Comments on: Coraline’s torso

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:22:40 +0000

Evan: That’s a good trick. I may have to give that a try.

Kristen: Thank you! Coming from a fellow puppeteer, that’s awfully nice praise. I look forward to your box blog post.

By: Kristen Behlings

Kristen Behlings — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:38:38 +0000

Wow, Mary. These sort of construction details are just – beautiful. I can’t think of any other way to say it.

Something tells me you would like this box I have sitting beside my keyboard, so I’ll describe it to you and tell you its story. In fact, I’ll put it in a blog entry, because it’s bound to be long.

By: Evan Nichols

Evan Nichols — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:44:05 +0000

I haven’t been commenting much lately, but I did want to say that I’ve been finding this series fascinating! I appreciate that you’re taking the extra time to photograph and describe the process. Very, very cool!

And I’ll note that there’s a similar problem when dressing action figures, particularly their rigid little thumbs. I use a pair of right-angle tweezers to reach in and unhook tiny sleeves…