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I am Jen Kilgour, a Glasgow-based artist and maker, specialising in prop making since around 2020. I studied stop-motion animation at Edinburgh College of Art in the mid 1990s, photography at Glasgow Building and Printing during the late '90s, painting in Cyprus College of Art in the late noughts and model making at Glasgow City College in the late '10s. The roaring '20s began my new adventures in prop making; a full circle return to my beginnings as a heady youth in puppet animation at art college. Now making props for TV, film and theatre.
As I'm a magpie for learning new skills and conquering new materials, I also did a creative welding evening class during my model making course. I further developed my welding by sculpting a steel rod and found object donkey/unicorn, La Sumera i l'Unicorn for the 2017 Riu d'Art public art residency in Riba-Roja, Catalonia. It still stands there to this day, guarding the local outdoor swimming pool.
I also have a love for puppetry and puppet making and so for my final college project, I made an 8ft tall demonic Mother and Baby, just so I could have a go at working with prosthetic grade silicone. I gained a bursary with Surge Scotland and developed my puppet into a walkabout theatre performance. Mother's Ruin was released onto the streets and fields of various festivals in the Summer of 2018. I don't think I have laughed so much in my life. Mother and Baby were puppeteered by the wonderful Jessica Innes and you can see Baby in full YouTube glory here.
My first project after model making college was an interactive museum box; a touring anniversary exhibition for The Touring Network. It gave me a chance to flex my problem solving mind as well as up my woodworking skills. On from that, I started to get film and tv jobs with a sprinkling of theatre and visual arts makes. These projects both challenge me and set in stone my love for the craft. Every day is different, every project is different and most of the time it's something I've never done before but that's part of the fun. I was also a project manager for outdoor theatre and arts events for about 10 years which has helped me to organise myself and I can create a damn fine excel sheet.
Broadcast projects can be seen in my portfolio, link also in the main drop down menu above. Images of un-broadcast work are always in the pipeline and see productions, projects & education for full list of projects and courses I have completed.
Read news and nonsense for up to date developments and follow me on Instagram for more images. Recent projects have involved film productions; Batgirl, Falling Into Place, The Outrun and The Origin and on TV; The Buccaneers (Debutante), Anansi Boys, The Rig and Number One Newton Avenue as well as theatre productions; Adrenalism's The Good, The Bad and The Poultry, Al Seed's Plinth, Scottish Dance Theatre's, Amethyst and National Trust for Scotland's, Urlar.
Commissions and proposals for film, tv, theatre, visual arts, personal or corporate are welcome. Contact me though my Contact page, email, phone or pop into my workshop. Phone number and email address are on the bottom of my portfolio pages. Click to enlarge.
Link to hi-res version of latest projects portfolio available on request.
If you've read this far, well done. Curious about the name Pigsticks? Well, click here to find out.
As I'm a magpie for learning new skills and conquering new materials, I also did a creative welding evening class during my model making course. I further developed my welding by sculpting a steel rod and found object donkey/unicorn, La Sumera i l'Unicorn for the 2017 Riu d'Art public art residency in Riba-Roja, Catalonia. It still stands there to this day, guarding the local outdoor swimming pool.
I also have a love for puppetry and puppet making and so for my final college project, I made an 8ft tall demonic Mother and Baby, just so I could have a go at working with prosthetic grade silicone. I gained a bursary with Surge Scotland and developed my puppet into a walkabout theatre performance. Mother's Ruin was released onto the streets and fields of various festivals in the Summer of 2018. I don't think I have laughed so much in my life. Mother and Baby were puppeteered by the wonderful Jessica Innes and you can see Baby in full YouTube glory here.
My first project after model making college was an interactive museum box; a touring anniversary exhibition for The Touring Network. It gave me a chance to flex my problem solving mind as well as up my woodworking skills. On from that, I started to get film and tv jobs with a sprinkling of theatre and visual arts makes. These projects both challenge me and set in stone my love for the craft. Every day is different, every project is different and most of the time it's something I've never done before but that's part of the fun. I was also a project manager for outdoor theatre and arts events for about 10 years which has helped me to organise myself and I can create a damn fine excel sheet.
Broadcast projects can be seen in my portfolio, link also in the main drop down menu above. Images of un-broadcast work are always in the pipeline and see productions, projects & education for full list of projects and courses I have completed.
Read news and nonsense for up to date developments and follow me on Instagram for more images. Recent projects have involved film productions; Batgirl, Falling Into Place, The Outrun and The Origin and on TV; The Buccaneers (Debutante), Anansi Boys, The Rig and Number One Newton Avenue as well as theatre productions; Adrenalism's The Good, The Bad and The Poultry, Al Seed's Plinth, Scottish Dance Theatre's, Amethyst and National Trust for Scotland's, Urlar.
Commissions and proposals for film, tv, theatre, visual arts, personal or corporate are welcome. Contact me though my Contact page, email, phone or pop into my workshop. Phone number and email address are on the bottom of my portfolio pages. Click to enlarge.
Link to hi-res version of latest projects portfolio available on request.
If you've read this far, well done. Curious about the name Pigsticks? Well, click here to find out.
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