Friday, 27 April 2018

Meeting with Stacy Straub

After a week of trying to meet Stacy and our timetables clashing, we finally managed to meet today!
Stacy was working in the stop-motion room of Animation (I didn't know this room existed!) which is a great space dedicated to practical animation so it's very messy and filled with little props.

I got to see what Stacy has been working on for her big extended practice project: a 3-minute stop-motion animation using big felt character puppets she made.
Stacy let me hold them and see how they worked: the arms are removable and are connected by copper tubing.

Connections: Stacy's boyfriend works in metal and construction so he was able to help her to produce door knobs, a curtain rail and some miniature scissors.

Future Projects: Stacy wants to go into the animation industry and said that if I ever need anything animating, even if it's just for fun/post-uni, she would be happy to do that for me. I said that if Stacy ever needs some extra hands or has a project that requires pro

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