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A fabric animation workshop at the Animated Exeter Festival was the catalyst that brought two branches of the same family together to create their first ever stop-motion film.

Members of the Perry and Hockey families, ranging in age from nine to 50-something, all took a hand in making the film with help from Exeter's Phoenix Media.

The characters and background were made using coloured fabric, paper, felt, ribbon and other textiles - all sourced from the Exeter Scrapstore.

The family of animators

The story concept, about an old gardener who puts a new rose in his garden and discovers that it continues to thrive through all seasons, is by my nine-year-old Abby Perry.

As more people become interested in the longevity of the rose, things get a little bit out of hand and the gardener must make a difficult decision.

The film is set to an original music score, which was created by Abby and 13-year-old Sarah Hockey.

The film-makers have called themselves Perkey Productions, an amalgamation of the surnames Perry and Hockey. They are: Lianne Perry (33), Abby Perry (9), Joanne Perry (50's), Sarah Hockey (13) and Charlotte Hockey (12).听