People like Chris Vesper, who now with over 30 years of experience supervises VEE's costume and puppetry artisans in the design, construction and maintenance of full-body costumes and puppets.

These artisans collaborate with the talented technicians of VEE Production Services to add the necessary depth, dimension and experience to help make any creative vision a reality. People like Jim Muirhead, a sculptor who indeed made Clifford the Big Red Dog — a dog 9 feet tall with a slide for a tail for the Minnesota Children's Museum.

That's just a start as, all in all, over 40 full-time craftspeople and artisans, including designers, project managers, craftspeople and technicians work day in and day out in this 35,000 square-foot state of the art facility.

This facility includes a craft room, fur salon, prop shop, pod room, metal shop, paint spray booths, electronics shop and much more. It's here that magic really happens as talented people work with a broad array of tools and technical resources:

Concepting & Design Interactive Media Development Special Effects Custom Lighting & Audio Production CAD/CAM Software Mechanical Articulation & Animatronics Vacuform

Fabric Painting, Dyeing & Distressing Scenic Carpentry Welding & Metal Fabrication Scenic Painting & Finishing Soft Goods & Backdrops Sculpture & Mold Making Pneumatics & Hydraulics