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Welding for Theater
This month I’m taking a MIG welding class at ADX in Portland, Oregon. Metal Inert Gas welding is a process commonly used in theater set construction. We’ll learn how to (safely) cut, clean, drill, and...
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My Favorite Props of 2014
Today I’d like to show you my favorite props I made in 2014. They were functional lights for Firm, Logical, Amicable, a short play by Kelsey Peake that was featured in a Sci-Fi themed ten minute play...
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Laser Cutting for Hairspray
Today I’m laser cutting cue card templates for Hairspray. Even though cue cards are often hand written, I think these will read better from stage if they are printed so that they can be bigger and...
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Delightfully Tacky, Yet Unrefined
I was recently challenged to post three pieces of my art a day for five days. Working on props for Hairspray this morning, I knew what kind of pieces I wanted to post today: wacky and childish. I...
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The success of Holy Grail is due to the fact that we didn’t have the money to...
When we set out to do the Holy Grail, we set out to do an epic. We wanted to have scale. We wanted to have horses. Of course, we didn’t get horses. We got coconuts. In a strange way, I think the...
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Making Bread
Working on bread for the Cuban sandwich prop I’m making for Cuba Libre. Here’s the real world example photo I’m working from: And voila. I know these will be more than convincing from 20 feet...
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