Props, Puppets and Masks
Bookshop
- Glossary
of Technical Theatre Terms
Listing of over 1600 jargon terms - Prop A Scene.com a directory of prop suppliers
- Prop People.com Online resource for Prop-makers
- Tools for Stagecraft
- Stagecraft newsgroup FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Loads of useful information
- This to that How to glue different materials together
- Online Conversion Convert anything to anything else
Health and Safety
Puppetry
- Puppeteers UK
- UNIMA - International site
- UNIMA - British (Union Internationale de la Marionette)
- Puppetry Home Page - Superb list of thousands of online and published resouces and info.
- The Puppet Centre at BAC, London
- British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
- How to
Succeed in Puppetry
Puppet Makers
- Beresfords Puppets
- Chiodo Brothers - USA (Team America)
- The Company of Marionettes - London, UK
- Darryl Worbey Studios
- Paul Jomain - Models, props, puppets
- Jim Henson Company - Some Behind the Scenes information
- Henson FAQs
- Muppet FAQs
- Purves Puppets
Mould / Mask making
- Masks.org A digital library devoted to masks
- Mardi Gras Masks
- Monster Makers - Latex mask techniques
- Noh Masks - Detailed history and methods of Noh mask-making
- Polytek - manufacture
casting alginate
- Sillyjokes - Masks and props
- Smooth-On (USA)
- Tentacle Studio - Rubber moulding for props & costumes (London & Amsterdam)
Mask Makers
- Craig Denston - Mask-maker
- Kepa Rasmussen - Mask-maker
- North Fur FX - Animal mask-maker (Ontario, Canada)
- Rozani - Mask-maker
- Facade - Custom design masks (San Francisco, CA, USA)
- Mask Arts Company (Stanley Allan Sherman, Manhattan, NY, USA)
- Wyvern Studios (Leicester, UK)
Make-Up
Prop-makers - Hire / Supply
- 2D:3D Prop-makers (London, UK)
- 3D Custom Foam (Burnaby, B.C., Canada)
- A-Theme Design Prop & Set Design (Brighton, UK)
- Autograph Foliages (US) - Manufacturer of artificial foliage
- The Border Studio Props to hire or custom made (Scotland)
- Custom Props Made to order foam props etc. (USA)
- Ferretteria - Custom Wrought Iron
- Final Creation Prop & Model making (Leicestershire, UK)
- Jagprops - Props, costume, sculpting, puppet-making, set building, model-making (UK)
- Kaos Design Ltd Inflatables, custom props, tromp d'oeil (Plymouth, UK)
- KW Props and Sets Custom props etc.
- Mr Flag Biggest online flag shop in the world (London, UK)
- Original Bookworks Faux books / library equipment (Gloucestershire, UK / Rhode Island, USA)
- Peter Evans Studios Ltd (massive range of vac-formed scenery and props)
- Piggotts Flags - Flags and accessories
- Prop-Star* - Prop construction (South UK)
- Props Studios Design and manufacture of visual concepts
- Scenegineering (Glasgow, UK) Prop design / hire
- Set/Reset (USA) Used scenery and props for sale
- Soft Sculpture (UK)
- The Magic Wand Shop - Hand-made magic / fantasy-related props and costume (Sheffield, UK)
- Stagecraft newsgroup FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Loads of useful information.
Breakaway Glass / Sugar Glass
- Alfonso's Breakaway Glass (USA)
- Breakaway FX (London, UK)
Weapons
Prop-making materials - Suppliers
- 4D Modelshop - UK
- Flint Hire & Supply - UK mail order of all prop-making materials
- Cosmichrome - Spray-on chrome finish (Ohio, USA)
- Iasco Tesco A/B foam suppliers (Minneapolis, USA)
- Make it from Foam.com - Hot Wire Cutting equipment (UK)
- Mold Making Materials.com - Mail order - USA (Texas, Florida)
- Spray Insulation Ltd Carvable expanding foam (UK)
- Stephen Webster Plastics Ltd Vacuum-forming plastic sheet (UK)