The Crafty Animator Handmade, Craft-based Animation and Cultural Value /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ruddell, Caroline (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ward, Paul (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Animation,
• Subjects: Animated films.; Arts.; Animation.

This collection is a study of the value of craft as it can be understood within the study and practice of animation. The book reconsiders the position of craft, which is often understood as inferior to 'art', with a particular focus on questions of labour in animation production and gender...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction, Caroline Ruddell and Paul Ward
• 2. Made by Hand, Birgitta Hosea
• 3. Craft as Critique in Experimental Animation, Lilly Husbands
• 4. Lotte Reiniger: The Crafty Animator and Cultural Value, Katharina Boeckenhoff and Caroline Ruddell
• 5. Autobiography and Authenticity in Stop-Motion Animation, Carla MacKinnon
• 6. Handmade Aesthetics in Animation for Adults and Children, Ewan Kirkland
• 7. In good hands? Indexes and interfaces in A Computer Animated Hand (Ed Catmull & Frederic Parke, 1972), Christopher Holliday
• 8. Crafted Wonder: The Puppet's Place within Popular Special Effects Reception, Alexander Sergeant
• 9. Q&A with Eric Dyer, Caroline Ruddell and Paul Ward.