Work in progress

This stop motion puppet is a work in progress for a short film I am developing, inspired by the Tim Burton poem Junk Girl. In the poem, Junk Girl lives in the junkyard and the bin man falls in love with her.

My adaptation of the poem, though inspired by the original, centres more around Junk Girl living in the junkyard, dealing with loneliness and making friends with the other creatures that also live there.

The wire armature with Milliput moulding to give the puppet ‘bones’

Making a new armature with Sculpy

Adding sponge to the body for padding

Adding curled fine copper wire for hair

Using off cuts of fabric to create costumes