Introduction to Prop Making Short course: Introduction to Prop Making

Introduction to Prop Making

Key Information
  • Cost

    £320

  • Date

    Wednesday 19 July to Friday 21 July

  • Times

    This is a three-day course which will run from 10:00 to 16:00 on each day.

  • Location

    Downside Rd, Bristol

  • Spaces for this course are now fully booked, but you can join our waiting list to get notified in case any open up.

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Overview

The intensive, 3-day Introduction to Prop Making course has been designed as a practical exploration of different techniques to create larger-than-life props. The workshop will cover essential skills like carpentry, laser cutting, sculpting, casting and mould-making. Learning will take place in a supportive, hands-on environment where you learn the art of prop making from experienced professionals.

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School offers a fun and nurturing environment in which to pursue your creative ambitions. The support and feedback available from your tutor will help you develop your talent and confidence to create your own props.

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Highlights

• Learn how to use hand tools and workshop machines, and construct a stool using mortise and tenon joints;

• Sculpt an animal in clay, create a one-part mould in plaster, and reproduce the sculpt in latex;

• Work at scale to create larger than life food props – create a sculpt, learn how to use silicone to cast the sculpt and reproduce the object with tinted fast cast resins.

This is a full-time, three-day course, running from 10:00 to 16:00. This course is taught in our workshops at Downside Road.

Students developing and growing in confidence during their time here, seeing their work reaching professional standards in approach and execution; a student who intends to be a stage manager producing a wonderful sound design; a first year student making a lovely recording of a song for their recording project; tracking the careers of former students and seeing them be successful; being able to find a job opportunity for a recent graduate. Frank Bradley, Sound Tutor