Claymation Diorama of a Frog Band Playing on Lily Pads at Dusk

Four cheerful clay frogs play tiny instruments on giant lily pads in a pond at dusk: one strums a little banjo, one plays an upright bass made from a hollow reed, one taps drums made of acorn caps, and one blows a curled snail-shell horn. Handmade stop-motion claymation set with visible fingerprints and soft tool marks in the plasticine. Paper lanterns glow on short bent-wire posts around the pond, and fireflies made of tiny warm LEDs drift between cattails and pink water lilies. The water is gl...