I suppose puppet-making often begins just by gathering stuff — materials that I find attractive, like wood and sticks and wire and leaves and flowers and petals and bits of broken electronics,” says singer-songwriter and BAFTA award-winning stop-motion artist Ainslie Henderson, who made this animated short in collaboration with musician Poppy Ackroyd. “Things that have already had a life are lovely to have in puppets. And then from there you start improvising. It’s like making music. You just see where it leads you.” For more info on this one: The Vimeo Blog.