Shaun the Sheep - the Movie

I've spent two months working on costumes for background characters for the New Shaun the Sheep Movie for Aardman Animations. Here is the new teaser trailer

http://www.shaunthesheep.com/trailer

Costumes/Textiles

These are various clothes, costumes, textiles I have made over the last few years.

Experimenting cutting textiles with a laser cutter. These are maybe 15cm high


Laser cut pattern

Linen mix fabric

 

Front

Back, sewn together

 

Summer dress for my niece, May 2013
Cotton dress with decorative bias trimmings

Mermaid costume, Dec 2011
The tail is made from a charity shop dress turned
upside down & elastic run through the hem.
My feet fitted through the neck hole, the sleeves
were sewn up & the tail shape tailored to fit.
The flippers I made from shiny irridencent
 fabric & wadding.The made the basic flipper shape &
then stitched the ridges in the fin.  

Burlesque circus costume, 2010
this jacket was from Asda, I hand sewed gold ribbons to the front panel and cuffs with cushion piping around the edge of the front panel



Viking Slippers. Knitted and felted slippers of all sizes, 2007

Baby Viking slippers, 2007




  

Teddy Bear for 'Nailstorm' s.a.F pop video

See the video at the Directors web page
http://nushypeas.com/

On set, during filming.

During the video and teddy gets angry and he splits at the seams, this is how he appeared at the end of the shot!

Progress as I made an animatable Teddy Bear and animated some shots for 'Nailstorm' Pop Video for the French band s.a.F, here is the progress of my making the puppet;

Laying out pattern before cutting

Ear, wire and thin metal foil to make it more animatable

Both legs sewn and then turn right side out, with the body

His left arm with the rest of the body, so far

Body armature,chest and hips.Arms and Legs added. Arm with form former, and armature fed through.

Leg and armature. With foam core. Leg assemble

Body assembled. Not finished  See the Video
July 2012

Dairylea Cheese

Dairylea Cheese Adverts
2004 June/July, 2005 July, 2006 Jan/Feb
Series of Dairylea Cheese Adverts. Directed by Michael Wright

These Commercials began at Aardman and then switched agencies. For Partizan continued working on adverts. Prepared Cows, built props, design & made white lab coats for cows.

 

 
Lab coats made for the plasticine cows

Prepped lab coated cow

Pressed cow with applied black patches

 Press mould, I help design & made this Ali Fastcast mould, at Aardman.

Reindeer Costume

Reindeer Costume

I've been adapting a 'Onies' monkey  into a Reindeer for a friend for when they do a run at Christmas time.

I made a pattern from newspaper and then tacked out it's outline on the back of a  piece of fur. I thought it would be easier to follow than working directly from the paper.

One half of the chest hair sewn in place

The two halves of the chest hair in place and
 I also removed the little monkey head from the hood,
 using extra pieces of fabric taken from the feet! 

Here you can see how amazing the headdress is, all sculpted from cardboard.
As well as the Onies I also made
 some hoof gloves for him to wear.

Big Red Button Christmas message

Christmas card idea for Big Red Button.

They wanted to make a Stop Motion film for their Christmas message. From first contact with Big Red Red Button, making the models to finishing the shoot was less than 5 days.
Baby Santa as he emerges from his egg

Pier, Director, acting out the shot for Tim Allen, Animator

Initial sculpt for Baby Santa, in Sculpey as I wanted the translucent quality for his skin.

The final puppet had a baked head with unbaked eye lids, red felt costume with white fur trim.

He had a Ali wire and K&S armiture. We put clear silicone over the the felt to help it look more glooey.

College work

Final year film

Skeleton in the Cupboard

Female lead, a ghost filmed on Blue screen

2nd year film
Grot who lives inside an apple and world is threaten by an alien.

1st year
Birds & the Bees animation for song from a friends band