What have I been up to this summer?

Mostly, I’ve been preparing for my senior year project—a 3D stop-motion short, if all goes well—which means I’ve been making puppets with cardboard and wire to experiment with rig structures.

You can see some animation with these puppets on this LinkedIn post, as well as my other socials. (The video files are too big to include here. Darn.)

I’ve also been writing trying to write scripts for this short I’m trying to dream up! Which makes it feel like I haven’t got a lot to show for my summer. But sometimes, studio time looks like sitting and thinking. And that featured a lot in my summer.

News from Carys-World

I got into the BFA program! Plan is now to take a gap year for the 2026–27 academic year and then return for a fifth year of school and graduate in 2028 with both a BA in Studio Art and a BFA in Integrated Arts.

Behind the Scenes

Soooo… photo dump of puppet progress pics?

Where to Find Me

I’ll be at school… so reply to this newsletter or check my socials (linked below the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the email). I’ll probably be on those more than I would like, but you might get lucky and see the odd progress picture.

Thanks for being here!

Look at me. I’m sharing what I like to do, and I actually got a comment from a stranger on LinkedIn for doing so. I didn’t quite believe that was possible.

Did you do anything this summer that seemed impossibly far off?

From,

Carys