Flats, aka Scenery, Walls, Masking

Carpentry

Flats, aka Scenery, Walls, Masking for Theater The Role of Flats in Theatrical Scenery: Creating Illusions on Stage A stage flat, commonly known as scenery, walls, or masking in theater, is essentially a faux wall. It’s a crucial part of scenic design, often...

Doors & Windows

Carpentry

A set of sliding double doors. These are flats painted to look like panel doors. The sliding doors hang from a track that is mounted on a plywood “truss.” The rear view of the “trust.” The truss is held up via 4×4 lumber secured to the floor and braced. This rear view...

Trees

Carpentry

We have two trees being built. The 4×4 centers are legs for platforms. The legs will poke through the lid of the platform and the tree framing will hold chicken wire and paper mache. Each plywood half circle is cut to random sizes and placed at irregular distances...

Shop Math

Carpentry

Asking a student to cut a piece of wood exactly in half will require a fraction. At least one. Remember? It’s the kerf from the saw. Kerf defined is the part of the wood that turns into saw dust. Depending on the saw, it could be anywhere from a 16th of an inch up to...

Bookshelves

Carpentry

How many times have you had to search for old books? Beg the library to lend you boxes of books? Well, no more! This is just one way of dealing with the number of books it takes to fill a set of shelves. This flat is framed with 1×3 lumber, on edge, with the framing...

NY Sky Line

Carpentry

The Sky Line of New York from the 1930’s was the backing for our production, Two Gentlemen.  It had nine strings of Christmas lights attached to its back with almost all of those little light bulbs sticking through small holes. Each string had 100 bulbs. That’s almost...