Liganord : featuring Arndt von Hoff, dummies & set builders

Since 2000, Arndt von Hoff has worked as a successful dummy and set builder in his own atelier in Hamburg. Following his master sculpture degree at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, he spent several years working for renowned sculptor Toni Cragg. Arndt is particularly talented in modelling figures. He is very experienced when it comes to a variety of materials and he specialises in ice, water and thawing.

His most recent work includes motifs for the Italian CAMEL campaign for Saatchi & Saatchi Italia, with Jan STEINHILBER c/o NERGER M&O. He and Martin Timmermann collaborated and realized the key visual for the Kolle Rebbe agency and their client VOLKSWAGEN. He invented an idea machine for the NEW YORK TIMES magazine, which was photographed by Reinhard Hunger.

The KNSK agency assigned Arndt to remodel a cello head into the shape of a parrot, the photographer was Jörg KRITZER c/o ANDRESEN PHOTOGRAPHERS. You can see more of his work, as well as some making-of images at www.liganord.com/arndt_von_hoff.