I created many props and dressed many sets for this Academy Award winning stop-motion film directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
I worked as a set dresser and model maker on this hilarious spoof about NPR by Mike Judge and Zach Woods.
I worked as a model maker on Season 2 of this adorable children's show from Nickelodeon.
Below are some images from the film I spent two years set dressing!
Who wouldn't want to live here? I felt like I did for two years set dressing! This was a real treat to work on, with so much detail and beautiful colors, light… and how about that stained glass window?
I dressed this shot, carefully composing the posters, axe, and glassware and the chains hanging from the ceiling.
The gunshot and the luggage were a real puzzle to keep track of. But this was such a fun sequence to set dress!
Action shot! Arranging Adelina's tea set so close to camera required a great deal of patience. What do you think of the continuity between the different angles of the room?
Check out those tassels... Those are real, and made one by one with embroidery floss and glue.
One of the many sails we made for Kubo's boat. Creating an animatable, sturdy, 8 foot sail was a massive group effort in the soft goods, landscapes and rigging department!
I created this blanket with a special weighted silicone lining, patterned to be thin and double sided and able to drape gracefully over the puppet.
Creating this series of decorative panels was a meticulous operation, stretching gold lame over animatable panels. In the background is one of the many banners that I worked on for Hanzo's fortress, and on the floor are tatami mats made of thousands of thin strips of carpet material carefully sewn together.
I fabricated these lovely high spec parasols.
I fabricated numerous blankets using a specially designed weighted lining. This one had to unfurl from a bag into a flat blanket.
I designed and fabricated the strap for Kubo's Shamisen instrument. I had to make MANY duplicates of these over the course of the film. They had to withstand animation over a whole shot, yet they were delicate and made out of natural raffia with embedded wire, braided and wrapped with layers of colors and detail.
I fabricated this animatable banner and added the stylized details.
Working on one of many sails for the Kubo's sailboat.
I worked on the banners, shades and many other soft props hanging in this village.
foam, fabric, styrene, brass
hand-turned black walnut, clear coat
MDF with paint, foam covered in fabric, floral wire piping
MDF and paint, foam covered in fabric, floral wire piping
magi-sculpt, upholstery fabric- trimmed, spectralite paint, pins for eyes and stitched mouth
styrene, electrical wire, fabric, paint
vacu-formed seats and mdf back
steel and brass structure
I designed and built this couch just because. I designed the pattern in Illustrator and had it printed on the fabric. The frame is made out of MDF and painted to look like mahogany. I carved the feet and leaf detail out of Ren Shape. The fabric is upholstered around soft foam.
Can you find the puppy’s face hidden in the design?
In collaboration with team we sculpted foam to create Nissan’s line of cars for their Rankin and Bass Christmas spot. I worked on the Nissan Versa.
High density foam, vacu-form, paint
dressed road, streetlights, buildings, etc.
dressed buildings, roads, characters
Kit-bashed USS Enterprise and wired it for lighting
dressed and fabricated water and sand, dressed buildings and other infrastructure
collaborated with team to sculpt and fabricate possible transformers characters
cast and glued as zombie pile
I had to make a few rolls of mini bubble wrap and design clothes and shoes for Santa and his people
I made the bubble wrap and the long johns for Papa
fabric and wire
