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things I made at ITP and after: sketches, prototypes, and other documentation

Friday, November 2, 2007

Making Ear Rigs

I constructed some ear rigs for Urinetown based on some notes I found at Bright and Loud. The first set of rigs had long boom arms on them which the audience could easily see, so when I had to make a second version for Officer Lockstock in Urinetown, I modified the design to be much more discrete.

You’ll need the following supplies to make the rigs:

* 18 gauge wire (available from hardware stores — used to hang suspended ceiling tracks and repair fences)
* assorted diameters of heat shrinkable tubing
* solder
* flesh-colored Prismacolor or Zig paint markers
* pliers and wire cutters
* heat gun
* soldering iron

I took photos of each step. You can see annotations if you click on the images.
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posted by Michael at 5:27 pm  

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