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Wax: Stop Motion’s Little Known Material

December 28th, 2008

When most people think of stop motion animation, they think of clay or wooden puppets. There are actually quite a few situations where wax is a much better solution.  Animate Clay has a great article about wax, and its use in animation. Some recent uses of wax in stop motion include Jack Skellington in Nightmare Before Christmas, the mouths on the Vinton series The PJ’s, and Fred Stuhrs Tool video for Prison Sex.You may never look at candles the same way again!-Floyd Bishop