Hussein Chalayan: One Hundred & Eleven

2007

Hussein Chalayan’s One Hundred and Eleven Paris fashion show: a collection of mechanical transforming dresses, made over three months. A Hussein Chalayan Studio collaboration. My creative crew comprised Guy Stevens, Janet Burns, Joe Scott, Janet Knechtel, Scot Brooker, Andy Roberts, Josh Lee, … Continue Reading ››


Velociraptor

2006

Made for Animated Extras and designed as a hand-operated puppet  velociraptor hatchling,  for the Sauripark theme park Austria.  A person walked amongst the public with the creature on a plinth but operated by hand and hidden from view.


Corpse Bride (2005)

2006

My first introduction to working in animation, making lots of these folks.  


Audi: London Eye Commercial (2010)

2004

Commercial featuring  an Audi A2 inside one of the pods at the London Eye. I headed a team to place the car with ramps and lifts into the car at night.


Walls Sausage Commercial

2004

Made with animatronics designer and puppeteer Mark Hunter, at Hot House. Models. The real dog was not happy to see his puppet double  so we had to keep it covered up.  TV viewers complained 150 times about exaggerated slapstick with the demented terrier  attacking its owner.  


Lazy Town

2003

The Lazytown characters are very well known in their home country of Iceland. We worked with Lazytown Inc there to translate these characters from their existing theatre, cartoon and illustration incarnations into sophisticated Banraku-style puppets for a TV pilot. They were part hand-operated and part animatronic.


Ocean Warrior

2000

Two 40-foot hydraulic sperm whales made in the Uk and Amsterdam. The tail had the mechanism placed into the mould – and then it took twelve hours to pour in the  silicone .The whales we made were tested in the harbour … Continue Reading ››