Tresemmé Natural Hair-story Museum

I was commissioned to sculpt 12 models representing the different abnormalities of human hair.

Displayed as specimens within a museum type environment for a Tresemmé Promotion.

The 'Split' and 'Triple'.

The 'Baby'.

The 'Tree'.

The 'Long' and the 'Deep'.

The 'Double-Y'.

The 'Offshoot' and the 'Incomplete Split'.

The 'Crinkle'.

The complete collection set up for the event.

Floating Fake Cake

This project required me to construct a model cake which needed to be filmed falling into a swimming pool repeatedly. It was for a birthday party scene on the TV show Dance Academy.

The Polystyrene discs to give it buoyancy and water resistance.

The hessian scrim to give the plaster 'icing' strength.

The first layer of plaster. 

Painting it up.

The finished cake.

Coles Big Red Hand

Here is a cheeky remake of the Coles 'Prices are Down' Red Hand.

This was commissioned by a company who wanted to film a spoof of the original TVC.

"Crispy Jim" the decomposed body.

Whilst working as a Props Buyer on COPS LAC, a TV Police drama filmed in Sydney, I was given the opportunity to make something that was going to take a little bit of experimentation.

The script called for a mostly decomposed corpse that was found in the basement of a house. This one was a lot of fun.

"Crispy Jim" and myself before I made his head.

"Crispy Jim" with his smart casual shirt and trousers on.

The Corpse in situ for the scene.

"Crispy Jim" and I at the wrap party.

'Break Away' Fences and Dog Friendly Rocks.

Late last year I was contracted to build some special FX props for the Channel 7 Drama, A Place To Call Home.

These props included a series of fence railings that needed to be 'Break Away', which meant they were to be broken through safely by a runaway horse. Also some soft replicas of a rock that were scripted to be thrown at a dog.

I was given one of the actual fence railings to work from. Above is the moulding of the original. Probably the longest two part mould I've had to make at 3.6m.

The first 'break away' railing out of the mould.

All 12 of the railings after being painted to match the existing fence.

The railings in situ on location.

Awaiting the stunt nag.

The three soft rocks at the back, with the original and two part mould at the front.

Virgin Mobile Marquee Sign

To kick off my blog, I'm posting about my latest project. A carnival style marquee sign. I was contracted to build this sign by talented stylist and close friend Emily Sarks. Who at the time was styling a party for Virgin Mobile.

Wiring the lamps.

The completed sign and stand in the workshop.

The sign in situ at the venue.

Sir Richard so excited to get a photo with the sign.