This production required a dead black swan that was to be dragged through the house and onto the stage by its neck. I started by carving the head from pink insulation foam. For strength, I covered the beak with gauze soaked with Off-Broadway paint. The neck was made from a piece of aircraft cable wrapped in pipe insulation and then packing foam, all adhered with FlexBond and tape. The entire neck and head was then coated with Foamcoat and then the beak was sanded and painted with Off-Broadway paint. I carved out eye sockets and inserted black marbles for eyes.

On a 3000 square foot CNC routed walkway, we sculpted rough and cracked stones from a mixture of sand, powdered joint compound, elastomeric, and FlexBond. At our shop in New Jersey, we painted the sculpted stones with glazes of Off Broadway and shellac. At the Park Avenue Armory, our team placed sculpted wire forms and patches of pre-painted grass onto a carpeted 20,000 square foot area, and sprayed it all down in one overnight call with a custom-colored cellulose spray insulation material called K13.

I built a coffin to transport the characters on after the ship sank at the end of the show. Nice dark brown with texturing

We wanted to create the colors of light on a unit set that encompassed both interior (warm) and exterior (cool) locations. For the wood grained interior we primarily used Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna. For the porch and pump we combined Paynes Grey, Navy and White to create a weathered effect. For the pump, we created a rusted effect using Burnt Sienna and Black with some areas glazed with Clear Gloss.

We wanted to create the colors of light on a unit set that encompassed both interior (warm) and exterior (cool) locations. For the wood grained interior we primarily used Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna. For the porch and pump we combined Paynes Grey, Navy and White to create a weathered effect. For the pump, we created a rusted effect using Burnt Sienna and Black with some areas glazed with Clear Gloss.

This was the show drop, and it was painted with Rosco Iddings Paint. The finished drop needed to match the look of the printed proscenium set pieces, so the final layer was to spatter the drop to make it look a little pixelated. The designer did not want the lettering to pixelate, so the lettering was added after the spattering. The designer was G.W. Mercier, Charge Artist Mary Novodvorsky.

We did a basecoat then 3 or 4 layers of grain using brooms. After that we spattered and did a final coat of glaze. It took 6 class sessions of an hour 1/2.

Sprayed various colors in different concentrations with water and cat litter to blend. Then covered the whole floor with a warm and cool brown spray

cyc - storm

I laid out the drawing using drop point to create my pounce. Once everything was transfered I inked my lines and started with the wood grain on the wine rack. When the wine rack was complete I moved onto the floor and table before starting on the wood grain for the door. The rocks came next and I used cardboard lightly dipped in paint to create the texture. When the project was finished I hung it on the wall where, if you stand in the right spot at the right height, it becomes accurate in perspective.