Once again our friend from Australia, Colin Williams, sent in a couple of nice photos.
Hi Dan,
I thought I would send these photos on. You have probably seen the one of Edgar Bergen.
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Ventriloquists Pictures from Down Under
Ventriloquist Central Video Collecting Series – A Ray Guyll Ventriloquist Figure
Everyone in the ventriloquist community knows who Ray Guyll is….today’s master figure builder. Well he of course had to start somewhere and that was back in the late 1960’s when he was influenced by Jack Coats. Ray decided to build figures and did them first out of wood but then decided to try his hand at casting and the results were truly spectacular.
This ventriloquist figure is the very first figure which Ray created using Fiberglass.
Plastic Wood or Wood Dough for Ventriloquist Figures
In the not too distant past one of the favorite medium for making cast ventriloquist figure heads was plastic wood. Although it was very caustic (really hard on your lungs) it worked into the mold easily and when fully cured was rock hard and was able to be carved just like real wood.
You can still purchase the same brand plastic wood but they have reformulated so that it just does not set up and cure the same. As matter of fact it really crumbles apart and is not able to be carved.
Another medium that was used was celastic which was a cloth that was impregnated with a plastic.
Ventriloquist Central and Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady
Yesterday’s blog had to do with ventriloquist Terry Fator and his newest character, Berry Fabulous.
This weekend, Miss Arkansas and first runner up to Miss America, Alyse Eady will be opening for Terry Fator.
Ventriloquist Terry Fator and Berry Fabulous
Ventriloquist Terry Fator has been teasing everyone lately (at least on Facebook) about his newest member, Berry Fabulous.
Well he finally debuted him for everyone to see….
