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Illustrations for fairy tales of Chukotka Иллюстрации к сказкам Чукотки

Watch one of my plush grow from uncut fabric to final photos.

Video description: stop-motion animation of a fox plush being made. Faux fur pieces in black, silver and bright ginger orange get cut, move into a fox shape, attach bit by bit, get turned inside-out for final sewing, turn right-side out and get stuffed, eyes, shaved ears, painted, closed up, and then set up in front of a white board, finished. Music: Lifestream. Musician: Dream Machine. URL: https://icons8.com/music/

101 pieces from 19 different fabrics (17 faux furs and 2 vinyl) went until this fox. It took me twenty-some hours to complete over a month's time, possibly longer to account for all the camera angle fiddling.

This was my first stop-motion video so I definitely learned some things! This is my usual order of assembly for plush, though not every step was captured, in part because I wasn't sure how to do so or it would have been awkward. For example you can see I redid the neck, but didn't show the replacement of the piece between the shoulders. But I hope to try this again and get even more of the process!

Koza, a goat with a movable jaw, carried by Polish carolers. Village of Stannowo, region of Kujawy (northern Poland), c. 1935. Source: nasze.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl

Chimú

Feathered Tunic, 1470/1532

Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley

Cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches

85.1 × 86 cm (33 ½ × 33 7/8 in.)