A knitted human body comes to life in this animation
Candace Couse's 2011 stop-motion animation 'Sick' features a hand-knitted human body with pulsating, lifelike organs, creating a cozy yet unsettling visual experience. The one-minute short, produced by the National Film Board of Canada through its Hothouse program, takes viewers on a microscopic journey through the knitted internal anatomy. The film highlights the creative possibilities of yarn and stop-motion techniques in animated storytelling.
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A knitted human body comes to life in this animation Popkin 9:58 am Tue Apr 28, 2026 Photo: Sarah Stierch (CC BY 4.0) This wonderful animation by Candace Couse takes you on a strange trip through a knitted body. Every organ and body part is hand-knitted, yet they pulse and move like the real thing. The film feels cozy yet slightly unsettling in a visceral way, which is exactly what makes it so much fun to watch. The clip is from "Sick" (2011), a one-minute stop-motion short directed by Couse and produced by the National Film Board of Canada through its Hothouse mentorship program for emerging animators. The piece moves through the inside of a body the way a microscope might, pausing on pulsating organs and traveling between them.
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