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Cosplay building tutorials

By Eric Hart | Published: May 27, 2009

I’ve mentioned various communities online, such as the ones centered around making movie prop replicas or building Halloween prop displays, where you can find a plethora of prop-building tips and techniques. Cosplay is another such community. Cosplay means dressing up and role-playing as fictional characters. It’s most popular in Japan, with cosplayers dressing as anime [...]

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Movie Prop Replicas

By Eric Hart | Published: April 20, 2009

As I’ve mentioned a few websites dealing with film props, I thought I’d point out some communities based around replicating famous props from films. These are great resources for a lot of tutorials, such as vacuforming, casting, and working with fiberglas. They also focus on DIY and inexpensive solutions, so any prop shop can benefit [...]

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Control Booth Collaborative Articles

By Eric Hart | Published: April 1, 2009

I’ve been lurking around ControlBooth for awhile now. Though it’s mostly geared toward the lighting and sound kind of theatre technician, you can find some useful information for scenery or even props. I just discovered the site has a whole section called “Collaborative Articles“. This is a collection of articles written, surprise, collaboratively. It’s organized [...]

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USITT Tech Source

By Eric Hart | Published: March 30, 2009

Jean Burch pointed out various USITT resources on her blog. One site she mentioned was their Tech Source Guide. It has a whole number of recipes and tutorials for a range of theatrical problems, including some that will be of interest to the props person.

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Fonts and Logos

By Eric Hart | Published: March 16, 2009

Will sent me two sites he uses for making paper props. The first is Best Brands of the World. This has vector files of the logos for many of the most popular companies around the world. What’s a vector file? It’s a graphic you can resize without getting those jaggy edges. You usually work with [...]

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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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