Artists open their doors over 16 days in June, explore, meet and enjoy! From 5-20 June Surrey artists will be welcoming the public into their studios for ...

When someone asks what exactly I do, and I respond with ‘Prop Maker’, more often than not I'm met with a slightly nonplussed semi absent minded kind of ...

Artwork is often categorised by the media used to create it. You might read a book about the greatest painters of the 20th century in order to inspire your ...

Making a large scale Dinosaur Model Landscape As a full-time, self-employed prop maker I regularly have the opportunity to work on some truly exciting and ...

In the 1991 film ‘Addams Family,’ the peculiar family’s pet was a disembodied hand called ‘Thing.’ It was achieved with a clever mix of a performer’s real ...

We would like to take this opportunity to tell you about Young Designers Spring Challenge. We hope this will appeal to a number of young artists and ...

I’ve been making soap (and lots of other stuff) for a long time. It’s such a magical process and I generally make up enough for about a year or so. It’s also ...

Well it’s been nearly 8 busy months since we sold our business, hardly retirement, I like to tell people I’m on my first gap year! So what am I working on at ...

Making a Beast headdress to a deadline can prove to be quite challenging but even more so when it is supposed to resemble someone else's designed headdress ...

The finished guitar, No. 1, just off the conveyor belt Earlier this year, after selling my picture framing business to Alan and Amanda James, I began ...

A life size replica Deep Sea diving helmet inspired by Jules Vernes’ ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Being a prop maker means that I am constantly having to ...

'Model temple' made using 'acrylic and 'styrene' on the laser cutter From a young age I have always been fascinated by the practical effects seen in film ...