Gregg The Destroyer

Building on a project from the previous year, this character is an experimental stop motion puppet made from metal and aluminium wire. Using recycled materials from an old metal work project I wanted to see how far I could push them, in terms of texture and shape, in order to build up the character’s form. Standing at roughly 13 inches tall, I made each body part separately by cutting, bending and stick welding the steel together leaving space for the aluminium wire to connect it all together at the end. By lowering the power on the stick welder I found I could drag it along the surfaces of the steel creating a melted look giving the simple flat shapes more texture and character.