Stop-Motion Puppet Sculpting A Manual of Foam Injection, Build-Up, and Finishing Techniques

Name: Stop-Motion Puppet Sculpting A Manual of Foam Injection, Build-Up, and Finishing Techniques
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ISBN: 9780786418732

ISBN-10: 0786418737

ISBN-13: 9780786418732

Edition: 2004

Authors: Tom Brierton

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Stop-motion puppet animation is one of the most unusual and demanding art forms in the world. It uses a variety of skills, including design, sculpting, metal work, mold making and casting, taxidermy, filmmaking, storytelling and acting, and can be seen in the simplest commercial spots on television to more complex animated shorts and science fiction and fantasy feature films. This work explains research and design of puppets, and details the fabrication of stop-motion puppets around a metal armature skeleton using the build up and foam injection processes. The former technique uses pre-cut blocks of foam formed with a pair of scissors or other instrument into the shape desired and attaching…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 8/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 86
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Tom Brierton is an independent filmmaker/educator and the author of Stop-Motion Armature Machining: A Construction Manual (2002) and Stop-Motion Puppet Sculpting: A Manual of Foam Injection, Build-Up, and Finishing Techniques (2004). He lives in LaGrange, Illinois.



Acknowledgments


Preface



Research, Design, Sketching and Sculpting



The Sculpting Process



The Foam Injection Technique



Mixing and Injecting Hot Foam Latex



Creating Build-Up Puppets


Concluding Remarks


Glossary


References


Index