Guest Post- Darryl Marzyck- It ain't easy bein' green beans.

Happy New Year, all! I want to share with you some nifty green beans and catfish dinners that were sent to me by Darryl Marzyck. They are for a production of 'August- Osage County' that he worked on. He was on a budget, and I think he came up with a pretty clever solution. These green beans are made of rawhide chews, acrylic paint, and polyurethane. Pretty clever, I think.   Here's what Darryl writes about his catfish dinners: "The...

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Guest Post- Ariel Lauryn- Roast Beef Sandwich Puppet

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Today we welcome Ariel Lauryn to the Fake-n-Bake kitchen! Ariel is a funny and talented lady, who does a great job introducing herself, so I'll just let her take it away. Enjoy! -Anna v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} ...

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Guest Post- Jason Dearing

So, I have to say, I love it when you guys send me photos of your fake food projects. It totally tickles me that people out in cyber land are not only reading this blog- but looking to it for advice and inspiration. Awwww....shucks. I wanted to share some delicious looking props from Jason Dearing who is studying art and enjoys theater as well. Here is what he writes: I recently found your blog while doing some frantic research for a community...

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Fake Food on NPR!

Guys!! Guys!!!! Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fake food is on NPR. Check out this neat-o article on the salt blog- it's about Sandy Levins and her historic faux food. How cool is that!? Thanks to Sarah K. for the heads up on the article! Fake Food George Washington Could've Sunk His Fake Teeth Into and be sure to check out her page directly: Historic Faux Foods by Sandy Levins...

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Yes dear, but we Cantaloupe!

At some point in your props career, you start to realize that certain people are hard on props-no matter how much love and effort you put into a project, once it is handed off, you know it's done for. Now, a lot of you are thinking "Yup, Actors. Why would they do that with an antique silk parasol, no one would ever do that in real life!? What do you mean you still haven't found some of the spines!?"  And you'd be right, just what in blazes...

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