Academy of Make Up Arts - AMUA Nashville

Animatronics Workshop Intensive with Michael Meyer
2026-06-01 09:00 - 2026-07-04 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Academy of Makeup & Arts, 299 Plus Park Blvd Suite 110, Nashville, TN, United States
Join us for a 5-week animatronic intensive to build a half-face animatronic with fully independent movement of eyes, eyebrows and nostrils. Highly motivated students may advance to a full-face including jaw and lip movement. This course is limited to 6 participants.
Students will:

Create a 3-D character design in Blender
Work with parametric CAD to design and then fabricate 3-D printed molds
Execute silicone fabrication techniques for animatronic skins
Implement servos and control systems for facial movement
Design and build mechanical linkages and mechanisms

Tuition $3,200 + Materials and Animatronics Kit Fee $1,800 = course total $5,000
Optional: purchase of Personal 3-D printer = additional $1,200
