I love puppet making, and enjoy animating almost as much. I enjoy all forms of puppet making, but know I'm mostly using latex or silicone.
Hobbies
I enjoy metal working, a hobby I just recently took a liking to. I do a lot of sculpting and mold making, and am starting to do a lot of resin casting.
Books
I enjoyed Tom Brierton's armature machining hand book and would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn to make jointed armatures.
I also really enjoyed Marc Spess's Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed that was a great book. Richard Willaim's The Animator's Survival Kit is also one of my favorites.
Movie Interests
I enjoy anything by the Brothers Quay, Ray Harryhausen, and many others.