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Baby Steps and Jumping In

Sometimes the first step is the hardest. While it may be wrong, it still needs to be taken.

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Design Briefs

How to use design briefs to figure out what a prop needs to do.

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Always be Photographing

Champagne Box

Why you should photograph any prop you make, regardless of whether you think it should be in your portfolio.

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What’s in a Prop Bible

Some of our prop bibles

A “prop bible” contains any and all information pertinent to a specific production. Here is a look at what that information is.

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Building a prop from a photograph

A faux cast iron prop bench

Here are a number of ways I’ve developed to build a prop from a photograph.

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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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