Stitches & Glue

Bringing over a decade of experience in the UK’s film and theatre industry to your project, we make, design and build creature costumes, puppets, props and models to your specification

For the Love of ART...
Stitches and Glue is a Practical Effects Company specialising in Puppets, Puppetry, Costume Props, cgi reference models and Creature Costumes. Makers and Designers for the Entertainment industry, based in London, England. Puppet makers on Jim Henson's Dark Crystal, Star Wars the last jedi, Rogue one: A star wars story. Mask makers on Assassins Creed and Kick Ass 2. Fabricators on 'Ready player one', 'Ex Machina'......

Currently working as puppet consultants/designers for Disney's Little Mermaid, Helsinki.

Spanning all disciplines of puppet and costume manufacture. From traditional bunraku puppets to sophisticated creature animatronics and CGI reference models. Our professional portfolio extends across all scales of productions, from west-end to international film projects.

We offer a personal approach to our clients, with close attention to detail on all aspects of design, keeping you informed and involved throughout the building process, which is key to its success.

Let us help you bring your concept to fruition: if you can imagine it, we can create it or envisage it for you. Contact us to discuss your ideas. We’re happy to help clients at any stage of their developmental process. Providing guidance and assistance on design as well as working to the client’s individual project specifications, our permanent staff are complemented by freelance technicians, when needed, enabling us to tackle even larger-scale projects. Visit the FAQ section of our website to learn a bit more about how we work.

What disciplines does Stitches and Glue specialise in?

It has always been our aim to offer a wide range of services to our clients, the variety of our in-house skills allows us to realise pretty much any project.

We particularly specialise in:

• Animatronics and Creature FX
• CGI motion capture models/puppets
• Puppet design and manufacture
• Puppets for Animation
• Illustration
• Character Design and Concept work
• Model making- Costume props
• Mask makers for performance
• Creature and Special Effects Costume Design and manufacture.

We embrace challenges of all kinds, and it is our love of problem-solving that motivates the team

How long does it take to turn over a job?
We encourage clients to approach us with as much notice as possible, as this gives us the opportunity to consider various options and to carry out sufficient design work or research and development, if required. We pride ourselves on the ability to meet tight deadlines, but this can sometimes incur further costs.

How much are bespoke builds likely to cost?
The cost of a project is completely dependent on your requirements. We are always happy to discuss various options and to try and meet your budget requirements, if possible.

Does Stitches and Glue offer design as well as manufacturing?
Yes. We enjoy the creative challenge of designing characters or concepts from scratch, and we are able to keep clients fully informed every step of the way.

For more information, please contact us!