Fake Pie!!

For the Rimers of Eldritch, we needed a pie. Instead of buying one for every other show or so, I made one out of things pretty easily found. Here are the steps I took:

1. I got a pie pan.
2. I cut some foam into the shape of the pie pan, to basically fill up space, and then I glued it into the pan with Liquid Nail, filling in the gaps.
3. I cut into the foam just a bit to make it look more like filling, and then I glued some wooden beads onto the surface.
4. I painted it a reddish purple color-basically to make it look "berry"
5. I spread silicone caulkinf over the filling part, which is great because it makes it look juicy or shiny but in reality is a rubbery surcace.
6. I then took velvet tan colored ribbon and created the pattern of the dough on the top of the pie. I find this ribbon pretty awesome at looking like dough, and I've used it a few times.
7. I took the Liquid Nail and filled in the outside to make the edges of the crust.

8. I painted on some brown and black washy paint to make the pie look cooked and even a bit burned.

9. Voila! A pie good enough to eat!

Severed foot!!

What better way to start a prop blog than with severed limbs? A few years ago I did Little Shop of Horrors. I made this leg for Seymor to feed to the plant, Audrey II.

Steps I Took:

• Glued a dowel into styrofoam and then carved this general leg/calf shape on the lathe (Very carefully).


• Destroyed some of the top to make it look like someone had hacked it off, badly, using the dowel as a "bone".


• Applied green glue to coat the styrofoam.


• Painted it to look like the actor's leg. I painted a skin color, then light blue lines along the sides, and then went over it again with skin color to create veins. I used a comb to add leg hair.


• Found a shoe and sock from the costume shop's stock.


• Glued the sock to the styrofoam and then the styrofoam to the shoe.


• Added blood colored paint. Let it drip down a bit.


• Threw some liquid nail on there to look like tendons. (No one really could have seen them because it was a proscenium, but whatever)

Ta da!!!

Up next: Early 1900's fire hose.

INTRO

I have noticed, in my hours of researching, that there is not really an online source for aspiring prop masters/designers/artists to truly talk and share ideas and ask for advice. I am in no way saying that this is the place, nor am I saying that I am an expert. In fact I am far from it. But I thought that I would start this blog and share my ideas and experiences being prop masters for various regional and college productions. So enjoy!!