Made of Glass
Made of Glass i a short film animated in stop motion. Welcome to a behind the scenes of puppetmaking! This is how Mina the glassblower was brought to life.
Her skeleton is made of wire and her body of foam. The structure is covered in sportstape, then the hands and neck is covered in tack it, before it's dipped in latex. The feet are covered in baked fimo. The head is then mae out of styrofoam. Each of the garments she's wearing is taylored to fit her. The shoes are made of painted sportstape.
I was important for me as an animator to get the right expressions, I felt the eyes was the key to make her feel lifelike. Her eyes are wooden pearls painted white, a paper iris glued on and clear nailpolish to make it shiny. She can move her eyes with the help of a needle and a tiny hole in her pupil. There is hairgel in her eye socket to make the movement go more smoothly.
Her frace is made of platicine and beewax. Her hair is normal hair extensions
For the lipsync i had to make 12 different mouth shapes. The voiceacting was done by the amazing Mathilde Gaalaas-Berg. She did an amazing job!
Then the props and scenery had to be made. The stairs and the back wall was already in the storage room. The oven is made out of cardboard, and the tools are made from fimo. The wall behind the oven ma made by gluing rocks to a piece of styrofoam, painting it black and gluing sticks to the sides.
Final Result
