This clock was made from birch plywood and aspen. I made all of the moldings myself on a router table. I turned all of the spindles on a lathe and cut the fluting with a router.

I built this piece for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's production of The Would Be Gentleman. The interior frame is built from box steel tubing for strength, because it had to be climbed on during the production. The wood is all birch plywood, and the keyboard was made from masonite and oak, so it could be stepped on to climb on top. The detailing is molded vacuuform plastic. The paint job was done by the entire prop shop in the space of 2 hours and consists of faux gold leafing and gold leaf paint. The sound department placed a speaker inside the body.

I built this pianoforte for the Illinois Repertory Theatre's production of Amadeus. It is constructed out of birch plywood and poplar, with a stained finish. The keyboard was taken from a real harpsichord. It had a speaker placed inside as a sound source.

This camera was built for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's production of Troilus and Cressida, which was set during the Civil War. This camera was used by a character modeled after Matthew Brady, the famous Civil War photographer. It is made of white oak and various pieces of brass hardware that I scrounged up.
For the flash, I invented a system that employed corn starch and an electronic flash to simulate the pyro flash used in such cameras. It was operated by the actor, who by using a squeeze bulb rigged with a momentary switch would send a puff of powder into the air which was then illuminated by the electronic flash. I would have preferred to use pyro for the flash, but we were afraid that it might set off flashpots in the floor. I designed this camera myself, using research found on the web.