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Bonnie Erickson. Bonnie Erickson (born September 20, 1941) is an American designer of puppets, costumes, toys, and graphics, best known for her work with Jim Henson and The Muppets, where her most notable creations include Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, and as a partner in Harrison/Erickson, the Major League Baseball mascot the Phillie Phanatic .
- September 20, 1941 (age 82), Anoka, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Art Students League of New York
Bonnie Erickson with Statler in 1975. Wayde Harrison Bonnie Erickson designed and built the inimitable Miss Piggy in 1974 for an early "Muppets" television special, produced by Jim Henson.
Accompanying the interview was a photograph of Bonnie in 1975 taken with with Statler. (You might remember him as the Muppet who is the older gentleman heckler from The Muppet Show.) In the photo, Bonnie’s eyes have a certain spark and life-force that made me think “This is a woman who knows something important about being alive.
Mar 9, 2018 · In 1970, Bonnie Erickson joined Jim Henson’s Muppet workshop as a costume designer. Within a few years, she had already designed and built several new Muppet characters, including Miss Piggy. Erickson and her husband Wayde Harrison launched their own production, design, and marketing company called Harrison/Erickson, Inc. in 1977.
Aug 1, 2021 · Longtime Jim Henson associate helped bring Muppets, Tickle Me Elmo, 'Fraggle Rock' to life. Bonnie Erickson’s smile beamed with a quiet pride as she moved through “Imagination Unlimited ...
- Duante Beddingfield
- Arts And Culture Reporter
Jun 11, 2020 · The Walt Disney Family Museum invited Muppet designer Bonnie Erickson to be their special guest for the Happily Ever After Hours virtual event series on Friday, June 5th. Her career with Jim ...
Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] There can be considerable dispute as to whether individual early photographs actually show a dead person or not, often ...
