ONLINE VERSION
ISSN 1203-2972

This website contains selected material from Issues 1 through 8 (Winter 1995 to March 1998).  The magazine is still being published, but I've been slow in getting new articles posted.

EDITOR & PUBLISHER:

MAILING ADDRESS:
2483 Gerrard St. East
Toronto, ON
Canada M1N 1W7

TELEPHONE: 416-691-9838

COVER PICTURE:
Statue under construction by Andrew Wallace for the Banff Center's Don Giovanni, 1993.

CONTRIBUTIONS:
Submissions are eagerly sought. Articles of up to 4000 words are welcome. Information on products or sources, and photos of interesting work in progress, props people on the job, or shop hijinx are also joyfully received. Text can be mailed, emailed or sent on disk in just about any format. If you want to write it out on tiny bits of paper and send them by carrier pigeon, that's fine with us. Just keep those articles coming!

SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Subscription rates have recently been increased due to steadily rising postage rates and are now CDN$20 per "year" (four issues) for Canadian, and US$20 per year for American and foreign subscribers.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Current Issue
• Papier Mache Rediscovered - Renowned Canadian puppeteer Ronnie Burkett tells how Papier Mache has changed his work... and life.
• Recipes - Ronnie Burkett's Papier Mache recipes
• Gun Control - Basic rules for firearm safety on set
• PropChem 101 - by Thurston James - The beginning of a three-part guided tour through the labyrinth of basic Prop Shop Chemistry.
• The Prop Shop Bookshelf - Wulf considers what books he would want to have if he were building props on a desert island... or in Northern Ontario.
• Breakdown and Distressing - Some of Wulf's favourite tips and techniques.
• Creating a Convincing Metallic Surface - More related Wulf techniques
• Book Review - Pocket Ref by Thomas J. Glover

• A Vegetative Hint by Misha Koslovsky
• Building a Sword Cane by Ian Abbott

• Back Issues
• Subscription Form - Click here for a printable PDF subscription form