Eric Weiss is a teacher, puppet builder, puppeteer and owner of Homeslice Puppetry, which specializes in building custom puppets and teaching puppetry classes and workshops to both children and adults alike.  Eric graduated from SUNY Buffalo and won an award in professional puppet building from BJ Guyer and the Stan Winston School of Character Arts. He has been a teacher and program coordinator with Nature’s Classroom for 15 years.  Although primarily self-taught in the field of puppetry, he has been building and teaching puppetry for around 14 years, and is an active member in both the Connecticut Guild of Puppetry and the Puppeteers of America. He began his company as a way to turn his craft and passion into a career, and as a way to bring this passion to a new audience who want to learn how to make puppets. In an effort to spread this knowledge and inspiration, he takes his business on the road teaching in various schools, camps, maker spaces, and art studios throughout most of New England.  

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