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Puppet Bloopers

November 26, 2014 |

Supernatural creature puppets swear a lot when they get their lines wrong. What could be better?

My vampire, werewolf, demon, ghost, witch and zombie puppets are based on the supernatural creatures in each chapter of my book and the first … Read More

Heloise the Ghost

November 19, 2014 |

Supernatural Creature Features presents Heloise the Ghost.

Don’t let her beautiful blue eyes and adorable demeanour fool you. Heloise is not a friendly ghost. She is a true poltergeist who will hurt you if you dare to enter her abandoned … Read More

The Zombie

October 31, 2014 |

Supernatural Creature Features presents The Zombie! A ghost helps the zombie escape from being stuck behind a chain link fence so he can eat more brains.

Check out an article I wrote for Hyperallergic about sympathetic zombies in contemporary … Read More

Zombies in Canadian Art

October 31, 2014 |

Check out an article I wrote for Hyperallergic about sympathetic zombies in contemporary Canadian art: Getting to Know Zombies.

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Nigel the Werewolf

October 23, 2014 |

Nigel was working as a lumberjack when he was bitten by the largest wolf he had ever seen. Much to his surprise, one month later, Nigel turned into a werewolf.

My vampire, werewolf, demon, ghost, witch and zombie puppets … Read More

Hazel the Witch

October 17, 2014 |

Supernatural Creature Features presents Hazel the Witch!

Born in Manchester in 1677, Hazel and her parents settled in Salem, Massachusetts when she was 12. Her mother was arrested, tried, and executed along with 19 other witches in the infamous Salem … Read More

Dexter the Demon

October 10, 2014 |

When I taught a university course about Renaissance art, I amused myself by showing as many images of demons as possible. My Dexter the Demon puppet was inspired by those artworks.

Dexter is not THE Devil. He is just one … Read More

The Countessa

October 3, 2014 |

When I was a child, I dreamed of making puppets for Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. I have recently fulfilled my childhood dream of making hand sewn puppets.

The Countessa was turned into a vampire during the French Revolution … Read More

Supernatural Creature Cookies

September 16, 2014 |

I bake something delicious for every seminar class I teach in my living room in Edmonton. For my “The Supernatural in Art, Film & TV” seminars, the treats are usually related to the creature of the week like these ghost … Read More

Werewolves, Werewolves, Werewolves!!!

November 19, 2013 |

Over dinner with a couple of friends, I proclaimed, “I am done with zombies and am now moving on to werewolves.” One friend replied, “That’s a sentence you don’t hear every day.” No, I was not discussing my dating … Read More

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