Category Archives: Making Things

I made a Gromit!

Today I went to Spaceport, their current exhibition is “Wallace and Gromit in Space”. I was delighted to meet Jim Parkyn, model maker from Aardman Animations, who was visiting Spaceport for the weekend and running model making workshops. He talked more »

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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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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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Fingerbobs: Flash

Tonight I made Flash from Fingerbobs. He’s a piece of paper with radial cuts on which I drew a tortoise pattern. I stuck two jewels onto the middle finger of the glove. I had the wrong size jewels and the more »

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