Foam Based Projects
Various Foam Carvings
The Skin of Our Teeth
Scenic Designer: Jan Chambers
Prop Master: Andrea Bullock
Prop Artisan: Emma Gold Anderson
Foam projects were carved using various tools, such as rasps, Dremels, sanding, and knives. Some projects were coated with other materials to add durability, while some projects were painted directly on the foam.
Runaway Rat
A Wrinkle in Time
PlayMakers Repertory Company
Scenic Designer: Sara Clement
Prop Master: Andrea Bullock
Prop Artisan: Emma Gold Anderson
For A Wrinkle in Time the director wanted to have a remote controlled rat that could be driven around stage. Emma achieved this by shaping foam into the shape of a large rat and hollowing out the underside so that it could fit on top of an RC car. The foam was covered with faux fur and details were added with Model Magic, wire, cloth, and beads. And, while not noticeable on stage, it had clear monofilament whiskers.
Florals
Extreme Gardening
Native Gardens
PlayMakers Repertory Company - 2021
Scenic Designer: Junghyun Georgia Lee
Prop Supervisor: Lauren Reinhartsen
Prop Artisan: Emma Gold Anderson
The show Native Gardens requires there to be a lush and beautiful garden on stage. When asking our designer for direction on where certain flowers would go in the garden, she gave us license to arrange the flowers ourselves so long as they were pretty and the size increased as we went up stage. I headed up the majority of the flower arranging and research. In this process I learned the valueable lesson that "looking pretty" and "looking realistic" are not the same thing. Faux flowers often are sold as a flower with just a leaf or two. Real flowers obviously have more greenery than that as the greenery produces the flower, so I had to get creative with different greenery to make the garden look properly realistic.
Fake Food
 Peach MelbaApoxie Sculpt made and painted peach slices with ice cream made of lightweight spackle and a cherry syrup drizzle made of dyed glycerin soap. |  Dessert TrayFeaturing faux Peach Melba and chocolates cast from plastic and painted |  Caviar CrackersPolymer clay crackers with caviar made of black beads and clear silicone. Garnished with plastic plant scrap. |
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 Fruit TartsFruit cast out of plastic, pastry crust made of Model Magic, and custard made out of glycerin soap. |  Cupcakes 1 |  Cupcakes 2 |
Pickle Costume!
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A tradition for Halloween each season is to dress up the giant pickle decorating the Wicked Pickle store. I decided to dress up the pickle as a trick or treating ghost. I made the arms out of PVC pipe, which I shaped using a PVC Bendit. They were attached to a PVC Ring shaped so that it fit snugly around the pickle and did not slip out of place even without screwing into the pickle. The hands were made out of wooden blocks and Great Stuff spray foam. Once the arms were in place I covered the pickle with layers of muslin and cheese cloth to make the ghost costume, sewing it onto the pickle so that it couldn't be blown off in the wind.
