A handmade stop-motion animation created during the December holidays for an AEP project, using clay, Play-Doh and iPads.

The main challenge was controlling movement and consistency. Because everything was made by hand, the clay and Play-Doh figures could shift, deform or fall out of place easily. It also took patience to take many photos just to create a few seconds of animation.

We worked frame by frame, making small adjustments to the characters and scenes before photographing each movement with the iPad. By using simple handmade materials and careful positioning, we created an animation that communicated the environmental theme through physical storytelling.