Join us Saturday, May 31st from 11am to 2pm at the Chattery to learn the basics of animation and stop motion! Hope to see you there!

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-2

 I’m excited and proud to share the newest video from The Skeleton Key Workshop.

It’s called Special Needs and is a collaboration with the good people over at DIYabled. We want to help bring awareness and information about disability into the world.

The voices were done by Priya Ray and Robert Price.

The music is by Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa.

Puppets and animation were done by me.

The catalyst for this project stems from a conversation I was having with Priya where I used the term ‘special needs’. Priya gently corrected me and let me know that term isn’t really used anymore. It was a moment of growth for me. How eating your lunch isn’t a special need. We all need to eat! From there we started talking about what if we made a video explaining this very thing. It turned into what you now see. It feels good to grow.

I hope you enjoy it! We plan on making a series of videos on a wide range of subjects with some of these new characters so stay tuned! #disability #theskeletonkeyworkshop #diyabled #stopmotionanimation #puppet #diy #braille #chattanooga

Coming up soon! Saturday, January 18th.

Class is from 2:30 to 5:30pm.

If you’ve ever been curious about learning this beautiful art form, here is the chance!

In class we will focus on an introduction to the principles of animation and then build upon that! By the end of class, you’ll be able to animate a simple video of your own using your cell phone or tablet.

Come have some fun and learn something new

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-1

Hi everyone! I’m very excited to announce our first class to teach stop motion basics.

This hands-on class dives into the core principles of animation, making it easy and accessible for beginners. Using your cell phone or tablet, you’ll explore stop motion techniques and complete a simple, shareable animation by the end of the session. Whether you’re curious about animation or want a new way to tell stories, this workshop will give you the tools to bring your ideas to life!

Click the link for tickets:

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation

Some new work for Alex the Band! Created a promo video for Chapter 6 of his concept album ‘Chihuahua’.

It’s streaming everywhere now on Spotify! Check it out!

Here’s the promo video!

#theskeletonkeyworkshop #alextheband #stopmotion #stopmotionanimation #stopmotionanimationshorts #diy #art #chattanooga #chattanoogatn #puppet

Hello friends!

COMING SOON

Super excited to announce a new music video collaboration with Red Pawn! @redpawnmusic

Check them out!

This will be a full length music video for the song Cotton Candy Randy. We are a few months into the project now.

I can’t wait to share it!!! I can’t wait for you to see this!

https://www.facebook.com/share/VpFsxkMerDfTAxcX/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

#stopmotionanimation

#diy

#music

#redpawn

#art

#chattanooga

#theskeletonkeyworkshop

#animation

#rocknroll

#maximumrocknroll

Hi everyone!

I’m excited to announce a new music video that’s currently in the works!

The workshop is collaborating with Sean Lucy on one of his songs.

Check him out! @doojielucy

We will be making a music video for the tune Cinnamon Toast Crunch from his album Daddy’s Jawline (streaming everywhere).

We’re a few months into pre-production now…

Stay tuned!!!

#stopmotionanimation

#diy

#music

#art

#newmexico

#theskeletonkeyworkshop

#animation

We had a wonderful time at the library’s Maker’s Day event this past weekend. I’m so grateful that the library let us set up a table and do our thing. We set the table up so people walking by could animate! Folks were animating cars, pumpkins, pawns and even small pink flamingos.

It was a blast! We had over 30 different takes! All ages too with the youngest being around 5 I’d guess? There were so many people and so many different mediums of work. The sense of community was really nice. So many creative people all in a single place that nurtures creativity and learning… 

 I had a triggered moment (or maybe I should say glimmered) where I thought back about the time I spent in the library as a child in school. It was a refuge. Bullies didn’t hang out in the library. CS Lewis and Lewis Carroll did.

I concatenated some of the animations from the event into a single video. That’s what you see here. Check it out!!!

The face people make when they click play and see what they’ve just been animating come to life is priceless and electrifying. It’s an expression of wonder and joy. What a wonderful day. Support your library!!!! 

Yay!
I’m really excited to announce that we will have a table at the Maker’s Day event this coming Saturday at The Chattanooga Public Library !
10am-5pm!
We will be building/working on puppets for an upcoming music video all day at our table including building armatures and head sculpting. Come say hi!
We will also be hosting a basic animation workshop. More details to come on that!
Come check it out if you’re out and about!

#diy
#theskeletonkeyworkshop
#stopmotionanimation

Some work I recently did for The Company Lab. Check it out!