Directed by Robert Vilushis, the film is about a small fairy man who lives in the woods. He runs a magical forge with which he smiths seeds into tools for his farm. Three critters assist him; a praying mantis, a pill bug, and a slug. He's built various tools to help the animals - he made a shell for the slug, turning it into a snail. The snail shell has been my major sculptural contribution so far.
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| Sarah Mannino, our lead puppet artist, sculpted the body of our slug - I helped make the mold to cast him. |
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| The shell was designed to look like acorns, sawed in half, hammered flat, and nailed together like shingles. Collecting reference was fun. |
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| Sarah was kind enough to sculpt the base shape of the shell for me. Super time saver! |
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| Here's my basic plan for the details, with real acorns and another of the seed-smith's tools for reference. |
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| After approval from the director, I fleshed the design out a bit more and brought it into relief. |
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| Agh! I forgot to take pictures of it before it went off to mold-making. But here it is afterwards, a little worn, but still holding some details. |
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| And here's the mold! |
I'm pretty thrilled - it looks like the silicone caught a lot of the detail.
Stay tuned! I'll post the plastic versions once they've been poured.
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