Two scenic artists explain how they used Rosco Scenic Products to coat and protect a foam skull entryway that transformed a home into a haunted house – this Halloween, and for Halloween seasons to come.
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Priming Techniques For Foam Carving
Using Rosco FoamCoat and CrystalGel
Designer Heidi Hoffer conducted a foam carving workshop that discussed how to prime foam that included a section on how to prime foam scenery with Rosco FoamCoat and CrystalGel scenic coatings.
Recipes For Creating Delectable (Fake) Food
Props artisan Karestin Harrison shares two of her favorite recipes for creating fake food that can be used in theatre or film/video productions.
Any Way You Slice It – FoamCoat Is The Best Choice For Coating A Foam Sculpture
Theatrical designer Josh Kigner walks you through his process for creating a foam sculpture – from slicing the foam, to protecting it with Rosco FoamCoat.
The Top 5 Spectrum Blog Posts of 2015
We’ve gone through all the stats and we’re proud to announce The Top-5 Spectrum blog posts for 2015 – according to you, our loyal Spectrum readers! #1 Creating Custom Candle Holders For Hamilton Seeing that Hamilton the Musical is the #1 hit on Broadway, it’s no surprise that it’s also the #1 hit on Rosco…
It’s Our 5th Blogoversary
We’re Celebrating With Five Days of Prizes For You!
We want to say thank you to all of our loyal Spectrum readers! To celebrate five wonderful years of blog posts filled with color, Rosco-history, the power of light and life behind-the-scenes – we are having a contest that features some of our posts throughout the years and rewards you, our gracious readers, for tuning-in…
Creating Custom Candle Holders for Hamilton
Jay Duckworth, the props master at the Public Theater, needed to create 160 candlestick holders for the hit musical Hamilton. See his unique method for carving the holders out of foam and protected them with Rosco FoamCoat.
Recipes for Disaster – A Few Fun Ways to Improve Your Halloween Décor with Rosco
Tough, Textured Tombstones with Rosco FoamCoat Everyone’s seen the inexpensive foam tombstones that you can buy around Halloween. However, if you’re looking for tombstones that will survive more than one season – here is an easy DIY tombstone recipe from our friends at 4D Modelshop in the UK that uses Rosco FoamCoat to make them…
Your Scenery is Gorgeous! Now Show It Off To The World!
Spring is in the air, and that means production is in full swing all across the globe. Many of you are knee-deep in scenery builds, tech, or performances right now. We know that much of the work our customers create is truly innovative and deserves to be displayed to a wider audience. Our Share Your…
Thanks For The Memories, A Good-bye Message From Stan Schwartz – Rosco’s Executive Vice President
By Stan Schwartz Remember Bob Hope’s theme song “Thanks For The Memory”? That’s the thought that runs through my mind as my retirement from Rosco approaches. I’ve been associated with the company for some 35 years. And I hope everyone reading this has as much delight in their careers as I have had in mine…