Preserving a legacy: Saline puppeteer’s work lives on through digital archive
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Meredith Bixby illustrating the various shapes of the marionette’s armature, and how it is transferred to wood block, eventually to be cut free on the band saw. Meredith Bixby handcrafted each marionette inside his studio at the old Opera House 1 in Saline. The exact date of the images are unknown, but are thought to have been captured sometime between 1950 and 1960.
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SALINE, MI For a half century, Meredith Bixby and the Meredith Marionette Touring Company entertained school-aged kids with puppet shows throughout southeast Michigan and across the eastern United States.