Hi my name is Mikayla Hotton and I am the founder of MikAnimate product and services. I am a Melbourne (Australia) based puppet fabricator and prop maker with over 4 years experience in the film and puppetry industry, I am trained in a large range of skills and techniques in various mediums but specialise in mould making services. Please see my portfolio here for reference.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Art Animation at Victorian College of the Arts
STUDIO WORK
2025- A Blanck Canvas- ‘Water Dragons’ at Joondalup festival- puppeteer and puppet doctor
2025- A Blanck Canvas- Dreamwork’s ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ theatre puppets- soft fabricator and mould maker
2024- ‘War Machine’ Feature Film- prop maker
2024- Scarecrew Studios- feature film ‘Together’- mouldmaker
2023- Stage One- Meyer Christmas Windows ‘Bluey’- character development
2023- Adam Elliot’s stop motion animated feature film ‘Memoir of a Snail’- lead puppet fabricator and additional props
2022- Sharp Fx- ‘Spooky Files’ tv series- workshop technician
2021- Sharp Fx- ‘Before Dawn’ feature film 30 dead body props- workshop technician
2021- Sharp Fx- 3 life sized fiberglass orca whales for The National Museum of Australia Canberra - workshop technician
PROP MAKING
2024- Adam Elliot’s stop motion animated feature film ‘Memoir of a Snail’- x100 promotional resin hand painted grace figurines and x100 promotional snail rings – prop maker
2024- ‘Magic Beach’ Feature Film- dragon scale prop- prop maker
2024- ‘Inside’ feature film- 2x matchstick sculpture props- prop maker
2023- ‘Fake’ tv series- fake oyster knife prop- prop maker
PUPPET FABRICATION
2024- Donvale Christian College Aslan puppet- puppet designer and builder
2025- CEEBS web series- puppet builder
2023- Pink Floyd 50th Anniversary ‘Dark side of the Moon’ animation competition- ‘speak to me’ music video directed by Lucy Davidson- production assistant
2022- ‘Night of the Living Haunted House’ web series- Freelance Costume Maker and Cinematographer
2022- ‘Pastel Hell’ short film- puppet fabricator
2022- Melbourne Symphony Orchrestra’s ‘Carnival of the Animals’- Puppet designer and builder
GALLERY WORK
2024- ‘Monster-pa-looser’ exhibition at The Old Bar- artwork: Medusa’s gargoyles, wolf mask
2023- Arts activators recipient Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery- artwork: the wanderer
ANIMATION WORKSHOPS
2024- Wyndham council- artist talk and stop motion animation workshop for adults
2022- Caufield Grammer- artist talk and animation workshop for year 5 students
2022- Wesley college- artist talk and animation workshop for year 8 students
I am always looking to work on new and exciting projects so please don't hesitate to contact me via the form below or via email at Mikanimate@hotmail.com.
