Back a while ago we did a series of blogs devoted to the creation of a wood carved ventriloquist figure being built by Pastor Scott Bryte for Keith Suranna. This was a great way to see how Scott takes an idea from a sketch on paper and can transform it into a fully functional custom wood carved ventriloquist figure. He is one of only a few today that is doing all carved wood figures.
I am always searching to acquire more ventriloquist figures. I have had many people contact me and ask if it is OK to offer me figures instead of listing on them on eBay or the Ventriloquist Marketplace. The answer is YES!! I certainly could not put my collection together without the contact of those of you wishing to sell.
When we changed our blog format a few months back, we couldn’t keep the ventriloquist videos page we had due to technical reasons.
However, I’m glad to say that the Ventriloquist Videos are back. In fact, we created an entire site for it called:
Today I am very happy to offer for sale a 100% original Foy Brown hand carved basswood ventriloquist figure to you.
This figure is a full size standing 42″ tall and he has slot jaw and side to side moving eyes. Everything is original to this figure. All the paint, the hands, the body, the head stick, the wig and even the cloths are original to this figure. Foy’s signature is burned into the body. I also love Foy’s hands which are very realistic in looks to human hands with the bends in his fingers.
As an acute observer of ventriloquism I though I would throw out my thoughts on the mixing of magic and ventriloquism. Magic as it happens is very close to me. My son is a pro working magician and does table magic in restaurants. He has been doing this for the better part of 10 years. I actually got into the ventriloquism to keep from stepping in my son’s way in his quest to become a magician.
Magic is a great art and so is ventriloquism. When you perform ventriloquism you are actually doing magic. When you bring your figure to life and the figure is interacting with you and your mouth is not moving when the figures is, you have created a fantastic illusion. MAGIC!!
