The Most Incredible Thing, Sadlers wells, Petshop boys

Quite an interesting and challenging prop make for TMIT Directed by Javier De Frutas and music written by the Petshop boys. Thirty watches were cast for a scene in which a pocket watch crumble in to dust. To make it easy for the performer to crush the watches they were cast in hollow plaster from a 2 part silicone mould, filled with chalk and painted. The end result was pretty effective.

COMPANY Film trailer. Dir: Ross Neil

I was comissioned to make some body part props for a Sci-Fi trailer for the feature COMPANY written and directed by Ross Neil. The genesis is that the body parts are the components of a "prefab" humanoid that the protagonist Dan wishes to construct in space to keep him company.

The props were cast in latex rubber and flexible PU foam, painted up and had wires inserted to make the construction to look as confusing as possible. Think Ikea furniture on a sedated Sunday afternoon!

Peppa Pig the Musical

Just a quick job for the touring production. Soft foam and latex cake ingredients and the finished cake for the cake making scene. Enjoy!

Copper/resin replica head

I was approached by a private client who is currently undergoing dramatic facial reconstuction as part of a sex change. The client wanted to have an exact copper/resin copy of her head before the surgery and cosequently after she had undergone the surgery.

Here is the copper head before the surgery. I will be casting the clients head again soon after the surgery so will update you when I have. The 2 togerther will be very striking so I am looking forward to having the comparison.

The Nutcracker 2010, The Coliseum, Wayne Eagling

I was brought in by the English National Ballet to make 12 swords and a prop cannon to be fired in the show!

Here are 2 of the 6 Chinese swords I made for the show. They were sculpted in Chavant, moulded in silicone/fibreglass and then cast in resin/iron filler. The handle was wrapped with brown leather thonging.

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The 2 part silicone and fibreglass mould.



A pre and post polished and handled sword.





6 Hazaar swords cast in brass and alluminium resin for the cavalry scene in the show.





The mould with the 2 halves cast inside.



Before and after the polishing with wire wool.





The cannon is a (mis)firing cannon which is operated by one of the dancers. There is also a plume of smoke from a smoke machine which is concealed within the barrel.

The barrel was poly scuplted in 2 halves so the mechanism could be fitted. The back of thr barrel is removeable to house the smoke machine and the wick acts as the opearating cord to fire the ball and reset the paddle to it's firing position.

It was then coated with glass fibre and plaster polymer and coloured with iron paste.

Severed Head

I have recently doing a comission to produce a copy of a performers head. The process included a full head cast in chevant, re-sculpt and re-mould and ultimate cast in latex and PU foam. Here are some images documenting the job.

Chevant cast of the models head. The oil based clay is melted and poured/slushed around the alginate and plaster mould of the model.



PU foam & latex is cast in to the 2 part plaster mould of the chevant cast/sculpt.



Finished paint job using acrylics mixed with latex and cut with a very small amount of water in order to be airbrushed.

Heart

I built this heart for 2 friends wedding. It measured about 1.8m x 1.5m and had golf ball light bulbs wired up throught. The effect was quite impressive as night drew in.

The Green Man

Here are a few step-by-step images of a latex mask made as a demo for a workshop.

Latex filled plaster mould.



The removed latex mask. The first layer of latex had a green pigment added to make the paint job easier.



The finished painted mask.

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Kylie - Aphrodite

A preview image of Kylie's new album cover. Worked on the shoot polycarving the set. More images to follow.