PROPS & SCENERY
FROM SPACESHIPS TO SET DESIGN AND MORE
"So here's the fun stuff. I always wanted my sons to have the best Halloween costumes...until they grew older, could decide for themselves what they wanted to be and preferred something from the store. 'Eternal Midnight' and 'Magic & Mirth' were the second part of a 2 part contest for The Beaux Arts Ball. The event required 4 structures based on the theme of the event. The first part was building the scale model of your design, and if chosen, were given a stipend and less than 30 days to build it in time for the event. The Snow Speeder? I had the blue-prints for it and it was a ship that was relatively small to fit in the backyard. One of those "let's see if I can do it" projects. Sitting in that cockpit felt like the real thing and I would've killed to have one of those when I was a kid."
THE PLAGUE DOCTOR'S STALLION
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Plague Doctors, fitted with special beak-like masks, treated victims of the raging Bubonic Plague. These physicians rarely cured their patients and served to keep count of the death tolls. The 'beak' portion of the mask was filled with herbs, spices and straw to prevent the physicians from being exposed to 'putrid air' which it was believed at the time, to be the cause of diseases. The now-obsolete Miasma Theory claimed that epidemics were caused from rotting organic matter, also referred to as 'Night Air.'
The Plague Doctor's Stallion is constructed from a children's bouncy horse, plague doctor mask, various steampunk-inspired canisters and equipment including a vintage bug sprayer, gauges and hoses. A reclaimed phone receiver is fitted to supply fresh air to the wearer via conduits at the base of the mask and antique caster wheels adorn each hoof.
THE DARK KNIGHT TUMBLER
CORRUGATED PLASTIC
PUMPKIN KING COSTUME
POLY-FOAM, VINES, BURLAP
SNOW SPEEDER
FULL SIZE 'SNOW SPEEDER' FROM 1980'S 'STAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.' TWO-SEATED COCKPIT FOR PILOT AND REAR-FACING GUNNER. PLYWOOD, HARDWARE, PVC.
SNOW SPEEDER
LEFT SIDED VIEW
ETERNAL MIDNIGHT
A 24 FOOT HIGH BUILDING FACADE INFLUENCED BY DYSTOPIAN CYBER AND ASIAN ELEMENTS. PAINTED WITH ACTUAL COPPER AND AGED WITH HAND-WEATHERED PATINA, ETERNAL MIDNIGHT ALSO FEATURED A MOVING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE SECOND HAND. WINNING DESIGN FOR THE 1999 FOUNDATION FOR ARCHITECTURE BEAUX ARTS BALL IN PHILADELPHIA, PA.
MAGIC & MIRTH
THIS IS A STAGE DESIGNED & BUILT FOR THE 1994 FOUNDATION FOR ARCHITECTURE BEAUX ARTS BALL. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME COMPETING AND I WAS STILL A STUDENT AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA. LIKE THE 'ETERNAL MIDNIGHT' INSTALLATION ABOVE, THIS WAS A TWO-PART COMPETITION. SHOWN BELOW IS THE ORIGINAL SCALE MODEL AND THE 4 - FOOT SUN PIECE MOUNTED ABOVE THE JAZZ STAGE. THE TWO 'GODDESS' FIGURES ON EITHER SIDE WERE HAND-SCULPTED FOAM WITH EYES THAT LIT. THESE ANNUAL EVENTS WERE HELD IN FACILITIES STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS WAS HELD AT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL ADJACENT TO THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION CENTER.
'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE' MONSTER HALLOWEEN PROP FOR THE MISCHIEVOUS MAX.
THE HRM-1131 HALLOWEEN SPACE ROCKET
THE USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D
OVER SIX FEET IN LENGTH AND FEATURING A PULSING PHASER, THIS MODEL WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE STORE 'ON THE AIR.'
PAPER MACHE AND LOTS OF CHICKEN WIRE AND CAULK FOR THE HAIR.
BUILT AROUND A CAR SEAT, THIS SPACE CRAFT FEATURED VARIOUS ELECTRONIC TOY PARTS.
EXHIBIT DESIGN
EXHIBIT DESIGN MARKER & PASTEL RENDERINGS FOR GRADUATE LEVEL PORTFOLIO RPOJECTS.
THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
REALLY EARLY WORK FEATURING A FULL-SIZE, CHICKEN-WIRE & PAPER MACHE HORSE FOR AN ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN DECORATING CONTEST. MY MOTTO, THEN AND NOW, IS 'IF YOU'RE GOING TO
COMPETE, DON'T BE AFRAID TO GO BIG.'
'EVOLUTION'
HAND-CARVED PUMPKIN WITH STEEL VINE AND FAUX VEGATATION.
