FINAL 3RD YEAR PROJECT

For my third year project I have chosen to make part of a Carousel that features in Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods.  The Carousel exists in America at the House on the Rock.  It features 269 animals, none of which are horses.  So this was my brief.  I designed quite a few varieties, including a few hybrids, my preferred one is this BullFrog. Sketches below of BullFrog, Do-Do and marquettes of Bullfrog and Lion/Fish. The marquettes are rough, sculpted out of chevant.  I want to build a mini carousel out of wood to present the final piece.

Old Bailey Stop Motion Figure Finished

I ended up casting only the head, hands and legs in silicone as these were the only parts to be seen.  The silicone was not flexible enough for his spine armature to move.  As a result he has been built up with foam inside stitched around armature.  Painting silicone to look like skin was so hard.  Doing the animation was even worse.  I cant say I enjoyed it, stop motion animation will not be something I will be going into but it was worth trying for this project.