The Prop Building Guidebook, 2nd Edition

 

 

preface

 

 

When I first wrote The Prop Building Guidebook, I had little to draw from. Very few prop building books existed to compare this to. So I had to take a lot of leaps as to what information would be useful, and what kind of organization made sense.

Now that the book has been “out in the wild” for a few years, I have a much better idea of what this book should be. It is found in prop shops throughout the industry and used in classrooms all over the world. I have received so many comments about how people use it, what parts they love, and what parts need work. While the first edition still stands on its own, I am very proud of this second edition. It is one step closer to the perfect prop building book that exists in my head.

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