Graham Base’s 1986 alphabet book Animalia has been turned into an CG-animated TV series which is premiering today at midday on the Ten network in Australia, and simultaneously on BBC1 and CBBC in the UK, PBS Kids in the US and CBC in Canada. There are 40 half-hour epidodes, and you can see a trailer […]
Category Archive for 'make'
Hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Posted in creatures, make, mask, puppetry, puppets, tutorial on Nov 4th, 2007
Missmonster at Instructables details how she made her fabulous, scary and very furry werewolf costume. This photo is pre-fur!
(via Puppetbuilding.com)
DIY Jabba the Hutt
Posted in make, puppetry, puppets, street theatre on Nov 3rd, 2007
A thread on Star Wars Crafts documents the making of a cool giant Jabba the Hutt parade puppet. This photo is from about midway through the process, before it is skinned. It’s made from all kinds of things that I am very familiar with working with - mattress foam, irrigation pipe, tons of hot […]
I’ve just finished making a second replica silver seal box, known as a skippet, for the National Archives of Australia. I made the first one (above) earlier this year. They are used as hands-on items in the National Archives Charters of our Nation exhibition. Making the skippet was an interesting and challenging project because […]
Kicking up my heels
Posted in art, creatures, fun, illustration, make on Aug 30th, 2007
Playing around after discovering the wonderful drawings of Jim Woodring.
The Eye of Sauron goes off to a villian’s party!
Cool cuttlefish and blenny puppets
Posted in craft, creatures, design, make, puppetry, puppets on Aug 15th, 2007
Raggy Rat has made a couple of beautiful marine-themed puppets for Portland’s Seafest: a cuttlefish and a tompot blenny.
There are some great photos and commentary on the making process here. I love the mixing of different types of fabric, and the wool in particular reminds me of Mimi’s use of wools. I’m looking forward to […]
My friend Lynda would like to know seven strange things about me… Thanks, Lynda.
I disliked dolls as a child, but loved teddy bears and other animal toys. My favourite was a panda I was given when I was about 4. I was fluent in Panda talk. Another favourite was a little German-made bear that I […]
I once had an idea to make colour swatches from Australian landscapes for people to use when designing webpages. My main site Spirits Dancing dates from that time; it’s sorely in need of updating in other ways, but I still like the colours, which were sourced from a eucalyptus tree. So I was interested to […]
(photo credit: Ella Misso)
This very cool cockroach puppet, made by my friend Ella Misso, looks as if it could come straight out of some Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers trip! Incidentally, here is a pilot of a proposed clay-animation film adaptation of the Freak Brothers.