SERVICES
A vast array of tools, knowledge, skills, & materials experience to help bring your project to life
Comprehensive tinkering
Engineering mechanisms & automata
Drawings, paintings &Â renderings
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Storyboarding & pre-production
PROTOTYPING
Building with a wide variety of materials
FABRICATION
Constructing in metals, woods, plastics & fabrics
PERFORMANCE
Puppeteering & voice acting
Script consulting, world-building & doctoring
logos, packaging, banners, posters, fliers
Previous Clients
Altoids, Benadryl, Brooks Running, Chriss Angel, Libby's, Nike SB, GlaxoSmithKlein, Oregon Lottery, Old Spice, Pfriem, Pratham UK, Portland Opera, Proctor & Gamble, Pok Pok, Scope, Seattle Independent Film Festival, Showtime Networks, Vans, & many other companies and individuals in film, theater & advertising
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
My Services & Skills
I have a very particular set of skills, acquired over a long career.
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I call myself a 'Theatrical Materials Fabricator' because that comes as close to a job description as any.
What I do is invent things from scratch. Mostly puppets, sets, displays, automata, or other aesthetic art, where it intersects with engineering. I'm primarily a problem solver. I develop machines, or products, or proofs of concept for all kinds of clients. Often I devise processes and production plans. If I don't know how to do something I do research, and learn how, or I evolve a novel approach.
WHAT I CAN DO,
SPECIFICALLY?
Areas of Expertise
Wooden marionettes.
Rod puppets
Shadow puppets
Vietnamese water-puppets
Stilt-walking
Wearable puppet costumes
Silicone or foam-latex: human-powered, cable-driven​
Miniatures & model making
Theater weapons
Gadgets & fictional tech
3D models in CAD
3D Organic sculpts
Mechanical & automata
Cast resin, rubber, & foam
Fiberglass sculpture
Tailored: theatrical & tumbling
Cosplay, Halloween & heroes
Wearable puppets / monsters
Multi-person
Electronic elements
Dolls & puppet clothes
Body extension & modification
Digital & traditional
Black & white / pen & ink
Drafting & cross-sections
Book & album covers
Comics & graphic novels
Presentation, flyers & posters
Animation backgrounds
Character & costume
Set design / prop design
Architectural models
Pre-production / storyboarding
Dramaturgical & storytelling
Mechanical & engineering
Brand Identity & logos
Didactic & instructional
Mold making & mold design
Material knowledge
CAD design for injection molding
Gang-molding & production
Fiberglass or plaster hard molds
Vacuum bagging for composites
Pattern-making for sand casting
Workshops, single-day & recurring
Group project management
Craft courses
Writing syllabi
Best practices & safety trainings
Personal instruction
Story & writing coaching