Puppet Fabrication
“House with Jujubes” (2024)
CalArts MFA Thesis Film (currently in production).
Costume design & fabrication by Yi-Lun Chien. I made puppet bodies and sewed some of the costumes based on patterns provided by my costume designer.
“Under A Shooting Contrail” (2022)
CalArts MFA First Year Short
Pom Pom Girl (2022)
A puppet for animation exercises. It was also made as a backup body for the puppet above, thus the same materials and size.
Silicone Puppet Head (2023)
Tested silicone puppet head molding & casting.
Ball & Socket Armature (2023)
I fabricated 10 ball & socket armatures for CalArts Film/Video Cage (equipment office). Brazed each joint and sanded down the feet. Mentored by Stephen Chiodo.
A Flower Girl (2020)
A puppet inspired by Ajisai flowers (hydrangea) I found during a walk in Japan during the pandemic.
“In Search of Life” (2019)
An alien puppet from an unfinished short film “In Search of Life.”
Pig (2019)
A claymation puppet for lipsync animation.
“Dreamscape” (2019)
My first stop motion puppet.
Costume: Demon Masks (2020)
As a part of a course at Rhode Island School of Design, I worked with Erminio Pinque (Big Nazo 4. Lab director) and Mary Jane Begin (Illustrator, RISD faculty) in collaboration with White Snake Projects to create mask costumes for a live-action opera performance “Monkey: A Kung Fu Parable.”
