Film and TV Props

As a member of the Film Makers Union in Georgia, 

IATSE Local 479, I work as a prop builder and scenic painter.

This a 12 foot diameter globe for a Universal Pictures exhibit built of fiberglass 
in eight sections and illuminated from within. 

I carved all the continents for this job and reproduced them out of clear fiberglass.

The following pictures are a replica of a textile mill that I helped build.
The bricks are made of plywood and detailed to look like real brickwork.
I also built all the props shown and painted them to look old and aged.

A tree I sculpted and painted for the TV series "Single Ladies"

A prop for a movie set: a blacksmith anvil and tools made from urethane foam.

Movie props: Urethane foam trees

This tree eventually held a tree house.

A nine foot tall trash can carved out of white foamfor a Sesame Street display.

Illustrations

An airbrush painting I did for a friend

Dragon painted on a helmut

Soldier

About the Artist

In 1979 I came to Atlanta, Georgia and found 
a temporary job in a furniture repair shop where 
I soon discovered my talent for woodcarving.

A year later, a friend of mine introduced me to 
the exhibit building business, which serviced the 
many trade shows in Atlanta. I applied my skills 
to building and sculpting props and models for 
trade show exhibits and film production companies.

Today, I now have a studio and shop where 
I live and work in Alabama, located 
approximately 60 miles west of Atlanta, GA.


Click on any category in the portfolio to the right 
to view projects I have been commissioned to 
build over the past 28 years.

CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO SEE IT LARGER

Come visit my site of watercolor pet portraits at
http://petportraitsbybradfordmix.blogspot.com/

Models

Architectural model of the World Congress Center

in Atlanta that I was commissioned to build.

Coca-Cola sign

A 1:60 scale model of Captain Cook's ship The Endeavour.

It is approximately 36 inches long completely built from scratch.

Two life sized bats for a cave museum display carved out of foam.

These are two 'seraphim' that I carved out of urethane foam.

They go atop of an Arc of the Covenant display for a local church. (shown here unpainted.)

Two stylized swordfish that went on top of a trade show display for a sun glass company.

Coca Cola bottle 16 feet high made of foam and fiberglass.

Jaws of a megaldon shark (about 6 ft wide by 8 ft tall) for a museum.

A scale model of a satellite dish for a traveling display. An upscale model of an optical cable
A scale model of a pulp separating machine

The Restoration Process

Architectural details such as this can be reproduced

in plaster, faux stone etc.
Here's how it's done.

These plaster ornaments suffered fire and water damage.

Molds were made from the originals and then new plaster

castings were made. Castings of original carvings can also
be cast in synthetic resins to look like stone, bronze, etc.

Plaster is stained to match the wood around it.

The finished product.

Furniture: Carvings

This was an original Chippendale China cabinet without a top.

I researched and designed this top from original drawings by Thomas Chippendale

Gold Leaf

Head of bed with cherubs

Baroque head piece

Female figure carving

Header carving

I was commissioned to design and carve a top for this glass china cupboard.
It had a broken pediment with perforated carvings in the Chippendale style.