Another Bathtub!

Dear Reader,

Reviewing the bathtub built the other day with help from Alien Two, it was unanimously deemed to be "in need of a lip". Affixing a lip however, turns out to be no easy task!

In the end it seemed that that bathtub offered a superb mould for another, built with chicken wire and papier mache, two of our favorite formative materials!

Behold the new tub :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Inspiration from Cardboard Monkeys

Dear Reader,

Some of the chief ingredients behind The Squirrel King aesthetic include simplicity of construction, whimsical design, and scale. Any art piece involving all three of these elements is sure to pique our interest.

James Grashow makes a lot of this sort of art :) His monkey project, a collection of whimsical life-sized cardboard monkeys, is a classic such piece!


Have a flick through his website, there's lots of wonderful inspiration there!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Three Cheers for the Catburglar!

Dear Reader,

Yesterday was a big day!

Firstly, it was the last day of shooting for our esteemed Catburglar, Tony Doupe! Tony, big thanks, you are awesome!! You performance is always amazing and you are a gem to work with. Thanks again :)

Secondly, our location scouting mission (which started before 5am yesterday as I piled the last pieces into the back of the car - see left) was a complete success! The final episode will now end with magnificent scope, befitting all the hard work that has gone into the rest of the series. A huge relief to me, and simply a magnificent result for the production.

Superb scouting, Justus!!

Finally, doesn't Bob's bathtub look awesome in situ :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Bathtub Round Two ...

Dear Reader,

A little measurement of the trunk of my car revealed the first iteration of the bathtub to be in need of a size reduction (given our need unexpected need to pair today's second ashes scout with a little shooting - we're losing our beloved Catburglar early).

To keep the bathtub "round 2" identifiable as a bathtub though, I stylized a little. I'm pleased to report that I'm super happy with the new lines. The final product has a nice trim on the lip of which I promise to post a pic tomorrow, in situ, after today's scout and shoot!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Scouting in the Ashes

Dear Reader,

Finding the smoldering landscape around Nesting is proving more difficult than I expected. Who would have thought how many different versions of burnt out exist!

So far we've found brush fires which leave no stumps and fires from yesteryear, leaving burnt trunks, but under which new grass has already returned.

Fear not though, tomorrow we enlist the Catburglar's help as we scout a new area!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

And then there was a Bathtub!

Dear Reader,

In the wake of burning down the miniature of Nesting a few days back, we now turn to the job of filming the aftermath. To do that though, we'll need ... a bathtub!

Fortunately, Alien Two was very enthused to help out!
Stay tuned, location scouting today!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Nesting Burns!

Dear Reader,

After last weekend's big Catburglar shoot, Justus, the Aliens and the Trouble and Strife helped me out on Monday with the big job of burning the township and surrounding landscape.

The much anticipated event took longer than I'd expected with shots carefully choreographed in order to wring the most out of our five pieces of interlocking quilled landscape.

Hope you like the before and after shots here, unfortunately I have no production stills on hand of the actual burn as my hands were well occupied running the camera until the flames got too high!!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims