A Simple Block of Foam with Two Well-Placed Eyes

The folks at Furry Puppet Studio got in touch with us — and they were kind enough to send us the following: “Located in SoHo, New York, the studio designs and builds custom puppets and creatures, the soulful, hand-made kind you want to reach out and talk to. Founder and Creative Director Zack Buchman is entirely self-taught, and the work runs the full anthropomorphic spectrum: Shaggy monsters, animals of every temperament, oddball mascots, and one very memorable talking refrigerator. Clients have included Apple, Nike, Casper, and Nintendo, plus a parade of famous faces and likenesses from Jon Hamm to Missy Elliott  to Andy Cohen. Every character begins as a block of foam, carved by hand, then dressed in fabric the team sometimes produces themselves. Buchman grew up on Sesame Street, The Moomins, and old LucasArts adventure games, and you can feel that love of character in how alive these things turn out. Take a look at the menagerie at furrypuppet.com.” You heard ’em, people!

image c. 2026 Furry Puppet Studio