8/6/2017 The Forbis Hinge

THE FORBIS HINGE

Amanda Forbis is an award-winning animation filmmaker, and she is also an Emily Carr graduate (her diploma was in Film &
Video). Amanda has made several wonderful films, such as the National Film Board's The Reluctant Deckhand, and When the
Day Breaks and Wild Life, which she co-directed with Wendy Tilby. You can check out examples of projects that Amanda has
done recently with Wendy at Acme Filmworks.

Piece B
Piece A (The hinge will be
invisible.)

Now,

First of all, decide how you

want your cutout pieces to fit
together. Maintaining
alignment, carefully flip the
pieces over onto a hard flat Bend your 1.5" piece of
surface, and hold. wire into a clean "L"
shape

Push the pin far enough to go

Push a pin into the through the top piece (B) but only Place the elbow of wire
hinge point. far enough to MARK (A). EXACTLY on the mark
you made on piece A.

Bend end of wire Flatten upright piece of

Place small piece of cut
masking tape as close to the
elbow as possible. Rub it
down.
back over the tape. wire tightly against
This holds the wire paper and COIL!
in place. Bend the other end of the wire Place piece B on wire.
straight up.

Thank you for the visual guide Forbis!

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