What is an armature?

Growing up, my favorite thing to do with my brother was play with our stuffed animals and create all sorts of crazy stories involving them. When I found out that stop-motion films were made with actual physical puppets, my mind was BLOWN. It was playing with stuffed animals taken to THE NEXT LEVEL.

Obviously, I wanted in on this game. But how?

How does a stop-motion character actually move?

Armatures.

An armature is a skeleton for a stop-motion puppet. It's what allows a character to move and truly come to life!

There are many different types of armatures - some of the most popular include wire armatures and ball and socket armatures. I'm going to try building some and document it on this blog!

Image Credit: http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/page/armatures-ball-socket-or-wire