"Drawing on childhood memories, folk art, and nature, the London-based illustrator and model maker creates expressive sculptures and puppets that inhabit dreamlike realms. Invoking historical costumes and cartoonish and emotive faces, Johnston's otherworldly cast seems both familiar and strange, as if children's book protagonists have sprung to life or converged with a strange dream."
"Recent characters comprise a series of gods representing sunburn, hay fever, and insomnia, which also-rather inconveniently- are the sun, flowers, and the moon. Johnston recently made her first short film in collaboration with stop-motion animator and fellow puppet-maker Joseph Wallace called "The Wickywock and the Jubjub Berry.""
"Johnston is currently working on a few ideas for animated series and hoping to develop a slightly longer format stop-motion project while also working on another short film, "which will be a mix of live action puppetry and stop-motion animation and will feature two flowery monsters and an extremely cute bee.""
Cat Johnston is a London-based illustrator and model maker who creates expressive sculptures and puppets drawing from childhood memories, folk art, and nature. Her otherworldly characters combine historical costumes with cartoonish, emotive faces, appearing both familiar and strange. Recent works include a series of gods representing sunburn, hay fever, and insomnia embodied as the sun, flowers, and moon. Johnston collaborated with stop-motion animator Joseph Wallace on her first short film, "The Wickywock and the Jubjub Berry," featuring a mythical woodland creature experiencing sleeplessness. She exhibits work at local venues and has joined London-based Passion Pictures as a director. Current projects include animated series concepts and stop-motion films combining live action puppetry with animation.
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