[SML] Building big fake topiary....

[Pat Kight]

Jon Ares via Stagecraft wrote:
> Just an update on the giant topiary I needed to fashion.... thanks to 
> everyone who had suggestions and sources. Ultimately, I finally found 
> a couple of sources that had topiary balls in approximately the size I 
> wanted, at a reasonable price.  I believe it was Kate Stack that 
> pointed me towards a couple of sources, which eventually led me to 
> other sources, and finally settled on Geranium Street Floral.  The 
> prices were so much lower than the "big boys" that at first, I was 
> afraid they were a "wholesale only" shop, but they aren't.  I got four 
> balls, and we made the top cones ourselves, out of mats of Boxwood, 
> found both online, and (same price, sans shipping) locally at 
> Jo-Ann's.  I cleaned out the one store in the region that had them in 
> stock.
>
> The mats didn't match in color, and the stems/clusters were longer 
> than the greenery on the balls, but a little paint and no one's the 
> wiser.  True, the texture doesn't match exactly, but close enough for 
> gov't work.
>
> We took the 10x10 mats, and cut them into triangles, and attached them 
> to a conical frame, then filled in with copious hot glue and more 
> leaves/stems from the mats.  Then spray painted with 3 different greens.
>
> Here's a pic under rehearsal lights.  The topiary is flanking the set 
> SR and SL.
These turned out great, Jon - I imagine they'll look even better under 
production lighting!

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Pat Kight
kightp at peak.org