Wildland Roots at the St Johns Parade 5/10/25 Much gratitude to our crew of volunteers who brought our characters to life! #stjohnsparade #stjohns #stjohnsportland #puppetparade #portlandpuppets #portlandpuppetry #giantpuppets #paradepuppets #stjohnsrivermonster

Portlanders! I am looking for folks to help carry some giant puppets in the #stjohnsparade coming up on May 10th in #stjohns , #northportland , including this 6 person, 22 foot long "St Johns River Monster" puppet. Parade line-up starts at 11am by Roosevelt High School, parade rolls at noon.

Finally pulled the giant Green Man puppet head off the clay today! #greenman #puppethead #giantpuppet #papermache #puppethead #maskmaker #puppetmaker

This mask finally got to be worn in a parade today! (I made it years ago in college). 4/26/25 Earth Day Parade in Portland, organized by @350pdx.bsky.social and Sunnyside Environmental School. Can't wait till next year's parade!

Current puppet build: Giant Green Man. 🍀🌳🌱🌲🌿 Hoping to have him completed in time for May Day. His head is 3 feet tall x 2 feet wide, and all the clay was sculpted over a reusable corrugated plastic (corplast) core. Next comes paper mache!

Catch PDX Monsters this Tuesday night at the Portland Mardi Gras Parade down N Mississippi Ave! Event starts at 7pm at N Albina and Humboldt, and ends with a street party at VonEbert Brewery, N Mississippi and Cook. There will be new monsters to meet! #portlandmardigras #pdxmonsters

Some of the Wildland Roots crew with our paper and willow lanterns during the Portland Winter Light Festival lantern parade last Saturday. Amazing turn out, even with the rain! @pdxwlf.bsky.social #lanternparade #lanternprocession Photo by Jenna Roberts of #RiskOfChange

Whew! It was a busy week for Monsters. Snow and ice kept most of the humans away from the secret monster lair during pdxwlf.com , but the monsters are looking forward to their next outing at the portlandmardigras.com parade: 7pm March 4th down N Mississippi Ave--that's 2 weeks from this Tuesday!

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Round two tonight! Portland Winter Light Festival at Green Anchors, 6-10pm, 8940 N Bradford St. Free parking at Cathedral Park boat ramp from 7-10pm

Brand new monster for Troll Alley fun during Portland Winter Light Festival, this Thursday 2/13 at Green Anchors: 8940 N Bradford St, 6-10pm RARRRRRRRGH!!!

Got some press for Portland Winter Lights! Thanks @oregonian.com ! My giant troll and monster puppets are excited to meet the public on February 13th, 6pm-10pm at our no-longer-secret "Troll Alley" hideway at Green Anchors.

Black light test for some mushrooms I'll have at Green Anchors for the Portland Winter Light Festival. February 13th, 6-10pm, 8940 N Bradford St. Made from corrugated plastic yard signs & grocery bags. #mushroomart #papermacheart #recycledmaterialsart #blacklight #trollalleytrashmonsters

Late night monstering #pdxmonsters #trollalleytrashmonsters #trashmonsters #recycledmaterialsart #monsterpuppets #portlandwinterlightfestival #puppetheads

Save the date... The Troll Alley Trash monsters will be marching/dancing/glalompfing at the Portland Mardi Gras Parade on March 4th, at 7pm, down N Mississippi Ave. portlandmardigras.com/portland-mar... #portlandmardigras #portlandpuppetry

Video test of a shadow-puppetry version of the Bone Mother. Music clip: Martin Martini & the Bone Palace Orchestra

Save the date! Sculptural paper lanterns + puppets by www.wildlandroots.org on display Feb 13-14 for Portland Winter Light festival, Green Anchors satellite location: 8940 N Bradford Street, 6-10pm. Live music & bar. Special blacklight "trash monster" display on 2/13 only. pdxwlf.com/experience/s...