Strata-cut animation

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Strata-cut animation, also spelled stratcut or straticut, is a form of

clay animation, itself one of many forms of stop motion
animation.

Strata-cut animation is most commonly a form of clay animation in which a long bread-like "loaf" of

malleable
.

Technique

Designing the interior contents of a clay block is complex in and of itself. Abstract images and patterns are easier to create than recognizable images or character-driven moving images. Both the pace and forms of the movements of the internal imagery have to be considered when building the block (or loaf). A kind of non-high-tech "underground" quality of the all-moving imagery is usually the result.

Interesting abstract images can be created by folding strips of different-colored clay together, flattening them out, and then folding them again, repeating this process until the final result is a relatively tight mosaic of "woven" patterns. Eventually, a series of blocks of these mosaics can be combined into single blocks (loafs) and also combined with non-abstract imagery.

History

Experimentally toyed with in both clay and blocks of wax by German animator

Prince Achmed". The technique was revived, named and highly refined with precision and control in the mid-1980s by California-Oregon animator David Daniels, a past associate of Will Vinton, in his 16-minute short film Buzz Box.[3][4]

In popular culture

The method of strata-cut animation was used in the music video for "Big Time" by Peter Gabriel (1986),[5] for the "ABC" part of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker video compilation,[6] and in the title sequence for the 1993 film Freaked. Daniels has also used it as background imagery as other forms of animation or live action are superimposed over it.[7]

Daniels has used variations of this style for a variety of TV commercials and bits made for the

Cal Arts
.

An example of a strata-cut sculpture by David Daniels.

References

  1. OCLC 1082875614
    .
  2. ^ Tafelski, Tanner (2016-09-08). "The Crude and Chaotic Art of "Strata-Cut" Claymation". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. ^ "David Daniels Strata Cuts New York – Animation Scoop". www.animationscoop.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. ^ Robinson, Chris (2017-09-25). "What are all those paint men digging? - 'Buzz Box'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  5. ^ "David Daniels". www.artofthetitle.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  6. ^ Furniss 1998, pp. 52–54.
  7. ^ Ulloa, Alexander; Albinson, Ian (2009-06-01). "Freaked". www.artofthetitle.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

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