Description This definitive guide to the materials and practices used within the professional performing arts industries covers both traditional techniques and modern practices. Topics covered include Papier-m ch and card construction; flexible canes and withies; timber and steel frameworks; sculpting, molding, and casting processes; texture and paint techniques; GRP and epoxy resins; thermoformable plastics, including Plastazote and Wonderflex; and finally, an introduction to life casting. About the Author David H. Rigden was the Master Prop Maker and Head of Props Production at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for 27 years,