Hey all
Working on a production where I need to wrap some theatrical trees around truss towers outside. I am going with plywood disks, 1by stringers between, wrapped in window screen and then muslin mache over the top. Where I'm struggling is "wrapping" it around the truss.
My working theory was to cut the disks in half and then cut a 12" x 6" rectangle out of each one to go around the truss. Then create some sort of post in a sleeve mechanism to mate the two halves together after the structure is erected and the tree is textured, painted, etc.
Does this seem feasible and if so, any ideas on what to make the sleeve mechanism out of? Or a better idea to join the two halves of the trees? Oh trees? Plural you say? Yes, we need to build 4 of these.
Thanks for any help!
Working on a production where I need to wrap some theatrical trees around truss towers outside. I am going with plywood disks, 1by stringers between, wrapped in window screen and then muslin mache over the top. Where I'm struggling is "wrapping" it around the truss.
My working theory was to cut the disks in half and then cut a 12" x 6" rectangle out of each one to go around the truss. Then create some sort of post in a sleeve mechanism to mate the two halves together after the structure is erected and the tree is textured, painted, etc.
Does this seem feasible and if so, any ideas on what to make the sleeve mechanism out of? Or a better idea to join the two halves of the trees? Oh trees? Plural you say? Yes, we need to build 4 of these.
Thanks for any help!