{"product_id":"the-art-of-smallfilms-the-work-of-oliver-postgate-peter-firmin-hardcover","title":"The Art of Smallfilms: The Work of Oliver Postgate \u0026 Peter Firmin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonny Truck\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Embray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStewart Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePostgate \u0026amp; Firmin produced some of the best-loved British children's television of the 1960s and '70s, including \u003ci\u003eBagpuss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Clangers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIvor the Engine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking from a cowshed on a farm in Kent, Oliver Postgate (1925-2008) and Peter Firmin (born 1928) produced some of the best-loved British children's animated television of the 1960s and 1970s. Their iconic productions include \u003ci\u003eBagpuss\u003c\/i\u003e (originally aired in 1974), \u003ci\u003eThe Clangers\u003c\/i\u003e (1969-74), \u003ci\u003eIvor The Engine\u003c\/i\u003e (1975-77), \u003ci\u003ePogles' Wood\u003c\/i\u003e (1966-68) and \u003ci\u003eNoggin The Nog\u003c\/i\u003e (1959-65). Postgate and Firmin worked together from 1959 through the 1980s, creating popular, beloved characters that appealed to children and their parents alike, like the whistling, mousy Clangers (knitted by Firmin's wife Joan in bright pink wool) in outer space, the saggy, baggy cloth cat Bagpuss and the mild-mannered Viking boy Prince Noggin. Firmin painted the backdrops and created the models, and Postgate wrote scripts, did the stop-motion filming and frequently recorded the kindly, avuncular narration. This book, which includes a preface by Postgate's son Daniel, presents the Smallfilms archive: the puppets and cutouts from these shows (including some of the characters who didn't quite make the cut), along with insights into how they were created. The emphatically handmade models and painstakingly drawn illustrations that came to life in the Smallfilms productions are captured here in attentive, detailed photographs. The archive is presented like \"a collection of artifacts in an exhibition detailing some much-admired twentieth-century art movement, like Fluxus or Dada,\" as acclaimed English stand-up comedian Stewart Lee notes in his introduction. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Smallfilms\u003c\/i\u003e, full of pipe cleaners, cotton balls, wire and ping-pong balls, celebrates the imagination and ingenuity of two artists who shaped a generation's childhood.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 11.2 x 10.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48391777321209,"sku":"9781909829022","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/c-SQ1j3M-B9781909829022.webp?v=1778532805","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-art-of-smallfilms-the-work-of-oliver-postgate-peter-firmin-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}