Animation Toolkit and Aardman launch armature kit
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Louise Duffy
| 27 May 2019

Retailer Animation Toolkit has partnered with animation studio Aardman to launch an armature kit aimed at assisting stop-motion filmmakers with the puppet-making process.

The Aardman Animation Kit range includes six products, with retail prices ranging from £14.99 to £129.99. Kits are assembled through a screw and ball joint system and permanent fixture can be achieved through thread-locking with a specialist glue or silver brazing.

Westley Wood, managing director of Animation Toolkit , said: “It’s an honour to work with one of the finest stop-motion animation producers in the UK.

The Wallace & Gromit films were inspirational to our development as a company and fuelled our desire to help others make stop-motion films. By its very nature, stop-motion puppet (armature) fabrication isn’t an easy task and doesn't fall into the average person's repertoire of DIY projects. We hope that these kits make the art more accessible to a vast range of storytellers, engineers and animation professionals and help continue to grow and sustain creativity within this art form for many years to come.”

Merlin Crossingham, creative director of Wallace & Gromit, added: “The Aardman armature kits are perfect for student or amateur filmmakers to bring their characters life. I look forward to seeing the creativity and animation that the kits will support.”