The Prop Builders Molding and Casting Handbook

Written by Thurston James. 236 pages. Written in an easy, conversational style, this book will be useful to anyone involved with theater properties, puppetry, and costuming (as professionals or amateurs). It also will serve admirably the needs of students taking classes in those subjects. Completing the book is a special section on designing and building a vacuum forming machine suitable for use in constructing theater props. More than 450 photographs illustrate the step-by-step procedures explained throughout the entire text.