I spent the weekend with my wife at Monomoy Theatre, where she is the guest scenic designer for two shows. I wish I could turn that into a segue for today’s blog post, but unfortunately, it just means I only had time to hunt down some links for you all. Maybe at the end of the summer, I’ll have a “what did you do on your summer vacation” post to hear your stories about propping summer stock shows and what not.
- Here is an interview with Paul Alix, one of the model-makers on the new Predators movie. It also includes a video of him demonstrating some casting techniques.
- Speaking of casting, here is Sarah Gill casting a sheep’s head. It’s from 2007 but still loads of fun.
- Design*Sponge has great pieces on the histories of certain objects. Two recent ones include the history of the fork and the history of the curule (an x-stool, or folding stool).
- British Antique Furniture Restorers’ Association has loads of information on antique furniture, including a glossary of terms used to describe pieces and parts.
. It’s a great book about one man’s journey into a more DIY lifestyle. As props people, we can’t always make every prop by ourselves, but the more we understand how objects are made and how we can alter them, the greater our vocabulary of prop solutions becomes.