Prop Making Time

Sculpting a piece of foam during a brief lull at work today.

New Puppet Sculpts

These are the beginnings of several new puppets for our upcoming shows. There's more fun pics coming soon! 

Sculpting in Styrofoam

A bit more work to go.

I've been working with styrofoam lately.  Above and below is one of my projects.

Doc Ed Ammonite Fossil Prop

Above is the completed ammonite fossil prop for my "The Edwards Aquifer: History of a Rock Star "show. I wanted to have a fossil similar to the marine animals seen in my  power point illustration below.

 Rather than have an actual fossil or fossil replica purchased I thought it would be more interesting for the kids if it was a handmade prop. It looks good and after each show one of the kids will usually ask about it . I'll let them know I made it so they can see how the visual arts and sciences go hand in hand.  Below is the prop as it progressed from styrofoam base to clay to papier mache'. 

If I had a choice I would have kept it the terra cotta color of the clay. Its a very beautiful color.