Austen Weitzel ’14 (Interactive Arts BFA) joined LAIKA Animation Studios as a puppet fabricator after a successful internship. Notably, he assisted in fabricating puppets and puppet hair for LAIKA’s critically acclaimed movie, Kubo and the Two Strings, along with the 2019 film Missing Link. 

Watch the video below to see Austen discuss his work as part of the Puppet Maintenance Crew during LAIKA Live at San Diego Comic-con.