Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
Workspace and Tools
A course by Adeena Grubb , Puppet Maker and Animation Director
About the video: Workspace and Tools
Overview
“To start with, I will show you the tools and materials you will need to make a puppet. I'll explain what they are for and how we will be using them.”
In this video lesson Adeena Grubb addresses the topic: Workspace and Tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion. Discover the charming world of stop-motion puppet design and learn to build your own characters, from the initial design to the finished figurine.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'll show you everything you'll need to make your puppet. So I get most of my stuff on eBay and Amazon. So most of this will be accessible worldwide. I don't really use anything, any specialist items. When I'm working at home as well, I do have quite a small space, so you don't need masses of space to make this, as we'll only be making tiny things here. There's a couple of optional things if you are planning on animating your puppet. but I will show you those and talk about where to get them from. This is the jewelry saw. This is used for cutting K&S, which you can use to ri...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
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Art Toys, Arts & Crafts, Stop Motion

Adeena Grubb
A course by Adeena Grubb
Adeena Grubb is a puppet maker and animation director from London. She’s been passionate about all things miniature since she was a child, building accessories for her toys from materials she found in the Scottish highlands where she grew up. She later went on to study a motion graphics degree and put both her passion and studies into practice to create puppets. After watching the character she created for a Skittles advert come to life, she knew it was a specialty she wanted to pursue full-time.
Since then, Adeena has created content for Samsung, the BBC, Channel 4, Burger King, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Childline, Metcalfes Popcorn, Quickbooks, Puffin, and Mars. She also shares her creations with over 50K followers on Instagram.
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