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Cloth Cat has a long track record and a wealth of experience in projects both large and small, across broadcast, film, games and promotional work. To hear all about our latest news, events, courses and upcoming projects, sign up for our monthly newsletter!
Cloth Cat Newsletter - January 2026
ISSUE 15 - JANUARY 2026 Cloth Cat Academy's next series of courses starts this coming month! Our Moho: Mechanics of Motion course with Dani Abram is now fully booked. A limited number of spaces are still available on our other courses, but they’re running out fast! Apply now to guarantee your space and avoid disappointment! Proudly based in South Wales, Cloth Cat Academy offers in-person training at a working, central-Cardiff studio. Alongside access to industry standard software, we also...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - December 2025
ISSUE 14 - DECEMBER 2025 Cloth Cat Presents The Ghost of Midwinter In Association with Creative Wales and S4C The Ghost of Midwinter / Ysbryd yr Oerfel is Cloth Cat’s first commissioned festive short film, which will be broadcast live in Welsh on S4C at 17:35 on Christmas Day. The haunting, 24 minute-long winter special is set in medieval Wales and tells the chilling story of a brave little girl determined to save her father against all odds.When Nia becomes lost in the forest in the middle...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - November 2025
ISSUE 13 - NOVEMBER 2025 Cloth Cat Academy Production Traineeship In Association with Creative Wales and S4C The Cloth Cat Academy Production Traineeship has now officially come to an end! It’s been such a pleasure to have our six talented trainees working here at our studio for the past eight weeks. We’d like to say a huge thank you to each of them for all of their hard work and dedication and we very much look forward to sharing the fantastic results of their efforts with you throughout...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - October 2025
ISSUE 12 - OCTOBER 2025 Cloth Cat Academy will be at Manchester Animation Festival next month! You’ll find us at the MAF Marketplace in Bridgewater Hall on Wednesday 12th November, where you can chat to us about the professional training that we provide for animation industry creators. We hope to see you there!Proudly based in South Wales, Cloth Cat Academy offers in-person training at a working, central-Cardiff studio. Alongside access to industry standard software, we also provide the...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - September 2025
ISSUE 11 - SEPTEMBER 2025 Cloth Cat is Moving Home! Cloth Cat HQ will be moving across to the other side of the city centre this month. Although we will miss being situated in such close proximity to Cardiff Market, we're really excited to move into our new studio on Park Place! Annibendod How We Brought Bochau to Life in Blender Bochau is the name of the cheeky little animated hamster in Siwan Jobbins and Twt Productions’ live action Welsh series Annibendod. The series was produced in...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - August 2025
ISSUE 10 - AUGUST 2025 Free Animation Software: A Cloth Cat Guide To an absolute beginner, even dipping your toes into the world of animation can seem like a very daunting prospect. You may have tried doodling in the corner of a sketchbook and flicking through the pages to see your drawings come to life. Perhaps you’ve used your camera or smartphone to explore the limitless potential of stop-motion animation? These days, the fun definitely doesn’t have to stop there! In addition, it doesn’t...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - July 2025
ISSUE 9 - JULY 2025 Help Save Our Upland Water Voles Our second collaboration with the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru is a wonderfully evocative story highlighting the protection of endangered water voles in Wales. Fully animated and rendered in Blender by the Cloth Cat team, the short film shows how a water vole faces challenges on its way to find a new wetlands home.We’re thrilled to share that the project was featured this month by the Welsh online news service, Nation.Cymru!...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - June 2025
ISSUE 8 - JUNE 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025 We had a fantastic time at Annecy Animation Festival 2025! Thank you to everyone who made this year’s festival so unforgettable. Jon had lots of positive conversations with friends and partners and would like to give a special mention to Animation UK and Creative Wales for all their support!From spectacular screenings to late-night ice creams by the lake, the festival delivered on its promise of incredible talent, new...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - May 2025
ISSUE 7 - MAY 2025 10 Years of Toot! "Heave-ho, let's go!" We really can't believe it, but it's been 10 years since Toot the Tiny Tugboat was first released! The series was developed from an original picture book by Sebastien Braun called Toot and Pop! It has now been broadcast in multiple countries around the world including the UK, Ireland, Finland, Italy and Canada.All the series animation was completed by the Cloth Cat Team in co-production with producers Lupus Films, the award-winning...
Cloth Cat Newsletter - April 2025
ISSUE 6 - APRIL 2025 April Spotlight - Kim McCarthy Our Senior Artist Kim McCarthy reflects upon her experience using Blender and Unreal, sharing with us her journey of character creation as a CG artist at Cloth Cat! READ MORE Cloth Cat Academy We have many more exciting courses starting in the coming months! Full details are available on our website. If you're interested in attending an Academy course soon, you can register your interest here. Be sure to check the support section on our...
Cloth Cat has a long track record and a wealth of experience in projects both large and small, across broadcast, film, games and promotional work. To hear all about our latest news, events, courses and upcoming projects, sign up for our monthly newsletter!