I was given a challenge: to create two horse head masks for two actors to wear in a production of Cinderella. Luckily they didn't need to be donned especially quickly, and they were not going to be doing any excessive (or non-horse-like) movement while wearing them. However, they did need to be light, easy to put on and allow for visibility. Cue thinking time. Much thinking time. So often, much of the creative process is just mulling stuff over...while driving to wor

Part of having Joy in the Process for me is the learning. There is still so much I don't know, and things I don't even know to enquire about. So any short courses or tutorials I can access are a great thing as other people are a treasure trove of knowledge. This blog is about when I completed a week-long summer school course in Prop-Making at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Considering it was so short a time we covered a lot of ground and it was thoroughly enjoyable