Ever wanted to bring a creature to life? Take a Sunday and learn how to build a fully-poseable character that you can bring to life through stop-motion animation in this extensive course!

We’ll generate ideas (feel free to show up with one!), make a bendable wire skeleton, add hardware so it can stand on its own, bulk out the body with foam and clay, and give it some character by needle felting on fur and, of course, adding eyes and a mouth

This course uses the products Propoxy 20 and Barge All-Purpose Cement, gloves will be provided and encouraged to be used!

All materials are provided and covered in the cost of the class

JOHN QUINN is a current Byrdcliffe Artist-in-Residence, graduate of Pratt Institute’s 2D Animation program, and a presenting animator  in this past year’s Woodstock Film Festival.  His work is often experimental and analog – a mix of stop motion and various mediums on paper.  A goal outside of his personal practice is to make animation more accessible, which is the idea behind this workshop series.  Lately he’s been drawing inspiration from programs like The Electric Company and Schoolhouse Rock and animators Sally Cruikshank and Vince Collins.  “‘The magic of animation’ I think turns a lot of people away from the medium, and even though it is kind of magic, anybody can do it – even people that can’t draw”.

Workshop fee: $140 WBG members, $150 not-yet members

Workshop limited to 6.