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Props Timelines

By Eric Hart | Published: February 27, 2009

If you haven’t already found it, be sure to check out the History of Props: A Timeline of Props and Product Usage. If your show is set in 1879, and you need to know whether toilet paper rolls had perforated sheets*, then this is the site for you. Also, if you head on over to [...]

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Making indie film props

By Eric Hart | Published: February 27, 2009

Lost in Schlock is a blog by Tim Shrum, who creates  props, monsters, and costumes for super low-budget films. The site has been around for awhile, and is chock full of tutorials and guides for all manner of objects. It is geared to the DIY crowd, so almost any prop shop can pull off the [...]

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Props on Paper

By Eric Hart | Published: February 23, 2009

John sent me a link to his Props on Paper site. John is the head of props at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. He has a large number of paper props he has produced from over a dozen shows. There are a number of other sites which have collections of downloadable paper props. You [...]

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Happy Friday 13th!

By Eric Hart | Published: February 13, 2009

I wanted to talk about Halloween today. It’s a long ways off, but since Friday the 13th is kind of like mini-Halloween, I figured I can get away with it. What does Halloween have to do with props? It’s the most DIY holiday; every year, millions of people make their own costumes and decorations. It’s [...]

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The Properties Directors Handbook

By Eric Hart | Published: January 28, 2009

Anna Warren just pointed me to this incredible resource: The Properties Directors Handbook: Props for the Theater, written by Sandra J. Strawn. There’s a lot of information here. It’s more like a book than a website. Everything you wanted to know to get started as a properties director is here. It’s also one of the [...]

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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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