About
I am a stop motion fabricator, prop and model maker from the UK.
I have successfully completed a Post Graduate Diploma (Merit) in Stop Motion Model making, puppets and costumes at Staffordshire University.
Michelle J. Andrew - CV
Email: info@Michelle-J-Andrew.com
Phone: (+44) 7380199170
Email: info@Michelle-J-Andrew.com
Phone: (+44) 7380199170
EDUCATION
Masters by Negotiated Study (MA) – Stop Motion Animation, Costuming and Model Making
Staffordshire University, UK – September 2015 – September 2017 (first year passed - in progress)
Certificate of Higher Education (first year of degree) – Stop Motion Animation and Puppet Making
Staffordshire University, UK – September 2014 – September 2015
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COURSES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
• Puppet Costuming (Keith Frederick) – 2 days private tuition
• Cotswolds Miniatures weekend – 2 x 1 day workshops in miniature carving and corset making
• Stop Motion Animation (Chiodos Brothers) – 4 day live web course (certified)
• Animation and Puppet Making (Jim Parkyn, Aardman ) – 1 day workshop Bristol Puppet Festival
• Animation Puppets (Mary Murphy) – 1 day workshop Bristol Puppet Festival
• Directing Animation (Barry Purves) – 1 day group workshop Bristol Puppet Festival
• Theatre Lighting (Little Angel Theatre) – 1 day group workshop
• Mastering Marionettes (Scott Land) – 3 day live web course (certified)
• Puppeteering (Handspring Puppet Company (War Horse)) – 2 x 1.5 day group workshops
• Puppet making and Automata (Puppeteers of America Festival) – various over 5 days
• Puppets for TV (Marcus Clarke) – 1 day group workshop
• Animatronics (David McGoran) – 1 day workshop Bristol Puppet Festival
• Scale Model Making (David Neat) – 2 days private tuition
• Architectural Model Making (London School of Film and Television) – 2 day group workshop
• Life drawing (Wirksworth School)– 6 evening classes
SELF-PACED WEB COURSES COMPLETED
• Miniature wig making (AforArtistic)
• Miniature shoe making (AforArtistic)
• Fur and Flocking (SWSCA)
• Ball-jointed doll making (Joe MacPhale)
• Mad Hatter Marionette (AforArtistic)
• Sculpting a Maquette (SWSCA)
• Sculpting a female figure in Cx5 (SWSCA)
• Monster drawing techniques (SWSCA)
• How to draw characters (SWSCA)
• Sketchbook drawing; Portraits in coloured pencil (Craftsy)
• Animatronics Eye Mechanism (SWSCA)
• American South – history and art (Coursera)
• Writing for young readers (Coursera)
• Write story books for children (Online)
• Learning how to learn (Coursera)
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SKILLS
• Costuming – hand sewn and machine sewn full size and miniature puppet and doll costumes, shoes,
hats and accessories, tapestry, soft furnishings
• Doll Making – doe skin, suede, cotton, nylon including needle sculpting techniques, wigging
• Miniature Needlecrafts – crochet, tatting, embroidery, tapestry, quilting and clones lace
• Over 35 years of knitting experience including miniature knitting at 1:12 scale and 1:24 scale
• Animation Puppet Design and Fabrication – wire armatures and sculpted, molded and cast silicone
bodies or fabric needle sculpted bodies and faces
• Puppet Making – Wooden marionettes; prototype for Pelham Puppets; polymerclay marionettes, rod and glove puppets, animal masks, large latex hand puppets, cloth body and mixed media puppets, dolls and stuffed toys.
• Sculpting – WED (water based potter) clay, Polymer clay (Fimo and Sculpey), Wax (Cx5).
Paperclay and papier mache
• Moulding in silicone, plaster and gelflex; multi-part molds
• Casting in resin (various types), neoprene, latex, flumo, liquache
• Scale sets for stop motion animation in 1:6 scale – furniture, soft furnishings, rugs, trees, flowers,
lamps
• Wood, Metal, Plastic, Styrene, Acrylic, Glass, Card, Paper – Wooden furniture and props. vacuum
forming; die cutting, painting and finishing effects
• Art – pencil, charcoal, coloured pencil, ink, scratch art (scrapofoil), acrylics, digital painting
(Photoshop), life drawing (evening workshops and university lessons), glass painting, stained
glass, glass blowing
• Tools – regular, safe use of power tools for soldering, drilling, band saw, rotary tool
• PC Skills – MS Office, WordPress, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Maya
• Personal Skills – team working, training, communication, report writing, procedural documentation, presenting, people and project management
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It is one year full-time or two years part-time. It is unusual in that you have the freedom to design what you study and how you're assessed (within reason), and you are required to write a Learning Contract which is then confirmed by your tutor and an external examiner but which can be modified over the period of the programme.
"A unique Masters programme in which YOU decide the focus and subject of your postgraduate studies in the diverse area of Arts and Creative Technologies.
Armed with your proposal we will find you a subject-specific mentor, who will help you put together a Learning Contract, which is your own bespoke course design, which will allow you to complete your project. You can use your own experience and interests to explore a subject through work-experience. You can also use the resources of the faculty –whether it be teaching and research expertise or workshop facilities – to help you. You even pick your own title for the course."
I started this course in September 2015 after completing the first year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Staffordshire in 'Stop Motion Animation and Puppetry' and being awarded a Certificate of Higher Education. I wanted to specialise in the parts of animation I find most interesting (i.e. fabrication) and to have more control over the subjects and method of studying. I already have a MSc. in Biological Computation (lots of Statistics) so I've studied at Post Graduate level before which has proved useful.
My programme is entitled:-
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The Masters by Negotiated Study (MaNS) is an MA or an MSc. degree course run by the University of Staffordshire UK. More details can be found here:-
It is one year full-time or two years part-time. It is unusual in that you have the freedom to design what you study and how you're assessed (within reason), and you are required to write a Learning Contract which is then confirmed by your tutor and an external examiner but which can be modified over the period of the programme.
Here's an abridged description from the website:-
"A unique Masters programme in which YOU decide the focus and subject of your postgraduate studies in the diverse area of Arts and Creative Technologies.
It is impossible to describe this course, because it is different for every single student. You are the person who decides what you want to do (as long as it’s at a postgraduate level of study).
Armed with your proposal we will find you a subject-specific mentor, who will help you put together a Learning Contract, which is your own bespoke course design, which will allow you to complete your project. You can use your own experience and interests to explore a subject through work-experience. You can also use the resources of the faculty –whether it be teaching and research expertise or workshop facilities – to help you. You even pick your own title for the course."
I started this course in September 2015 after completing the first year of an undergraduate degree at the University of Staffordshire in 'Stop Motion Animation and Puppetry' and being awarded a Certificate of Higher Education. I wanted to specialise in the parts of animation I find most interesting (i.e. fabrication) and to have more control over the subjects and method of studying. I already have a MSc. in Biological Computation (lots of Statistics) so I've studied at Post Graduate level before which has proved useful.
My programme is entitled:-
'MA in Stop Motion Animation - Costumes, Model and Puppet Fabrication'.
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