Along with the Boerwinkels and Bruce Schwartz, the other puppeteers presented in the series were Philippe Genty of France, Albrecht Roser of Germany, Richard Bradshaw of Australia, and Sergei Obraztsov of Russia. Jim enjoyed collaborating with all of these artists, but meeting Obraztsov had a special importance to Jim. As a teenager learning to make puppets, Jim checked out some books from the public library for instruction – one was Obrtazov’s 1950 book, My Profession.