Firing my heart- scary!

The vases and heart ready to go.

It needs a lot of newspaper and sawdust.

Just starting.

Half way through; the smoke is what blackens the clay not the fire.

The fire dying down.

After the smoke has cleared, you can just see the heart right in the middle.

I wanted one of my hearts to have the effect of looking burnt, so with the help of Ralph and Mo from cermaics i was able to fire one of my ceramic hearts (after it had been fired in the kiln) in a metal bin. Very scary and smokey but i'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Jabberwocky Brief

The scene where the Hero spots the Jabberwocky. To make the Jabberwocky i focused on the only descriptions that are in the poem; the firey eyes, the big teeth and claws, because all the images i could find resembled some kind of dragon and i wanted to make mine different!

The Beamish Boy Hero made from felt, small enough to fit on a thimble.

The Jabberwocky with detatchable velcro head

We have been set a brief for the animation company Little Loud to produce 2 character designs and a scene from Lewis carol's Jabberwocky. I decided to make my Jabberwocky and hero from felt and fluff. The background was made using watercolour and the trees' outline have been sewn. Upon reflection my handmade characters wouldn't be very easy to animate. Still pleased with how they turned out though!