Production Design for Low Budget Film

I recently made a short film called "Art Space" with my friends. Sets were designed and built with very little money to do so. Much of the materials were salvaged items from the street and others were scraps in my shop. I converted my shop into a makeshift soundstage complete with a 2x4 and broomstick lighting grid. Craft services was off to the side on my table saw.

I made a paper mache tree, a mobile, cut out paper birds and a lot of other props & set pieces with found materials. It just goes to show that a lot of great things can be made and found with very little expense to anything but the imagination.

Interversion- Montreal

I recently visited a great store called Interversion in Montreal.

They are a furniture/design store that sells local artists' work.

They offer custom made pieces.

One artist named Louis Laprise makes a really cool one of a kind table.

Check it out.

Also A Carpenter: William H. Macy

William H. Macy

Best Known For:

The 1996 film Fargo.
Founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company.

Loves:
Playing ukulele & Felicity Huffman.
Construction Experience:

Featured in Fine Woodworking's 2007 Woodturning Basics issue.
Currently:

Can be seen in the upcoming film: The Maiden Heist.
Favorite Tool:

Lathe
Sensitive Carpenter Level:

Ya' you betcha

Lobster Crown Moulding Update

A while back, I wrote about some plastic lobster medallions I was casting for an architects personal residence in Maine.
150 lobsters and a little more than a year later, they're up!
Installed by Mac Patterson himself (of Austin, Patterson, Disston).
Mac and the painter are so happy with the results, that they're planning on featuring the crown moulding in more rooms of the house.
Ahh...the fruits of labor are lobster flavored.

Inspirational Bookshelves

My brother sent me a link to Toxel.com, a blog dedicated to all things design.
Check out this collection of inspirational bookshelves.