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06-30-03

Theater Prop Handbook

How to fake just about anything. Makes use of the newest (styrofoam) and oldest (plaster) prop materials. Prop making skills are easily transferred, too. A lot of this fakery can go a long way in real life architectural and interior decorating.

The Theater Props Handbook
Thurston James
2000, 270 pages
$30
Players Press Inc.
Studio City, CA
Amazon


Cut the sleeve from a length of PVC water pipe. Slide the components into the pipe and secure the assembly with hot glue. Set the unit into a candle holder and decorate it with wax drippings melted onto it from a real candle.

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