Molding & Casting Handbook

The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the use of more than thirty molding and casting materials in the design and construction of theater properties and scenic elements. Includes a section on designing and building a vacuum forming machine for use in constructing theater props.

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This is the first book to contain, in one comprehensive volume, every molding and casting procedure of use to the theater props builder (no matter what his or her level of proficiency). The author demonstrates the techniques involved in using more than thirty different materials ranging from paper-mache to breakaway glass.

While the use of some materials -- plaster and polyester resins, for example --  is covered to some extent in other publications, information on the selection and use of rubber materials (latex, neoprene, silicone, and the urethanes) and the procedure for making breakaway windows and bottles is available only in The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook.

Written in an easy, conversational style, the book will be useful to anyone involved with theater properties, puppetry, and costuming )as Professionals or amateurs). It also will serve admirably the needs of students taking classes in those subjects.

Completing the book is a special section on designing and building a vacuum forming machine suitable for use in constructing theater props. More than 450 photographs illustrate the step-by-step procedures explained throughout the entire teXT.

Author of the critically-acclaimed Theater Props Handbook, Thurston James lives in Sherman Oaks, California. He is Properties Master of the UCLA Theater Department.