Making and Creativity 

At the age of 10, inspired by his admiration for Jim Henson and the Muppets, Steven and his brother started making puppets to entertain themselves and soon all their friends in the neighborhood.
“We used whatever materials we could find around the house, including mop heads and scrap fabrics. My grandmother used to get various fabrics for us. She’d collect all the fake fur pieces, wigs, old tuxedos and ballroom dresses she could find.”

Now, Steven  works mostly with acrylic fun fur, blanket fleece and foam, which he cuts from original patterns that he designs. He then assembles the puppets using a sewing machine, and trim’s details by hand. In 1992, Steven started Diabolo Puppets, his own small craft company dedicated to designing and fabricating quality hand puppets.