last season's production of Hansel and Gretel and it was stunning!

he's got a few of the photos from our production up here, and there is a video link as well.
http://www.basiltwist.com/productions/hansel.html


when i get home tonight i'll dig around for my cd of photos of our production and see if i can find some great photos of the different puppets. every character in the show except hansel & gretel was a form of puppet. but really watching the witch(henson studios built her) move is just amazing.