Examined describes itself as a “content material platform and group playground for makers and curious minds”. Led by artist, mannequin maker and (amongst many different issues) former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage, Examined celebrates the tradition of creating, and explores an enchanting intersection of science, popular culture, prop and costume making and rising expertise.

The Examined workforce has a deep love of puppetry, and previous segments have explored the work of Rick Baker, Rick Lyon, Barnaby Dixon, Broadway’s The Lion King and plenty of others. Most lately, the Examined workforce has been spending lots of time with the Jim Henson Firm, going behind the scenes on the Jim Henson’s Creature Store in New York and Los Angeles, and doing a deep dive in to the Henson Firm’s dwell puppet improv present, Puppet Up!

Weeks earlier than the present, at Jim Henson’s Creature Store’s New York studio, Adam received a have a look at the method of recreating puppets from basic Jim Henson sketches like Inchworm and Enterprise, Enterprise:

Lastly, again in California on the Henson lot, Adam received to see the completed puppets and mentioned how they’re carried out with puppeteer John Tartaglia and puppet wrangler Kathryn Malloy:

Adam additionally had an in depth chat with Puppet Up! co-creator and Patrick Bristow about his journey with the present, and the distinctive elements of directing puppet improv:

The Jim Henson Firm has all the time been recognized for its exceptional technical innovation in puppetry, and that’s on full show in Puppet Up! Along with The Usher, a exceptional little sketch that entails dwell video looping, the present additionally mixed sensible and digital puppets collectively, dwell, in real-time.

For extra of Examined’s behind-the-scenes adventures on the earth of puppetry, take a look at their Puppets! playlist, and subscribe to their YouTube Channel.