'Trixie the Little Carousel Horse' by Rochelle Hodgson

Rochelle takes every opportunity to make textile based work and her animation project has been no exception. Trixie herself is a riot of pattern and colour and the sets that Rochelle has made are painstakingly and delicately embellished fabrics. Rochelle has set herself a big task in putting these two time consuming techniques together but you can tell that her love for textiles work has overshadowed her animation. I would have liked to have seen movement in the sets, perhaps the Indian paisleys dancing to some traditional music and the fish swimming around the Great Barrier Reef. Perhaps Rochelle could have taken inspiration from Luka's use of time-lapse photography animation technique to really show off the process of the stitching and embellishments.

The final film is however a quiet piece that may appeal greatly to it's intended pre-school audience. If you have any comments please post them here to Rochelle who will use them to further her work and working processes...