Private puppet-making and bespoke masks
Make shadow characters, or commission a sculpted puppet for a celebration.
Arcadia Trueheart
Arcadia Trueheart offers private youth party workshops in shadow puppetry, paper cutting, puppet making and masks. Separately, her sculptural practice accepts puppet and mask commissions for celebrations, with large-scale papier-mache figures and cut-paper characters among her documented past work.
Current location note / listed area: Portland, Oregon; private instruction and commissions by inquiry
The party instruction is expressly youth-oriented; adult adaptation and wedding packages are not established. Confirm the chosen technique, participant ages, group size, materials and tool roles, space, exact finished project and date. Commission examples are past works, not stock rentals or promised reproductions; confirm design rights, scale, materials and lead time. No toy or safety certification is asserted. The site has an unfinished newsletter block; use the separately published direct inquiry contact and confirm current acceptance.
Public-source research · 2026-10-31 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://www.arcadiatrueheart.com/workshops-for-youth
- https://www.arcadiatrueheart.com/work/puppetry-masks
- https://www.arcadiatrueheart.com/contact
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORPORTLAND_ENT/bulletins/4256f8e
- https://www.arcadiatrueheart.com/plaza-portraits
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Oregon · based
Current firsthand City of Portland August2026 bulletin expressly identifies Arcadia as Portland artist. Owned same-name Plaza Portraits project corroborates professional operation; no travel or prior Vermont training fanout.