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Making a Cast Iron Park Bench

Completed bench

Step-by-step photographs showing a faux cast iron park bench I built at the Santa Fe Opera in 2006.

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Lending a Hand to Titus

I made a life cast of Jay O. Sanders hand for a severed hand prop in the Public Theater’s production of “Titus Andronicus”.

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A dead pheasant for King Lear

Full-length pheasant near completion

Lots of photographs detailing how I made a dead pheasant for a recent production of King Lear.

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Making Fake Drinks

Prop masters use a variety of ingredients and tricks to replicate beverages for consumption on stage.

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Fake Food: Making Edible Replicas

An overview of how prop masters create realistic reproductions of food for consumption on the stage.

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  • About

    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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