You & Us

We want to work on your project: we work on commission and in partnership on a shared vision.

Commission us

Applying our creative skills broadly, we tackle projects ranging from puppet design and construction to festival installations and social impact initiatives.

We assemble specialist teams for each unique project, assisting from initial ideation through to construction and delivery.

Recent commissions we’ve worked on include co-designing, building and delivering an installation highlighting young people’s voices for the Tasmanian Commissioner for Children and Young People; designing, building and directing a giant whale puppet for Junction Arts Festival; and convening a collective of artists to create an interactive table tennis game for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Ma Ubu and Pa Ubu walk through a crowd of people gathering near a pool, children show excitement at the larger than life characters.
King Ubu in Cataract Gorge commissioned by MONA FOMA 2020. Image: Jesse Hunniford

What we bring

As our world becomes increasingly digitised, there is a corresponding yearning for the physical.

We see it every day in the wide eyes of students watching our school performances, and in the gentle reaching hands of aged care residents meeting a cat puppet. We can bring this authentic, human touch to your projects, whether they’re for big public space audiences, small group settings or use onscreen.

Our craft

Our craft includes niche skills and transferable creativity.

Out of our Derwent Park workshop we design and make puppets, installations and props in-house; creations brought to life by a team of professional Tasmanian makers and designers. These are diverse in scale and scope - a giant whale, or a hand puppet fish for television - and we can manage the process for you from idea to delivery, all with a focus on resource stewardship and sustainable making.

  • Puppet maker Mads is standing next to a work in progress whale puppet, feeding pieces of black foam through netting to make the skin of the whale
    Puppet maker Mads weaving the whale for Whale Tale in Junction Arts Festival 2024. Image: Hannah Todd
  • A person holds up via two long handles an orange fish puppet wearing a metalic space suit
    Puppet maker Mads trialling Space Fish's movement. Image: Terrapin

Clients + collaborators

Two giant puppets, one masculine, the other feminine, with bold makeup look off into the distance
King Ubu promotional shot, MONA FOMA. Image: Jesse Hunniford

If you’re curious about how we might work together, reach out.