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Analysis of a Chair

Chairs - Front and side elevations

Several illustrations from 1907 relate the variations in the parts of a chair which, when combined, give us an almost infinite variety of chair styles.

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Working with What you Have

Ripping a long board, circa 1443

The tools and materials we can use in our prop-making are far more advanced than what major manufacturers had access to in centuries past.

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Do the soldiers have swords or guns?

An imaginary conversation between a prop master and a set designer over a play which is set in a “timeless” time period.

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Rebecca Akins: Surviving Forty Years of Making Props

Big Friendly Giant mask

At the 2011 S*P*A*M conference, Rebecca Akins of Childsplay Theatre shares 40 years of working with toxic substances and the healthier alternatives she’s found over the years.

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Childsplay Theatre part 2

Puppets

I continue my photographic tour of the Childsplay campus, visiting the costume shop and administrative offices.

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    Eric Hart

    I am Eric Hart, former assistant props master at the Public Theater in New York City, and a longtime prop maker.

    This site is a way to share my work and the things I've learned over the years. It's also a way to connect with other prop makers, props masters, and artisans, as well as a collection of all things of interest to props people from around the internet.

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