Welcome to the CHFA Blog, here you can hear behind the scenes stories from the archive from our Cosgrove Hall community. Starting with the archive’s journey to Waterside Arts we’ll be sharing our progress, CHF memories, interviews and fan stories along the way. If you’d like to get involved or speak about what Cosgrove Hall has meant to you please get in touch.
A wonderful guest blog by Rebecca, a self taught costume designer, fabricator, prop maker and set dresser who's niche is in historically accurate costumes. One of her passions is the history of vintage animations and cartoons, with a costumers viewpoint she brings you her insight into the costumes and designs of beloved Cosgrove Hall characters in a two part blog.
Read MoreProject Curator & Archivist Rosy shares a quick update from the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive to reflect on a mammoth 5 years of activity, 2021 - 2026. Rosy also shares some upcoming activity to look forward to this year
Read MoreCIT (Creative Industries Trafford) and CHFA (Cosgrove Hall Films Archive) are excited to announce a new commission opportunity of £1,500 plus professional development support towards the creation of a new animated short film.
Read MoreIn 2021, to mark 40 years since Postman Pat aired on national television, some of the original sets and props from the Postman Pat television series went on display in the Lauriston gallery at Waterside.
The sets and props have now entered the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive, to preserve and share the assets for future generations. Thanks to the kind support of Dreamworks, NBC Universal and the acclaimed Altrincham-based animation studio, Mackinnon & Saunders – three of the major companies behind the creation and development of Pat, Jess, Mrs Goggins and all of Greendale’s much loved inhabitants over the years.
Read MoreEver wondered what goes into post-production of photogrammetry scans? Ursula Ackah gives us a precise step-by-step guide of her photogrammetry process, digitising Toad from our collection for Steve Henderson, Damien Markey and the CHFA. See the results of Ursula’s scans over on our new Sketchfab account.
Read MoreOver the last year the need for digital collections and utilising 3D technology to share collections online has significantly increased. In this post our Archive Manager, Rosy Whittemore takes the opportunity to discuss the process we went through with Reanimate, a 3D scanning project in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University we began in 2019.
Read More11 - 14 November 2020 - Digital Edition
Now in its sixth year, Puppet Masters is the UK’s number one conference for animators from all backgrounds, featuring masterclass talks from leading figures in animation. This year it will be accessed virtually through Diverge, with four events over four evenings, opening up the opportunity for a wider international audience to take part.
This is a series of free digital events to be streamed on Waterside’s brand new online hub, Diverge.
Read MoreIn September the archive welcomed Justin P. Lees who has been working on an animation project with James Pollit and the team at Venture Arts in Manchester. In his personal animation project Justin had been experimenting with ways to combine his drawn characters with backgrounds. With this in mind we looked at background art and cels to show how these different styles could be combined - over to Justin!
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