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Playful design and animation

 
 
 

Latest news

Handmade Happiness (2022)

Short Animated Documentary

Watch our new film Handmade Happiness.

Winner of best documentary at Los Angeles Animation Festival 2022 and part of the official selection for Sydney Film Festival 2023 and London International Animation Festival 2023.

 
Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky

Case Study

Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky (2020)

Feature Documentary

Read about the process of creating the animation for this fantastic Australian film which was named a highlight of Melbourne International Film Festival 2020 and is currently available to stream on NITV/SBS Viceland.

Winner of best factual single documentary at AIDC 2021.

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Case Study

There Is No I In Island (2021)

Web Series - Documentary Animation

Read about the process of creating animation for this five part animated documentary series which was nominated for Best Animation and Best Web Series at the 2021 ATOM Awards.

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Behind the scenes

There Is No I In Island (2021)

Web Series - Documentary Animation

See more behind the scenes photos of how we made stop motion puppets of a host of Tasmanian cave creatures…

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Past work

Past work
THE STUFF OF DREAMS
THE STUFF OF DREAMS

A short film commissioned by Hannah Moloney of Good Life Permaculture and nonprofit Australia reMADE who asked Tasmanians to imagine a climate safe future for lutruwita/Tasmania.

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A GIRL NEEDS A BIKE
A GIRL NEEDS A BIKE

Clara discovers that learning to ride takes courage, crashes and a whole village. An animated documentary.

Official selection Flickerfest 2017

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I DON'T DRIVE
Music Video
I DON'T DRIVE
Music Video

A music video with killer plant puppets for Enola Fall.

Rage “Indie clip of the week” (ABC TV)

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Music Video
Past work
GENERAL EXHIBITION
Web Series
GENERAL EXHIBITION
Web Series

Titles and editing for a comedy series about friendship, VHS, abandonment, VHS, not growing up and VHS.

Web Series
BERLIN SYNDROME
Book Trailer
BERLIN SYNDROME
Book Trailer

A book trailer for the novel Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten.

Book Trailer
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Television Commercial
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Television Commercial

A television commercial for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Television Commercial
 

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It was a rare treat to see @adam_elliot_clay speak about #memoirofasnail @statecinemahobart yesterday. There is so much love by so many animators and artisans that has gone into this film. It’s refreshing Australian and all the international ac
Team Handmade Happiness are finalists for the people’s choice prize as voted by students and teachers in the US. How lovely! 🥰🥹 Thanks to the My Hero International Film Festival, a project that uses art and media to celebrate positive and d
I’m looking forward to being part of the Minds Do Matter exhibition for @rant_arts at @moonahartscentre . They will screen Handmade Happiness as one of a whole series of artworks discussing mental health. I’m looking forward to seeing the
New film, new office. Finally time to start putting those puppet making supplies where I can find them! 😅
#repost from the fantastic @animator_haneen All the best with your work Haneen❤️🎨👏 “ Palestinian women are learning to create animated films as an artistic means of expressing personal experiences and suffering that may be difficult to conve
Almost spring! I’m so ready for a change of season 🌱
A very exciting parcel at my studio arrived featuring a “Crab-Shaped Super Clamp with Ballhead Magic Arm”. Catchy name. Hopefully a few new clamps will get my puppets rigged up and moving in just the right way🤞🎥⚡️

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