Author Archives: Mycroft

Fab Camp

The Liverpool Art and Design Academy held a weekend conference about Digital Fabrication, Fab Camp. They gave talks and practical sessions on Laser cutting and Etching, 3D Design, 3D Printing and developing products from Idea to distribution. I met loads more »

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Canary Cage: Brand spanking new shows!

Yet another Splendid evening courtesy of the Canary Cage. This evening we were treated to original music and creatively interpreted covers from the The Boxcar Children and Lead Pipe Tom. Hilarious comedy from Random Acts of Wildness and Tom Hosker. more »

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An Evening of Revelry

Myself, Icarus and Joe went to “An Evening of Revelry”. We saw the amazing “Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures” and the brilliant “Lovecroft”. We had such a great time! However I had had an early start to go to more »

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Fingerbobs Forever

I have just finished remaking the Fingerbobs. opening sequence! Marvellous fun! You can see how I made Fingermouse, Flash, Scampi and Gulliver in their own posts. Click here to see more of my puppets. Related Posts:The TaxidermistThe Pink Flamingo Puppet more »

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Fingerbobs: Scampi

Tonight I made Scampi from Fingerbobs. His head is a large arc of pink paper rolled into a long cone. The small end has been snipped many times to produce his feelers. His body is a cylinder of red fabirc more »

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Fingerbobs: Fingermouse

Tonight I made Fingermouse from Fingerbobs. He’s basically a circle of grey paper with a radial cuts rolled into a cone. His ears are cut out still attached to this circle! The whiskers are tigertail wire. His body is a more »

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