Sounds like they knew the factory was going to be shutting down sooner rather than later and planned accordingly. Which makes sense, I’m sure they were one of the major customers for the factory so there would have been communication about their plans.
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-11-20/aardman-calms-fears-of-clay-crisis-ahead-of-new-films
reports of "clay crisis at Aardman" were made up by the Telegraph
they'll probably just switch clay
Sounds like they knew the factory was going to be shutting down sooner rather than later and planned accordingly. Which makes sense, I’m sure they were one of the major customers for the factory so there would have been communication about their plans.