[SML] Tumbeweed

[JIM VOGEL]

Does the tumbleweed need to 'tumble' realistically across the stage? If so, the method of 'locomotion' may affect how you build it. 

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On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> FR spray foam?  (I’m not props or paint, so I’m struggling here)
>
> Dunk in a vat of FR liquid?

A tumbleweed is a very lightweight shrub (or multiple bits of) that are folded over and tangled in on itself. Along those lines, perhaps one could start with a balloon, and paint+glue-dipped "weeds" and twigs, and wrapped onto the balloon as a start... then after it's dry, pop and remove the balloon, and add more bits of dipped weeds inside....

Or... let a 3D printer go haywire and when it makes that tangly PLA tumbleweed, grab that and throw it on stage....  :)

 - Jon

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