Toronto Animated Image Society - TAIS

✨FREE demo for members happening this Saturday:

Tired of cutting hundreds of paper puppet pieces by hand? Working on a stop-motion rotoscope experimental short? Lost your scissors? This workshop is for you! ✂️✨

Learn how to master the Silver Bullet automated paper-cutter to create paper puppets, stickers, fabric patterns, or anything else your heart desire.

In this workshop you will learn how to take your design and send it to the Silver Bullet, learn about the different accessories available (cutting, scoring, drawing, embossing) and how to fabricate a simple paper puppet.

WHEN: Saturday June 27th, 11 am - 4 pm
WHERE: 1411 Dufferin Street Unit B
Free for members! 50$ for non-members.

Registration is required, please reach out to [email protected] to register!

Instructor:
Kjell Boersma is a writer, director and animator from Toronto. Their work includes short films, animation for feature documentaries, music videos and experimental works that combine traditional and digital animation techniques in novel ways. Kjell directed the short film Monster Slayer (2015), DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver (2017), and co-directed the animated short Boat People (2023) with the National Film Board. Kjell Boersma

TAIS is committed to providing members with accessible animation. If you have accessibility needs please contact us. TAIS facilities are equipped with a ramp, automatic door openers, a private gender neutral accessible washroom, motorized work tables.

Clips shown are of paper puppets from Kjell’s film Thao. They used the Silver bullet to cut out their puppets.

Tired of cutting hundreds of paper puppet pieces by hand? Working on a stop-motion rotoscope experimental short? Lost your scissors? This workshop is for you! ✂️✨

Learn how to master the Silver Bullet automated paper-cutter to create paper puppets, stickers, fabric patterns, or anything else your heart desire.

In this workshop you will learn how to take your design and send it to the Silver Bullet, learn about the different accessories available (cutting, scoring, drawing, embossing) and how to fabricate a simple paper puppet.

WHEN: Saturday June 27th, 11 am - 4 pm
WHERE: 1411 Dufferin Street Unit B
Free for members! 50$ for non-members.

TAIS Studio Skills Demos are free for Studio Members, PWYC for Supporting Members, $50.00 for non-members. Registration is required at tais.ca/workshops. If you have issues accessing your AMS account, please reach out to [email protected] and we can help you.

Instructor:
Kjell Boersma is a writer, director and animator from Toronto. Their work includes short films, animation for feature documentaries, music videos and experimental works that combine traditional and digital animation techniques in novel ways. Kjell directed the short film Monster Slayer (2015), DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver (2017), and co-directed the animated short Boat People (2023) with the National Film Board.

TAIS is committed to providing members with accessible animation. If you have accessibility needs please contact us. TAIS facilities are equipped with a ramp, automatic door openers, a private gender neutral accessible washroom, motorized work tables.

Join us at TAIS this Saturday, May 30th from 11-1pm for a LENS & DSLR demo!
Curious how to use DSLR lenses for animation?
Join our 101 demo to learn how different lenses can affect storytelling, composition, and visual style.

It will be taught by our wonderful board member Felicity

Our technical demos are free for members and 50$ for non-members! Registration is required. tais.ca/workshops

WHEN: Saturday May 30th, 1-3pm
WHERE: 1411 Dufferin Street Unit B

This pixelation was created by Azra Cetin

Curious how to use DSLR lenses for animation?
Join our 101 demo to learn how different lenses can affect storytelling, composition, and visual style.

WHEN: Saturday May 30th, 1-3pm
WHERE: 1411 Dufferin Street Unit B

TAIS Studio Skills Demos are free for Studio Members, PWYC for Supporting Members, $50.00 for non-members. Registration is required. tais.ca/workshops

Instructor Bio:
Felicity Morland - TAIS Director Felicity Morland is an independent filmmaker and animation artist based in Toronto. Her background is in documentary filmmaking and 2D frame by frame animation, such as character animation on the A Fox In Space series. She has directed her first live-action feature film Hand-Drawn: Documentary and is producing an animated short film titled Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid.

TAIS is committed to providing members with accessible animation. If you have accessibility needs please contact us. TAIS facilities are equipped with a ramp, automatic door openers, a private gender neutral accessible washroom, motorized work tables.

Want to help and volunteer a few hours at TAIS?
Our volunteer program provides volunteers with credit towards studio, equipment rental, merch, workshops based on living wage rates. This is a great way to access our animation facilities and get to know our community of artists. Volunteers are welcome to assist with activities such as:

🌀Events and Screenings
🌀Studio maintenance
🌀Workshop set-up

If you’re interested in volunteering at TAIS, please contact [email protected]

This animation was created by our student placement Azra