Carpentry + Upholstery + Fabrication and hand props + Paper Props
Carpentry
College thesis project, built for "Pride and Prejudice," a non-playing pianoforte. It was completely built and painted by me, including the legs, which I lathed, and the keys, which I individually cut and shaped. The paint treatment for the body was based on birds eye maple, which was a six step paint process, and the legs and seat were a golden mahogany, which was a four step paint process.
The sideboard I built for "The Foreigner" and the bench I built for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," both for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Some of the furniture built for the festival has insulation foam as part of their structure to keep them light weight and easy to move.
The painted table in this picture was store-bought, and the raw wood table was the duplicate I built.
Kitchen cabinet custom built for "Butterflies are Free" at Riverside Theatre.
The oven for "Sweeney Todd." The finished paint treatment on the right was done by the Utah Shakespeare Festival paint department.
Upholstery
Fabrication
Throne built for "Kiss My Aztec," custom designed to convert into a bed as well as swivel on its base.
Horse and donkey for "Man of La Mancha" built from wire, small branches, wreath hoops, fabric scraps, and card stock paper coated with a water-based sealant. The interiors are equipped with a custom harness that sits on the head and shoulders of the actor, as seen below.
On the left is a litter custom built with a foam interior to keep it light, and on the right is a raft built for "Metamorphoses" to float on the water and hold two actors.
Custom lances built for "Man of La Mancha" in different stages of "use;" original, broken, and repaired with a branch
Don Quixote's sword for "Man of La Mancha," post-windmill battle.
On the left is a harp built for "Into the Woods Jr." made from assorted materials found around the shop. On the right are fishing buoys made as set decoration for carousel, carved from pink insulation foam and painted in a multi-step process.
Paper Props
