A Look Inside “Where The Wild Things Are”

I’m currently taking a bit of a break from being a professional puppeteer, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t still interest me!

Puppets can be anything from the smallest, simplest little creations to the elaborate full-body suits that the Jim Henson Workshop created for the new hit movie, “Where The Wild Things Are”:

Vanity Fair actually got to take a look inside the Henson workshop to see how the massive puppets were created.  The design process began with sketches and small maquettes before the huge puppets could be built.

The monster suits ended up being between eight and nine feet tall, covered in a combination of yak hair and specially-made synthetic “fur”.  The creators used a combination of foams and lycra fabric to make layers of muscles that would move realistically under all that fur.

Can you imagine all the incredibly goodies that the designers had access too?  Oh my goodness…