Images in Motion - Puppets & 3D Print

08/19/2025

We had a great play day in our studio last weekend thanks to some very talented puppeteers. Kudos to Art Gruenberger. of Puppet Art Theater Co.. Marisol Himmel/ModdyPuppets & Heather Gobbée for helping us shoot an IIM promo video. And the production team included 2 other puppeteers Gabrielle Greenfield and Mia Ginesi. Even the puppets were happy! Thank you all!

08/14/2025

Progress on our monkey/human puppet with the mold from 1998. Lisa Zagone www.lisazagone.com assembled some great fabrics to create his costume. And as this puppet will have 2 sets of hands, one set rodded and the other "live" (like the Swedish Chef) Lisa came up with magnetic snaps for quick replacement. Clever!

07/24/2025

This is an interesting puppet build/recycle project. Our client wanted a puppet for an indie film and asked if we could build a monkey/human puppet with a similar head to one we sculpted for a PBS show in 1998. Amazingly enough, we still had the head mold and it was in good condition. The client's puppet will be much different, but here's some photos. I'll try to post more as we continue the build.

03/16/2025

Tomorrow 3/16/25, if you're in the SF Bay Area and are interested in puppetry, drop by the San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild Meeting. 2 great workshops by Lee Armstrong & Lisa Zagone. Signup at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094AACA72FAAFB6-54724657-sfbapg

2 great puppet workshops at part of the Guild's March meeting. If you're a builder/puppeteer, don't miss Lisa Zagone's puppet mechanism workshop. It was a highlight of the N. CA Puppet Festival and Lisa has added a "hands-on" element. And if you're a puppeteer, storyteller, teacher, librarian, just getting started in puppetry, check out the Intro to Puppetry. More info at https://sfbapg.org/2025/march-guild-meeting-animating-puppets-eyes-eyebrows-and-more/

01/08/2025

Our "Twinkle" article was picked up by North Bay Biz. If you haven't seen this family friendly music video, we'd appreciate your view and like. Many thanks to Tim Curley, entertainment writer for the Sonoma Index Tribune for his excellent article!

Tim Curley, Business news from the North Bay Area, Sonoma County, Napa County, Wine Country

12/21/2024

Please check out our Telly award-winning music video, done in collaboration with Stinky Tales, who specialize social-emotional learning for children.

Sonoma-based Images in Motion, a video production company known for its puppet work, received a Telly Award for its work on the Stinky Tales video “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”

12/19/2024

We've been using our studio for puppet building, but it was great to have a shoot in last week. It was a test for an educational video. Anyone need to shoot greenscreen in the SF Bay Area? If so, we're all set to go!

09/24/2024

We’re delighted to announce that "Twinkle" has won 3 Telly Awards!
This lullaby was made in collaboration with our amazing friends at Stinky Tales, https://www.stinkytales.com/
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was awarded:
🏆 Best Video Short
🏆 Best Arrangement & Recording by Anne Zesiger of Stinky Tales
🏆 Best Lighting by Bill Ferguson of Images in Motion
Producers were Lee Armstrong & Kieron Robbins of Images in Motion and Anne & Doug Zesiger of Stinky Tales
"Twinkle" transports you to a dreamy, ethereal world where Stinky the Cat and Dillard the Dragon playfully prepare for a peaceful sleep. We hope you will watch Twinkle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAk7Z9k-WFk and if you enjoy it, please share it with your friends! Everyone needs a good night's sleep! 🌙✨
Stay tuned for some behind-the-scenes photos tomorrow. We can’t wait to show you more! 💫

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lullaby With engaging puppets and this lovely adaption of a beloved lullaby, this video is sure to charm old and young alike. By ...

07/18/2024

Images In Motion produced a PSA (public service announcement) for our friend Tania at Sonoma Chicks https://www.sonomachicksrescueandsanctuary.org/.
If you want to see it on the silver screen, it's opening for "The Muppet Movie" at the Sebastiani Theatre, Sonoma, Sat., July 20, 2 pm.
https://www.sebastianitheatre.com/music/2024/7/8/the-muppet-movie-with-sonoma-chicks-puppet-psa-opening

July 20 Click Here For Tickets Presented By The Northern CA Puppet Fest.

07/12/2024

Opening Reception of "Celebrating 70 Years of Puppetry" Puppet Exhibit Tomorrow. Sat 13th, 5-7 pm at Sonoma Community Center. Puppets, puppeteers, refreshments, Anniversary cake, Make a Puppet. All are welcome!

The San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild is presenting an exhibit at the Sonoma Community Center in light of the upcoming Northern California Puppetry Festival Aug. 2 and 3. “Celebrating 70 Years of Puppetry” is running July 13 up until the festival in Gallery 212 at the Community Center.

04/14/2024

There were many amazing costumes, all build from recycle materials, at this year's Sonoma Trashion Fashion, but Nao Kobayashi won MOST THEATRICAL! Congratulations to Nao, our talented Images in Motion puppet designer, builder and lady of many talents.

02/12/2024

Puppet enthusiasts are welcome to the SFBA Puppetry Guild Holiday party this Sat., Feb 17th!

WANTED: ONE DOZEN PUPPETEERS: On Saturday, February 17 in Vallejo, California, SFBAPG will make guild history with the first SFBAPG Puppetathlon. Guild members have spent hundreds of hours constructing a set of superbly agile tabletop puppet athletes who will compete on the 17th for top honors in a grueling and hilarious
”American Ninja Warrior” type competition. The course is set, the puppets are trained and ready. All that is needed are the puppeteers (that’s you!) No experience needed, just a love of fun puppetry. We will meet right before the holiday party for you to meet your puppets and bond (prep with a short tabletop puppet workshop.) Sign up today and join us as we make history together!

email Michael at [email protected]

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E4BAEAB2AA7FC1-47006623-holiday