In the small, curious world of humanoid art, there is a technical difference between a doll and a puppet. A doll is crafted for still images. A puppet can perform. This is the world Katy Strutz lives ...

“I did a lot of making on my own,” she said of how she started experimenting with puppet-making techniques. Lately she’s learning to work with latex. But she’s made puppets from all kinds of materials ...