Introduction to Puppet Making for Stop Motion
Foaming the Puppet
A course by Adeena Grubb , Puppet Maker and Animation Director
About the video: Foaming the Puppet
Overview
“The armature is done. I can now add the upholstery foam, which acts like the muscles or fat of the puppet.”
In this video lesson Adeena Grubb addresses the topic: Foaming the Puppet, 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, we'll move on to the next step, which is foaming the puppet. I'm going to start by doing the midsection. And to do that, i'm just gonna cut a tiny chunk of this medium density upholstery foam that we talked about in Previous lesson. So I've just got a little chunk. and I want to make sure that It fits in the middle there. I don't want to make it too thick and kind of stuff it in because then that will restrict a bit of movement. So once it Looks like it's quite a good fit. I'm gonna make a little cut down the center. and just slot it in like this. and then make sure it joins...”
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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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