This chat is with Merve Çaydere, who is a Turkish animation director, designer, and model maker specializing in stop-motion animation. She is currently a Set Designer at Laika Studios, and she recently worked on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio as well. In their chat, Çaydere shares her journey from Turkey to the United States in pursuit of stop motion set building and all the ups and downs that happened in between. Tune in to Ibele and Çaydere to hear: *How Çaydere moved from Turkey to the US *What exactly a stop motion set builder does *What to do to get hired as a set designer Social Links: *Follow Çaydere on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merve.caydere/ *Check out Çaydere ‘s website: https://www.mervecaydere.com/