Shaun The Sheep The Movie

At the beginning of 2014 I worked on Shaun the Movie  in Model Making on some background characters

Two clients at the hairdressers (photos of one only)

Lady with foils 

I recycled the armature from an old puppet, built up her body core in plastizote and snip foam.

Made leggings and a dress in a stretch fabric. 

Her hair is attached to a scull cap, of aluminium mesh, which fitted to the head core and locked into position. The hair is made from fake fur. Using Stiffy I needed to make the hair look as though it were being highlighted, the foils are tin foil.

 The black cape is wired along the edges to make it full animatable and to provide some stiffness so that I would not boil under camera.

Her face and removable mouth are made of Plasticine, her hands cast in pigmented silicone.

I also made another lady at the hairdresser with red curls 

Final version of a love bird. This bird need to be able to fly so my armature had various rig points to accommodate the camera angles.

My first attempt though good, had to be re-sculpted as there was a blue screen in the shot for the sky background!

Windmill Hill City Farm, Bristol Pop Up Shop

 

 

I am one of the Artists at the new Pop Up, running all summer

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

Aardmans Christmas Fair

Aardman Animations usually have a Christmas Fair where staff & freelancers are able to set up and sell their work

Set up at Aardman, in the new building, it went well
 (& a good chance to catch up with friends!)



Snowflakes a plenty

Them Owls, they get everywhere

Made Lounge @ Emma Bridgewater Pottery, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

Two day Christmas Fair at Emma Bridgwater Pottery in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
(Next time It's going to get more Christmasy!)

Owl Lavender Bags & Bird Boxes

 I decided to make lavender bags after my neighbour cut down here large Lavender bush.

I am using up old scrapes of fabric and buttons for eyes. Hopefully I will be selling them at various stalls in the lead up to Christmas 

At home? or ready to take home with you?

This is my little owl with a bird house waiting to be taken away by a happy customer!
I designed the bird box and had it cut by Laser.

They're are quite a few and the numbers are growing

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.