MLive Arts and Crafts Columnist Jennifer Ackerman Haywood features a Grand Rapids, MI puppetmaker who creates a wide array of puppets for her clients out of her basement studio.

Puppet Maker Katy Strutz's Basement Studio Is Full of Miniature Monsters and Multiple Bins of Hair. At Home, Filmmaker Alberta Poon Is as Much of a "Mood-Slash-Light Psycho" as She Is on Set.