L-R: Michael Schupbach, Pop, Patricia Taylor Holz, Bertha, and James Wojtal in the Muppet Workshop
Patricia Taylor Holz (b. 1969) is an artist who freelanced as a fabric dyer and prop maker for the Jim Henson Company from 1995 to 2000. Among her contributions were constructing snorkeling sets for The Animal Show episode "Humpback Whale," and both Stinky's helmet and Armstrong's armor for the episode "Monitor Lizard & Crocodile."[1]
Elsewhere in television, Holz worked as a scenic/props painter and fleece/costume dyer on The Book of Pooh. She worked as a costume designer's assistant on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and The State and its 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special, as a scenic painter on The Daily Show and sets for Emeril Lagasse and MSNBC, and as art director on the music video for the They Might Be Giants song "Doctor Worm." She has worked as a costume and set designer/painter for a variety of theatrical, film, and video productions.
Holz is now a multimedia freelance artist, designer, photographer, and home color consultant, known for her murals and "selfie wings," working from her studio in Purcellville, Virginia.
Credits[]
- The Animal Show: Prop maker (credited in "Humpback Whale" as Patricia Taylor)
- Aliens in the Family: Painter/dyer (uncredited)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Prop maker (uncredited)
- Bear in the Big Blue House: Painter/dyer (uncredited)
- Sesame Street: Painter/dyer (uncredited)