Artie the Puppet
I taught myself how to construct felt-based hand & rod style puppets while at home during the pandemic. Chesapeake Arts Center happened to be in need of a social media mascot, and so commissioned me to create Artie (they/them). While Artie is a full-sized hand & rod style puppet (a la Jim Henson's Muppets), I also adapted Artie for use as a marionette-style puppet (manipulated with strings) so that they could be puppeteered against a green screen.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/3f10b481-ead1-4502-8d2e-f9cac261aaa2_rw_1920.png?h=e9a6a5d86120b294bc8bcea61ba4814f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/109c20db-a0e4-4280-82d9-c50fd3948ac8_rw_1920.png?h=6191895cc31841398ac05a74541d06fc)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/4acffd00-61a9-4f2e-aa4d-7c728dbeaab1_rw_1920.png?h=151906dc24bc79d38525b3a9edb1f130)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/1b756c76-7eea-48ee-9c00-5fed6176d2b7_rw_3840.jpeg?h=9939683b48bd2bbb343d738fb398c31b)
Other Work
![An unused logo for CAC's Makerspace meant to be screenprinted onto totebags for Halloween](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/216ec91d-c76b-4d41-868e-65b8d2101bdc_rw_1200.jpg?h=d432892ffc8b273483fa4e2fc3dcf97d)
An unused logo for CAC's Makerspace meant to be screenprinted onto totebags for Halloween
![I ended up laser-engraving the design on a guitar pick-shaped cutting board](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/777b52d1-9f4b-496d-a4b4-0276246acdec/327b1e4a-fae2-4b6a-a5a7-4da410f208b9_rw_1920.jpeg?h=8c071fa757416c7b8027f395baf926fe)