Soft Stories is a collaboration between the artist CatRabbit and Isobel Knowles. They make 3D models of towns and felt creatures to be used in animation, workshops, installations and children's books.
I first heard of Soft Stories through instagram where I saw that they were exhibiting their sweet little felt characters and a handmade town at an Australian gallery, which I thought would be relevant to investigate in relation to my Whistle-stop Thistle. I didn't know that they also made animations and books until I looked at their website. The above image is taken from their website www.softstories.au
I love how their worlds are very obviously and unapologetically handmade; they let the material show (cardboard and felt) and don't try to hide its rough edges or make it look perfectly crisp. They seem to celebrate the fact that all of these items are made by hand and encourage children to get creative too.
Their photos are bright and their colour scheme includes muddy pastels against clean whites and sky blues, an atmosphere of spring mornings and a friendly town.
Perhaps the bright, sunny tone of Soft Stories is informed by their geography as both of the artists live in Australia. My tendency to construct slightly gloomy, moody sets might be the result of a truly grey climate in my British experience.
It's very exciting to find other artists working in this medium and making innovative, engaging worlds but I do worry that this is a growing t
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