Smoking Feet

Today was a pretty relaxing day, which was good because Heather and I (along with the rest of the shop, but we work the most closely together) were loopy from sleep deprivation and the long hours at the shop. We found almost everything funny. We finished the fake box springs today with the horrible fabric seen above. It actually turned out to be pretty easy and fast, especially because both of us were working on it.

The two beds were a bit different in construction since one of the beds has a fog machine inside to simulate the actor's feet smoking. With that one, after a layer of batting was stapled loosely around the frame I stapled it to the bottom, then the frame was screwed back on.

(the box is where the machine sits)

After flipping it over I stapled it to the top. Another board was put on top of that to cover the machine so that the actors could sit and lay on the bed. With the piece I couldn't staple over it because we needed to still have access to the inside, so I ended up stapling a tiny piece around that to hide the wood. The second bed was much simpler because it was a normal bed. The only difference in the technique was that we had to cover the entire top as well as the sides because the mattress gets shoved around, and it would expose our secret that it wasn't a box spring.

Both beds were done by the end of the day. Doc played around with the fog machine for a while troubleshooting it. I have more pictures of the bed process, but sadly I left my camera at work so it's phone pictures for now. Hard Weather Boating Party tech starts tomorrow, and Absalom opens tomorrow night.