| 词条 | Peter Firmin |
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| name = Peter Firmin | birth_name = Peter Arthur Firmin | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Harwich, Essex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|1|1928|12|11|df=y}} | death_place = Blean, Kent, England | occupation = Artist, puppet maker, illustrator | spouse = Joan | children = 6 daughters }} Peter Arthur Firmin (11 December 1928 – 1 July 2018) was an English artist and puppet maker. He was the founder of Smallfilms, along with Oliver Postgate. Between them they created a number of popular children's TV programmes, The Saga of Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers, Bagpuss and Pogles' Wood. Early lifeBorn in Harwich, Essex, in 1928, Peter Firmin trained at the Colchester School of Art in Colchester. After National Service in the Royal Navy, he attended Central School of Art and Design in London from 1949-1952.[1] He worked in a stained glass studio, as an illustrator and as a lecturer.[1] It was while he was teaching at Central School of Art that Oliver Postgate came looking for, as Firmin put it: "... someone to illustrate a television story – someone who was hard up and would do a lot of drawing for very little money".[2] Postgate and Firmin went on to form Smallfilms.[1] CareerFirmin was best known as half of the Smallfilms production company, active from 1958 to the late 1980s. Most of Smallfilms' animation work was produced in a barn on Firmin's land in Blean near Canterbury in Kent. Firmin made the sets, puppets and backdrops for the programmes, often also contributing to making sound and visual effects during filming.[3] In addition to his work with Oliver Postgate, Firmin made other puppets and children's programmes. In 1959, with his wife Joan, he devised a programme of nursery rhymes for Associated-Rediffusion, called The Musical Box, which used live cardboard animation and puppets. It was presented by Rolf Harris and then by Wally Whyton.[4] In 1961, ITV commissioned another puppet. Olly Beak was a little owl made of chicken feathers stuck into a crocheted body. He appeared on Smalltime, and was joined in 1962 by Fred Barker (a shaggy dog made for Postgate/Firmin 1961 production The Dog Watch) and in 1963 by Whiffles, an otter puppet, and Penelope, another owl.[5] With Ivan Owen, Firmin co-created the TV puppet Basil Brush in 1962. He made the first puppet for The Three Scampies, using a real fox brush, lending the correct name for a fox’s tail to the puppet character.[8] For the UK's Decimal Day (15 February 1971), Muskit{{who|date=July 2018}} reappeared with Firmin and made a trip to the shops in a BBC TV schools' programme.[6] Firmin continued to work as an illustrator. He wrote and illustrated many books of Smallfilms characters, as well as children's books of his own devising and books for adults including Vita Sackville-West's poetry ({{ISBN|9780863502729}}) and Seeing Things, Postgate's autobiography ({{ISBN|978-1847678416}}). PrintmakerFirmin, having retired from TV production, produced engravings and linocuts.[7] Noggin stampIn 1994, Firmin provided an illustration for a British postage stamp, SG1804, featuring characters from Noggin the Nog. It was one of a set featuring characters from British children's literature. He produced further illustrations for the advertising campaign to publicise the stamps.[8][9] RecognitionHe was awarded an honorary MA by the University of Kent on 17 July 1987. In 2011 Firmin was awarded the Freedom of the City of Canterbury in recognition of his "outstanding work".[10] He received the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.[1] Between 12 May and 29 July 2018, Firmin's work was featured in the exhibition Clangers, Bagpuss & Co, organised by the V&A Museum of Childhood at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.[11] Personal lifeFirmin was married to Joan, who knitted the Clangers from vibrant pink wool. They met at the Central School of Art and Design in London, where Joan was studying bookbinding. They were married in 1952 and lived in London until moving to Kent in 1959. They had six daughters:[12] One, Emily, appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss.[1] The Firmins lived on the farm in Blean, Kent, where Smallfilms produced their programmes.[3] Firmin died on 1 July 2018 at his home in Kent after a short illness at the age of 89.[13] Publications
References1. ^1 {{Cite web | url = http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/peter-firmin-essex-born-genius-who-gave-us-bagpuss-the-clangers-and-noggin-the-nog-1-5586413 | work = East Anglian Daily Times | title = The ‘father’ of Bagpuss: The full story | date =2 July 2018 | accessdate = 2 July 2018 | first = Steve | last = Watson}} 2. ^{{citation | url = http://www.dragons-friendly-society.co.uk/peter/pf6.htm | title = Peter Firmin | publisher = Dragons' Friendly Society}}. 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Bagpuss co-creator Peter Firmin gets Bafta honour|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29989601|accessdate=11 November 2014|work=BBC News|date=11 November 2014}} 4. ^{{Cite web | url = http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/562266/index.html | publisher = BFI | title = Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin | accessdate = 2 July 2018}} 5. ^{{Cite web | url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-firmin-obituary-77kp9pw65 | title = Peter Firmin obituary |work = The Times | accessdate = 2 July 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&media=tv&mf=2&mt=2&order=asc&q=MUSKIT+&yf=1971&yt=1971#search|title=Search Results - BBC Genome|website=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=1 July 2018}} 7. ^{{Cite web | url = http://www.lovelysgallery.co.uk/artist-peter-firmin| publisher= Lovelys Gallery | title = Peter Firmin | accessdate = 2 July 2018}} 8. ^{{cite web | title = Stamps and First Day Cover | work = | publisher = Smallfilms website | date = | url = http://www.smallfilms.co.uk/noggin/stamps.htm | accessdate = 23 September 2009}} 9. ^{{cite web | title = Noggin the Nog Memorabilia – stamps | work = | publisher = Northlands (Neil Jones) | date = 1997–2003 | url = http://www.nogginthenog.co.uk/memorabilia/stamps.htm | accessdate = 23 September 2009}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-14042139|title=Bagpuss co-creator Peter Firmin's freedom of Canterbury|date=6 July 2011 | work=BBC News |accessdate=8 June 2011}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/clangers-bagpuss-co/|title=Clangers, Bagpuss & Co – Hull UK City of Culture 2017|website=Hull2017.co.uk|accessdate=3 July 2018}} 12. ^1 {{cite news |title= Saggy old cloth cat pulls in the crowds|work= Canterbury Adscene|publisher= Kent Regional News and Media|pages= 4–5|date= 9 November 2007}} 13. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44674652 |accessdate = 1 July 2018 | work = BBC News | date = 1 July 2018 | title = Clangers co-creator Peter Firmin dies aged 89 |language=en-GB}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Basil_Brush_Goes_Flying.html?id=iQJzAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Basil Brush Goes Flying|first=Peter|last=Firmin|date=3 July 1969|publisher=Kaye & Ward Limited|accessdate=3 July 2018|via=Google Books}} External links{{Portal |Children's literature}}
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