Finished cave. After a base coat of paint we dry brushed the highlights/shadows and attached vines and moss.
We constructed the frame of the cave using scaffolding and chicken wire.
After several coats of paper mache and before being dry locked and painted.
Broken stairs before being plastered, destroyed and painted.
Gluing moss to the stairs. All of the detail you see was hand sculpted using plaster of paris.
Close up of final stairs.
Religious shack built using re-purposed junkyard materials and a whole lot of screws. The door is fully functional and if you look closely on the top left you'll see a tiny chimney.
Close up of shack.
Thought I'd finally share some photos of the set design & construction process for "The Chrysalids" theater production. I initially took these photos for my own use without thinking I'd put them on Art Station so my apologies that they aren't the highest quality! After I completed all of the conceptual work everything was constructed and carefully hand painted over the course of a few weekends. We dug through junk piles in a shipping yard in order to find all of the pieces for the religious shack (anything for authenticity!), everything you see is re-purposed. Thank you to my friends Colin Sakata and Anthony Santin who were invaluable during the construction process.
