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Aaron Justice
Props Artisan
Stages St. Louis Sister Act
My time at Stages was short, only a month. I was filling in for the Assistant Propsmaster who had to leave with one show left. I did not have many projects, but I learned quite a bit while I was here, including edge banding which I had not used before. I had a number of smaller projects I did not think to take pictures of in addition to the slideshows below, including assembling fake newspapers, paint matching to a metal desk to hide dings and a welded wheel base, figuring out how to hang some tricky curtains, and teaching the Props Artisan how to use a lathe just for fun.
My first project was done with the Assistant Propsmaster whom i was replacing, as a kind of test to see what I was actually capable of. Together we made this small desk for Mother Superior. | Same small desk from the back. | Mother Superior's desk with the door and drawer open. It would get handed off to the Props Artisan to be stained. |
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The desk as seen in the scene on stage. |
My second project was to create metal candleholders for bases that were made before I arrived. They were made from some decorative steel designs centered around rectangular boxtube topped with 3" bar stock. | A single finished candelabra, with PVC candles added. I also had to make the wood toppers to the bases as well. | All four finished tops. I then handed them off to electrics to wire and light. |
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The Candelabras seen on stage. The marble paint job was done by myself and the props artisan working together, with direction by the paint team. | A single candelabra as seen in the final act with a flowerpot attachment, also built by me. | When we painted the candelabras, we also painted this matching altar. |
A small jukebox that needed to be made larger for a bar scene in the show. | The jukebox's wooden additions to enlarge it. At this point I also gutted it to make room for the lights the electrics team would later put in. | Painted to match. I would now hand it off to Electrics for some lights. |
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The Jukebox as seen onstage. |
A smaller project I made. Artisan bread shellacked for longevity and then glued to a stained cutting board I made. Four identical ones were created for this scene. |
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