Okay, so this is lame to have two extra dudes on our blog, but Bruck Bickford is a really incredible stop-motion clay artist that you must check out or you'll probably just die. Bruce is an older guy that has been making stop-motion since 1964 and is still rocking out today.
He's a basement dweller much like Mr. Chad VanGaalen, but I have a feeling Bruce has put in way more time considering the following statement he has made, "In considering the time element in working with clay, Bickford adds, "Transforming is a lot like painting. You have to get beyond how long it's taking you and just let it take its own course."
Bruce's animations give an incredible sense of passing time and evolution through the human mind. All of the work he does leads to a very primal and spiritual exploration of the psyche with a mind-bending collapse of space in nearly each second of film. If anyone else has seen anything remotely similar to what this man does, please let me know.
His miniature clay sets are so elaborate it's hard to imagine the vision he harbors. He also creates 35mm line drawings and 3D paper figures. God knows what else he has hidden in the old basement.
NPR Posdcast anyone?
Here is a listing of Bruce's most popular work with a video for explanation:
1979 -Baby Snakes with Frank Zappa
1987 - Prometheus Garden
2004 - Monster Road (A documentary about Bickford)
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