Andy Holmes is a puppeteer best known as the creator and puppeteer of the character Gerbert. He has been trained by Muppet designer/builder Kermit Love and has worked with many puppeteers including Muppeteer Nikki Tilroe. Andy frequently travels to various One Way Street puppetry festivals where he can be found ad libbing performances with Gerbert and teaching puppetry manipulation and theory workshops. Andy is also an author and illustrator with over 40 books published to date.