Georgia Hill
Website:www.georgia-hill.com
Twitter:@daftgee
Instagram:daftgee
Job role:Puppet and prop maker
Skills:I work primarily as a puppet designer / maker for childrens theatre, televison and carnivals. Puppet making, Doll making, Costume making, Prop making, Foam, Cardboard, Painting, Sculpting, machine and hand sewing, fabrication, kids crafts, recycling.
Hello! I'm a puppet and prop maker based in Northumberland. My work is usually full of fun, bright colours and silliness! I love being able to tell stories, express personality and character through puppet making.
I enjoy working in a wide range of materials and thrive off the challenge of making something out of nothing.
It is important to me that my work makes people smile. I'm always on the look out for daft projects that are a bit wacky and full of humour!
Recent blog entries
Today I jumped on my sewing machine, as the hands are ready to become nice and fluffy! Amelia wished for pink arms, so I stitched two pink fabric tubes to create the arms and stitched around the hand shape. They are now so soft and lovely to hug! I then hand stitched the blue fabric all over the chair and attached the arms. The chair is so comfy and soft, definitely feels like a warm hug.
Today I created the very important big hands for the hug chair! I first created a paper template of the hand, so I knew exactly what size I'd like it to be. Once I was happy with my paper template size, I drew around the template on a large sheet of upholstery foam. I then cut it out and sanded it smooth with my sander.
Next I will create the arms and start covering everything in the fluffy fabric!
It was great to have a zoom call with Amelia and have a chat about her brilliant invention! Rather than a full length sofa, it is going to be a cosy armchair so one person can really feel the lovely hug tightly. I have found an old armchair that is super comfy, I am going to upcycle it for this invention! Amelia said she would love the chair to be light blue and pink and feel like a fluffy blanket. I found the softest fluffy blue fabric that I think will be perfect for the chair!
