Carousel
Properties Master
Directed by Harold Herman
Scenic Design by Wm. "Mac" Bozman
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre 2004

The carousel required the cooperative efforts of the scene shop, paint shop and prop shop. The scene shop built the carousel itself and designed it so that it could break down into eight pieces during a 45 second scene shift. I was responsible for building six full size, load bearing carousel horses.

The rough shape and details were carved with a variety of tools: the reciprocating saw was most effective to obtain the rough shape, while a hot knife and rasp were used to carve the details. The final shape was then coated with a mixture of paint and glue, and three layers of cheese cloth., and then were painted.



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