CLAIRE LENNON

✂️✏️ Animation Producer/ Director/ Crafty Gal ✏️✂️  @clairelennonx  Dublin, Ireland

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Delighted to have Produced, BARDO, And Maps And Plans latest Frameworks funded short film. Premiering at the Galway Film Fleadh this year, the film was written and directed by the powerfully multi talented Aisling Conroy.

We worked with an incredibly talented and diverse crew and it still amazes me that something so beautiful was made from kitchen tables and bedrooms. Thanks to all that hard work we produced a gorgeous and unforgettable short film, which I really hope you love as much as I do.

Written and Directed by Aisling Conroy, Produced by Claire Lennon, BARDO was funded by Screen Ireland and RTÉ under the Frameworks initiative.

Distribution: Varicoloured  

For full cast and crew visit : www.andmapsandplans.com/bardo #supportirishfilm #supportirishfilmakers

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Bike Boy!

Some silly fun from a long lost project.

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Myself and Ringo! My puppet I made at the Aardman Academy. He’s a magical Bristolian Wizard who loves cheese.

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Party in the Crypt 🎉 | Music Video | Ghoul Girls Rock | Vampirina | Disney Junior

King Pepi invites all the party monsters and humans alike to come join the dance party in the crypt with the Ghoul Girls!Watch Vampirina on Disney Junior and...

The short I directed for Disney Junior has aired!! 🥳😭 🎉🕷🕸 This is an absolute dream come true and a very special achievement for me. I couldn’t be prouder of King Pepi and all the gals getting down in the Crypt! 😂 I worked on Vampirina from development and it was such a great experience throughout.

Massive thanks to all the Vampirina Brown Bag Films team! Special shout out to Norton Virgien, Nayanshi Shaw, and the unbelievably talented Mighty Animation Studio for joining forces with us to create this incredible world with me! 

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A cursed prototype of an Xmas ornament I’m making for my friends.

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My sketch of Ringo and the final fully animatable puppet!

We had a week in Aardman to make him and looking back I was very ambitious for that time scale... His mouth and lips are embroidered interchangeable expression pieces. I’ll go back and make his wolf shawl at some point and probably embellish his cape a little more.

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My best bud Jasper AKA Jasp, Jaspie, Lil Pig, Angel Paws and Slipper Sniffer 🐾

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I got a lend of an IPad Pro for the week. Really enjoying Procreate so far and Jasper is the perfect life drawing model to play with 🙈

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I had an unforgettable week building puppets with Aardman Animations!

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I completed a sculpture course at NCAD a while ago. I learned how to make plaster mounds and use a range of alginates and other casting materials. Casting a fresh piece of broccoli was very challenging but it worked out well!

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Process work for my first big cardboard head, Shoe the Boxtroll!!

I used 2 boxes for the head, to create both his features and general shape. I used papier-mâché with kitchen paper and PVA glue to mold the details in his features. Finally some acrylic paint for his skin and some wire wool for his hair and he’s alive!! I used a larger box for his body and free hand painted his iconic ‘Shoe’ logo. I tied medical bandages to my legs and made his feet from softer cardboard.

Honestly, this was my favorite to work on and I learned a bunch. Cardboard is unruly sometimes and doesn’t always bend to your will but making a 3D structure from off cuts was really interesting and so satisfying.

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I’m starting to make a little test puppet. Mostly to learn but mainly because I love shredding my hands 😬✂️🔒✏️🔪

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Final product of the Brown Bag Films 25th Anniversary sculpted cardboard Granny O’Grimm Head!

Includes action shot of Cathal wearing it at our company Townhall event!

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Process work of the giant cardboard Granny O’Grimm head I made for Brown Bag Film’s 25th Anniversary!

For this, I started with a large cardboard box and card structure pieces to support her nose and hair. I ended up using a further 5 boxes to free sculpt the nose, ears and chin and a giant lawnmower box for the hair. I used hot glue and strong hold duct tape to combine the pieces together. Completely fun and well worth the pricks from my scalpel. Painting her took about 4 liters of acrylic paint in a rainbow of colours. I achieved the flesh tone through a variety of pinks, oranges and reds and used several sponges to dapple the freckles and liver spots.

By far the heaviest piece I’ve made but it’s now become my favorite!

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An embroidered cat I finally finished with most of my fingers still intact 🤙

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My Halloween costume for this year, Gregoria from Disney Jr’s Vampirina!! I’ve worked on Vampirina for just over 2 years and Gregoria is definitely my fave character! Working on this papier-mâché piece was a lot of fun. With 4 cardboard boxes, 5 rolls of kitchen paper, 2 bottles of PVA glue and liters of paint she finally came to life! It took just over a week to finish, including a speedy trip to the hospital for 2 stitches in my hand following a box cutter accident... Halloween!! Vampirina!! 🎃💜🕷🖤🕸🌙🕷💜🖤🎃

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My Submission for the Animation Art Show 2016.

‘Herself’

Embroidery thread on white felt with multiple glass beads on an 11″ wooden embroidery hoop.