About the speaker

Hobey Ford has worked as a puppeteer since 1976. Trained in visual art, he designs, constructs and performs with all of his own puppets and sets, including the patented Peepers hand puppet and large, lifelike Foamies. Based in North Carolina, he combines rod, shadow, marionette and adapted Bunraku techniques with storytelling, music and vocal effects, and also works as a teaching artist.