Jul 30 2010

Knitting, embroidery, crocheting and needlepoint in animation and stop motion

Animation, stop motion and computing have a lot of possibilities and techniques for expressing ideas and stories… Following last posts regarding textiles, I simply got an idea to collect few animated and stop motion films which were designed with the help of knitting, crocheting, embroidery and needlepoint…

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Science Project: Temperature by Maggy Rozycki Hiltner
hand-stitched cotton doily, 2005

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Jun 10 2010

Pocket cinema: Love & Theft by Andreas Hykade

‘Love & Theft’ (2010) by Andreas Hykade is a film I saw at Animafest 2010 last week… An animated film that brings us to the beginnings of the art of animation and moving images, as well as towards our comic book heritage… simple and plain… like a practical example and lesson on design and logos, typography and the power of minimalism…

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Apr 15 2010

Pocket cinema: Blue, Karma, Tiger

Swedish animated documentary about the art of graffiti – Blue, Karma, Tiger by Mia Hulterstam and Cecilia Actis has been made in nowadays rare animation technique…

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Apr 15 2010

Body cinema: Naked – Ilham (13) by Mischa Kamp

‘Ilham (13)’  is a short animated film from the series ‘Naked‘ dealing with teenage body changes, directed by Mischa Kamp in the production of Submarine Channel. This is a story by a teenage Muslim girl Ilham and her first period.

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Apr 1 2010

Body cinema: Illuminated – Motion Capture Dance Animation by Kevin Abbott

‘Illuminated – Motion Capture Dance Animation’ by Kevin Abbott was created for a dance concert at Western Michigan University in 2008.

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