Kevin Blades

Kevin Blades

Professional puppet builder and amateur puppet performer, podcaster, streamer and video maker. Loves Jazz, hats and cats.

Morning Coffee Blog: Weirdos

Really fun and well-attended build stream yesterday (Wednesdays 11am ET on Twitch and YouTube) which has, unfortunately, put my brain in Numbers mode. As I’ve mentioned before, going into 2023 I anticipated that this was going to be a ……

Morning Coffee Blog: Hullo Everybuddy!

In The Puppet Pit section of the most recent podcast I talked about the plans for this week’s builds, and how I was just going to tinker with a head shape I’ve been trying to dial in for a little…

Morning Coffee Blog: Website Plans

Monday, we meet again. Oddly enough I don’t dread Mondays. I enjoy my work, so the Garfield meme has no power here. As discussed on the shiny brand-new episode of Pixels and Puppets podcast, I’m in the process of setting…

Morning Coffee Blog: Friday Grab Bag

Purple Greeblee Time It’s Friday, you know what that means. Miscellanea! – Despite a largely lousy week I think I’m starting to turn things around. The various tech issues plaguing the puppet mines have, in theory, been tamed or at…

Morning Coffee Blog: Fighting Back

If you’ve been on the Discord (join the Discord) you know that I’ve been having a bit of a week. Tons of little things have been building up to amount to one big lump of No Fun, and … Read…

Morning Coffee Blog: Hard Times

Part of the philosophy of Operation: Puppet is things can be more friendly and personal. I try to be open and transparent about what going on with me and the shop, etc, and that’s not always great news. Having a…

Morning Coffee Blog: Fat Tuesday

Those of you who’ve been following Operation: Puppet for a while have probably been unable to escape me talking about how much I love New Orleans. Despite being a pasty Canadian dude, the music, culture and people of NOLA call…

Morning Coffee Blog: Monday… Grab Bag?

Monday is the new Friday. Or something. Bit of an odd Monday here as it’s a holiday, so the mental rails I usually run on have been interrupted. So, in no particular order, a loose and unrelated collection of things…

Morning Coffee Blog: Friday Grab Bag

I have been reliably informed that it’s a long weekend here in Ontario as Monday is a stat holiday. Working for myself from home I do tend to lose track of these things. Long weekends can get a bit weird…

Morning Coffee Blog: On-air Talent

Really fun build stream yesterday, happy to see regulars and fellow builders turning up. Plenty of fun shop talk and tips, I certainly learned some great stuff. I’ve noticed lately that between the podcast and streams, I’m becoming more ……

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