About
Howdy! I’m Malcolm Bornmann, Animax’s Summer 2021 Marketing and Events Intern. Welcome to the Animax Interns Blog, where I share first-hand accounts of what it’s like to work at this awesome company!
Today’s post is about Animax’s Summer 2021 Soft Goods Intern, Anna Buntin:
Working with Soft Goods
Anna has a background in theatrical costume design and puppet construction, making her a perfect fit for our Soft Goods Department! This department focuses on four main areas of production: Costuming, Patterning, Fabrication, and Finishing, all of which Anna has been able to experience during her time here at Animax.
Thus far in her internship, Anna has hand-stitched dinosaur skins onto foam limbs, stretched skins to help with dinosaur scale texturing, and made many mold socks, which are stretchy pieces of fabric that go over a 3D print to help silicon attach to a moving mech body. She additionally has cut and shaped foam, honed her measuring abilities through precision work, and is now working with our Master Patterner to learn patternmaking!
Reflection
Working within Soft Goods has allowed Anna to grow both her soft and hard skills while gaining a well-rounded perspective on the Animax design process! She’s improved her sense of detail, her confidence in effective communication, and so much more, all thanks to this internship!
When discussing what’s excited her the most about working at Animax, Anna states, “Puppetry has always been a vital and revered form of theatre and communication for me. It’s an old art form, but Animax has turned it into something new and breathtaking by incorporating new technology – it’s bananas!”
