Dressing The Set

Although I enjoyed painting the set, dressing the set is really where I am in my element. I have shown, previously how I am constantly on the look out and sourcing props for our set and found many items in the studio store room which I feel will add to the atmosphere we are creating in our piece. I put these items in a box to keep them safe. 

This includes, glasses, a pipe, a clock, a cushion, some fur and other objects such as a picture of a man with an animal head which obviously, ties in perfectly with our idea. 

During the set painting session, we also discussed and agreed that instead of having a relatively small picture frame for the person to clamber through, we should simply keep the existing wooden frame and paint it to give a picture frame effect. 

We approached another group whom were using a particularly decorative wallpaper and asked if we could use a strip within our set. Our plan was to paint the flowers and patterns with gold paper, cut them out and apply them to the wooden frame. This would create the ornate style we were hoping a picture frame would. 

As we were nearing the end of the session, Emma and I decided to take the paper, paint and brushes home and work together to carefully paint each swirl gold. 

We can now cut each golden piece out and create the frame in next weeks set dressing session.