Scenic Carpentry + Rigging

News Desk

Specifications: Built in light boxes, break down and reassemble

  • All desk projects start with a basic shell, this desk must be able to be broken down and shipped

  • The next step is cutting the plastic sheets to match the design given

  • Plastic has been applied and rolled down with contact cement.

    Plastic has been applied and rolled down with contact cement

  • Creation of the light boxes

  • Light box testing

  • Finished desk ready to be disassembled and shipped

Counterweight Elevator

The video on the left demonstrates the pit operation of an exit while the video on the right demonstrates the finished effect

Self-contained deck pin operated gate

Specifications: Pin must be removable, entire unit rolls with no external power

  • Gate with plywood tester and half finished mechanism

  • System tensioning access hatch

  • Plastic has been applied and rolled down with contact cement.

    Junction point for the change of rotation

  • Prototype to determine necessary tension

  • Welding up the metal gate

  • Completed gate

Operation videos

The video on the left demonstrates the mechanism from behind from an operator’s perspective and the video on the right shows the effect with the metal gate

Assorted projects

Set of 12 Angry Men at Ford's Theatre. Photo credit: Ford's Theatre

Set of 12 Angry Men at Ford's Theatre. Photo credit: Ford's Theatre

Arch at Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This arch was a collaboration between myself and two master blacksmiths from Armenia at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It was the entryway into the Armenian area, and was a very complicated project requiring

Arch at Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This arch was a collaboration between myself and two master blacksmiths from Armenia at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It was the entryway into the Armenian area, and was a very complicated project requiring communication through a translator, disassembly, transportation, and reassembly on site

Arch for production of Eurydice at the University or Maryland. The design required the walkway up top to be level while taking into account it being installed on a rake and in forced perspective

Arch for production of Eurydice at the University or Maryland. The design required the walkway up top to be level while taking into account it being installed on a rake and in forced perspective

Farquad's Castle for Shrek the Musical at Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts. Specifications: complex steel base and internal structure, MDF paneling with false grout, and wheels

Farquad's Castle for Shrek the Musical at Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts. Specifications: complex steel base and internal structure, MDF paneling with false grout, and wheels

Farquad's Castle finished piece. Photo credit: Z, PCPA

Farquad's Castle finished piece. Photo credit: Z, PCPA

Rigging at Glimmerglass Opera. I worked as the rigging intern at Glimmerglass Opera for their 2014 Summer season. This production of Ariadne auf Naxos required a barn facade to fly in with operational barn doors attached to the existing rigging. Phot

Rigging at Glimmerglass Opera. I worked as the rigging intern at Glimmerglass Opera for their 2014 Summer season. This production of Ariadne auf Naxos required a barn facade to fly in with operational barn doors attached to the existing rigging. Photo credit: James Karas.

Set for American Tragedy at Glimmerglass Opera Company. The design required a backdrop and 2 sets of legs out of over 140 dress shirts spread across 6 different line sets. Each one required a vacuum pressed shoulder support and two rigging points. Ph

Set for American Tragedy at Glimmerglass Opera Company. The design required a backdrop and 2 sets of legs out of over 140 dress shirts spread across 6 different line sets. Each one required a vacuum pressed shoulder support and two rigging points. Photo credit: NY Times

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