Prop Maker's Workshop Manual

This definitive guide to the materials and practices used within the professional performing arts industries covers both traditional techniques and modern practices. Topics covered include Papier-mâché and card construction; flexible canes and withies; timber and steel frameworks; sculpting, molding, and casting processes; texture and paint techniques; GRP and epoxy resins; thermoformable plastics, including Plastazote and Wonderflex; and finally, an introduction to life casting.

Acest ghid definitiv al materialelor si practicilor utilizate in industriile profesionale ale artelor spectacolului acopera atat tehnicile traditionale, cat si practicile moderne. Subiectele acoperite includ constructia de hartie-maché si card; bastoane si withies flexibile; structuri din lemn si otel; procese de sculptura, turnare si turnare; tehnici de textura si vopsire; GRP si rasini epoxidice; materiale plastice termoformabile, inclusiv Plastazote si Wonderflex; si, in cele din urma, o introducere in turnarea vietii.