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Blood Wedding - Frederico Garcia Lorca
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - March 1978
Director: Chet Long
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
The first of the 'Mice getting presents' scenes StudioM designed and made. This one went to USA on a promotions tour, after we sold it to a promotions company. The mice in the house are delighted at Santa delivering presents - they think they are for them and are enjoying the new toys and the new abode into which they are quickly moving.
Copyright held by StudioM. Credits to the true creator and designer should still be visible on the books which are out of sight on far left of mantlepiece and also on the newspaper. See the set for closeup photos of these.
Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. Sold, AFTER photo was taken, to a Promotions company which put in some simple up and down motions to the scene by inserting overhead a simple rotating shaft and cams system, to which fishing lines are connected between the cams and to objects below, allowing a rise and fall motion as the cams rotate.Subsequent claims by parties other than StudioM to being the scene's creator, 'the mastermind' or 'creative force' behind it are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright. The scene was designed and made by StudioM at our workshop.
She also made the elves as well as the mice to our working drawings, sketches and specifications. StudioM also commissioned her to make for us, a squashed out Santa face made with lycra covering to allow for the stretch when shaping facial features. We gave drawings and specific instructions to Juanita as to how to make just the face and asked that she make it around a piece of broomstick or dowelling so that we could drop it into Santa's hollow torso that we had made. To the face, we added the hair and hat, Santa's torso which we secured - he has no legs - and then added his arms and hands etc. All originals of sketches, design drawings, instructions and communications etc are held by StudioM. Mice made to our instructions and drawings. Juanita added her own style decorations to some of the girly mice.
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - October 1977
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Chris Harris
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
How I Learned To Drive - Paula Vogel
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 2000
Director: Susan Coromel
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Mikel McDonald, Renee Knappenberger
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1982
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer:
Lighting Designer:
Actors: David Darlow, ....
Knitting elf, the mouse school, the 'suspended from school' mouse and an elf writing lines on blackboard - all part of the 'Elfy School' scene designed and made by StudioM at our tinshed workshop at Tinbeerwah. Copyright StudioM - RGM - still held.
The scene was sold to an animation and Promotions company AFTER this photo was taken but without transfer of copyright. The Promotions company later put in simple motions by the insertion overhead of a rotating shaft and cam system to which fishing lines were attached between the cams and objects below, causing the objects to move up and down slightly with every rise and fall of the cam. Simple basic method used by puppet animators. Any claims by this company and its director to be the 'mastermind' and 'creative force' behind it are completely false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of copyright. It has been widely displayed in their promotions and exhibited many times. The first time they saw the scene was as you see it here and they bought the scene AFTER this photo was taken. After this photo was taken and before the scene was delivered, I added a bucket of sudsy water to the elf hanging off the window above the door. All original sketches, designs, instructions to puppetmaker are retained by StudioM as is copyright.
Juanita from Clifton made elves and mice to our drawings and instructions.
How I Learned To Drive - Paula Vogel
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 2000
Director: Susan Coromel
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Aisha McKenzie, Dan Banakus, Mikel McDonald, Renee Knappenberger
5th of July - Lanford Wilson
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - November 1986
Director: Nick Leland
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Nancy Ledford, Rocco Lieuallen, Elizabeth Dixon, Lisa Reid, Jerry ..., and Company
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1982
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
We designed this scene so that it could be divided and used as three scenes. The first choice is to be used just as it is or alternatively the hairdressing salon and the kitchen can be removed to become two seperate scenes on their own. As it is - it is a scene with a hair salon where Santa is asleep and the hairdressing elves are having a gay time cutting and dying his hair. The kitchen scene is a smaller version of one of our typical cooking scenes and blends well in an actual shop setting. If motion is required, the motors for the strings to operate the puppets can be hidden in the roof of each individual scene. Each roof just lifts off. The snowman wobbles and laughs at Santa's new look while an elf prepares snowballs and another on the bakery roof tries to fish gingerbread from below.
Designed and made by RGM StudioM at StudioM's Tinbeerwah/Cooroy workshed. Copyright held. Photo taken at our studio before its sale to an animation and puppet company. Claims by this company and others to be its creators, 'the creative force' and 'mastermind' behind it are false and an infringement of our copyright. The company and its puppeteer director had no input into the scene as you see it here, other than to provide the metal frame around which the scene is built.
Dollmaker Juanita in Clifton made puppets to StudioM drawings /specifications. StudioM specially commissioned her to make the snowman.... again to our drawings, and instructions. All original drawings, specifications, notes etc as with all of the scenes we have designed and made are retained by StudioM as does the copyright.
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - the scene StudioM designed and made at our workshop, photo taken before we had completed it for its use in the David Jones Christmas Window Display in Sydney in 2006. StudioM was contracted by a promotions company working for David Jones to design the windows, do a presentation folio for them and once the design was won, StudioM was contracted to create the scenes. So here it is in StudioM's workshed. After StudioM finished it, it was trucked to the promotion company's factory for inspection by the VM mgr for David Jones, before being trucked to Sydney for installation in the windows in Oct 2006. To see some good closeup photos visit
www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot/sets/72157627374956322/
In the following year, this scene was re displayed in Smith and Caughey's window in Auckland NZ and can be seen here in other flickr sites of members - search Smith and Caughey
Visit www.flickr.com/photos/silverspot/sets/72157603575240201 to see them in Auckland window or in her David Jones set.
I later made the copy of 'The Herald' newspaper that the angel sitting on the steps was reading in the windows at David JOnes. In later years, when the scene re appeared at Smith and Caugheys the Promotions company had rewritten the original newspaper to suit their own means and tell their own stories.
Juanita Wellings in Clifton made the elves to our drawings and specifications
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - February 1984
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Dancing At Lughnasa – Brian Friel
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 1995
Director: Cynthia White
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Lentz
Actors: Darcy Jensen, Stephanie Timm, ....., Shana Cooper, Rod Ceballos, Zack Fisher, Michael Brusasco (foreground)
Christmas Eve in the Village. Santa's elves are supposed to be helping him to deliver the presents but they are too busy playing. It's Weihnachtsmarkt for the village mice and the mouse chef is busy in the Candy Haus.
Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop. Copyright held. Scene sold as it is shown here in our workshop, to a promotions company which put in some very simple movement by inserting overhead a motorised rotating shaft and cam system. Fishing lines connected between the cams and objects below allow a very simple and slight up and down motion with each rise and fall of the cams as they rotate on the shaft. Photo taken before the company saw it and bought it. Any claims made since by the animation and promotions company to be the 'mastermind' and 'creative force' behind the scene are COMPLETELY false, misleading and an infringement of copyright.Copyright remains with StudioM.
Juanita made mice and elves to our drawings and specifications. All originals of the sketches, drawings, and specifications are retained by StudioM.
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
Photo: Justin Wetherell
Willamette University Theatre - April 2011
Director: Rod Ceballos
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: EB BRooks
Lighting Designer: Rachel Steck
Sound Design: Cecil Averett
Actors: Chris Harris, Susan Coromel, Mikel McDonald, Josh Rice
The first one of these scenes that StudioM designed and made at our home workshop, and which ended up being displayed in the USA. Click on photo to read titles on books on the mantle. Santa and elves are delivering presents to the household, whilst the mice that live within are overjoyed at their luck - moving into the doll's house, taking over the toy boat, enjoying Santa's snack and pestering the ever watchful, cross nut cracker. Designed and created by Studio M at our home studio in Tinbeerwah- copyright held by StudioM. Attributions are on the books on the mantle - The red book on the mantle at left, shows StudioM responsible for the Design and Creation. AFTER this photo was taken the scene was sold to an animation and Promotions company which put in some simple motion. Any claims by this company or its director to having any creative input to this stage, being 'the mastermind' or 'creative force' behind it are COMPLETELY FALSE, deliberately misleading and an infringement of StudioM's copyright. The company put in a shaft/cam system above the scene to attach fishing lines to objects below such as Santa's head, the elf in the fireplace, the mice holding the cracker etc. As the cams rotate, the lines make the objects move up and down. A simple method which is commonly used to add motion to such scenes.
StudioM specially commissioned Juanita, a dollmaker in Clifton to make Santa's FACE ONLY as a squashed out flat pie face on padding with stretch lycra over the top to allow the facial features. It was the first time she had tried this and she followed our instructions well. Once we received the squashed face, we positioned it onto a head, fixed hair and whiskers and placed it into the body we had ready in the scene. The hands were not made by the dollmaker.
All original sketches, drawings, specific instructions to the dollmaker for the making of Santa's face, the design and making of the mice and special requests for the colours/look and expressions for the elves are retained by StudioM as is copyright for this scene.
The Women - Clare Boothe Luce
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - April 2008
Director: Karen Vaccaro
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Rachel Steck
Actors: Lesli Okorn; Amanda Washko; Britt Lauer; Jessi Cotter
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 1984
Director: Nicholas Leland
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Cole Akeman, Melinda Strobel, David Ray Walker, and Company
The Diviners - Jim Leonard Jnr.
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2002
Director: Michael Griggs
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Actors: Michael Lowery, Kurt Conroyd (foreground) Megan Bladow, Nicolette Hall, Lesli Okorn, Katie Barnett
The Paintomatic scene designed and made by StudioM at our workshop -copyright 2005.
This is one of the workshops that Santa has for his elves to make toys for Christmas. This workshop uses the patented revolutionary Paint -O-Matic machine to paint the toys they have made. Not sure it is being very effective. The mouse on the middle shelf is being rolled over and is flat out painting. I have used these flattened mice in many scenes and they work well.
Sold AFTER this photo was taken to an animations and Promotions company which installed a rotating shaft and cam system overhead to create slight up and down movements with fishing lines between the cams and objects below. Each rotation of the cam causes the fishing line to move slightly creating movement below. A simplistic method that anyone with a little mechanical knowledge could easily do. This scene has been exhibited widely along with 65 plus scenes that RGM made for StudioM in many places and various media. However claims by the Promotions company and its puppeteer director to be the creator, the creative force or the mastermind behind this scene or any of our other scenes is COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright.
Elves and mice by Juanita Wellings in Clifton to our specifications, design and drawings.
Mouse reading newspaper (credits for designer /creator clearly shown) on roof of the scene where Santa is stuck upside down in the chimney top. The elves are trying emergency procedures to clear him. Meanwhile the mice have come out to watch as spectators - one is knitting on the other side of the scene.
Designed and made by StudioM at our studio workshop. Copyright retained. This scene was sold AFTER this photo taken to an animation and Promotions company which put in some simple motion by way of inserting a motorised shaft and cam system overhead to attach fishing lines between the rotating cams and objects below. Constant claims since by this company and its director to be 'the mastermind' and 'the creative force' behind the scene are misleading. In accordance with copyright law, the credits written to the designer and creator should still be visible as seen here. This scene has been featured on TV / internet and many blogs advertising Santa's Secret Workshop, the Ginger Factory at Yandina, Enchanted Forest at Smith and Caughey's NZ.
Juanita Wellings made mice to our design/drawings and instructions. All original drawings, sketches and specifications are held by StudioM.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois-Chicago - February 1984
Director: Bill Raffeld
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
The Diviners - Jim Leonard Jnr.
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 2002
Director: Michael Griggs
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
The Reluctant Dragon - Nancy Aldrich (adapt. from Kenneth Graham)
Photo: Chris Harris
Tears of Joy Theatre - June 2004
Director: Nancy Aldrich
Designer: Chris Harris
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Actor: David Darlow
The Reluctant Dragon - Nancy Aldrich (adapt. from Kenneth Graham)
Photo: Chris Harris
Tears of Joy Theatre - June 2004
Director: Nancy Aldrich
Designer: Chris Harris
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Det skete med oppustelige bølger fra Luftfabrikken, som kunstneren og designeren selv har dekoreret til formålet – koncerterne.
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Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre 2013
Director: Susan Coromel
Scene Designer - Christopher L. Harris
Costume Designer - Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer - Rachel Steck
Elfy cooking in the small kitchen scene inside the larger scene - 3 scenes in one large one, or seperate this scene and the small hairdressers scene also in the large scene to use as two seperate scenes. The rolling pin is pulled by a string to roll upwards along the table slightly and then drop down with its own weight. As the table is on a slope it works easily. The slope also gives the scene perspective.The mouse is attached to the rolling pin and moves up with it. An easy action and very effective - I have done this in many of the kitchen scenes I have designed and made at the StudioM home workshop in Tinbeerwah/ Cooroy hinterland, QLD. Copyright held StudioM. Sold to an animation and Promotions company AFTER this photo was taken and has been exhibited since. Any claims by this company or its director to having any input into the scene as shown here or to be the 'mastermind' and creative force behind it are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright.
Juanita Wellings made elves and mouse in her home in Clifton to our drawings and specifications. All of these drawings and specifications are retained by StudioM.
As You Like It - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 1987
Director: Nick Leland
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Nicole Dell, Jerry ....
Summer and Smoke - Tennessee Williams
Photo: Chris Harris
University of Illinois at Chicago - May 1984
Director: Caroline Dodge Latta
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Lighting Designer: Carl Ulazek
Actors: Harriet Anderson, Michael Altobello
Confession In Wood - Jan Wilkowski
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - April 2006
Director: Luba Zarembinska, Patryk Czaplicki
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Adam Saucy
Actors: Michael Griggs, Sarah Hamilton, Cory Goble, (rear) Ben Crop, Anne Mazaferro, Lesli Okorn, McKenzie, Kyle McBroom, Tara McLaughlin, Sheena Kohlstedt, Ben Nockles
Terra Nova – Ted Tally
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2003
Director: Chris Harris
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Susan Lilly
Lighting Designer: Llew Rhoe
Actors: Robert Herzog, Marc Auchampach, Ty Turner, Rod Ceballos
On The Verge – Eric Overmyer
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre – October 1998
Director: Steven David Martin
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Kristine Kearney
Lighting Designer: Clay Everett
Actors: Emily Strang, Trish Kimball, Melissa Nixon
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1983
Director: David Darlow
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Terra Nova - Ted Talley
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 1993
Director: Chris Harris
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Susan Lilly
Lighting Designer" Llew Rhoe
Actors: Larry Roach, Robert Herzog, Rod Ceballos, Jake Storms, Marc Auchampach, Mary Patton
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1983
Director: David Darlow
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Confession In Wood - Jan Wilkowski
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - April 2006
Director: Luba Zarembinska, Patryk Czaplicki
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Adam Saucy
Actors: Michael Griggs, Cory Goble, Sarah Hamilton (rear) Ben Crop, Anne Mazaferro, Lesli Okorn, McKenzie, Kyle McBroom, Tara McLaughlin, Sheena Kohlstedt, Ben Nockles
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - July 1985
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Oak Park Festival Theatre - June 1982
Director: Patrick O'Gara
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nanalee Raphael
Actors: Tom Tresser, David Darlow. ....
Iphigenia - Euripides (trans. Robert Emmet Meagher)
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - April 1990
Director: Michael Griggs
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Susan Lilley
Lighting Designer: Johnny Ferrell
Actors: Deirdre Atkinson, Sarah Zurstadt, and Company
As You Like It - William Shakespeare
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - October 1987
Director: Nick Leland
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Nikki Merrill
Actors: Blake Swenson, Jerry ..., Deirdre Atkinson, and Company
The Diviners - Jim Leonard Jnr.
Photo: Dale Peterson
Willamette University Theatre - October 2002
Director: Michael Griggs
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Actors: Ted de Chatelet, Jill Ashkinos
Confession In Wood - Jan Wilkowski
Photo: Chris Harris
Willamette University Theatre - April 2006
Director: Luba Zarembinska, Patryk Czaplicki
Scene Designer: Chris Harris
Costume Designer: Bobby Brewer-Wallin
Lighting Designer: Adam Saucy
Actors: Michael Griggs, Cory Goble; (Rear) Sheena Kohlstedt, Lelsi Okorn, Kyle McBroom, Anne Mazaferro, Tara McLaughlin, McKenzie, Ben Nockles, Ben Crop
Between Two Worlds - S. Ansky
Photo: Tears of Joy
Tears of Joy Theatre - July 2003
Director: Mark ....
Scene Design: Chris Harris
The Elfy School scene where Santa's elves learn how to be good little Christmas helpers. After this photo was taken, I added a bucket of sudsy water to the hands of the elf above the doorway. Designed and made by StudioM at our workshop in Cooroy/Tinbeerwah in the Noosa hinterland. Moral rights/ copyright held RGM StudioM. Sold to an animation and Promotions company without copyright transfer. The company inserted an overhead rotating shaft with cams to collect the fishing lines and create some simple motion down below with the objects. This is a simple mechanism which is used widely by puppet animators, and for which the scene has been designed to accomodate. All original drawings, sketches and specifications of StudioM's scenes are retained by StudioM as the copyright holders. Since its sale, it has been exhibited widely in many shop fronts, santa displays, tv advertisements and various media. Any subsequent claims by parties other than StudioM to be the creator, 'the mastermind' or 'creative force' behind this scene are COMPLETELY false, deliberately misleading and an infringement of our copyright.
Juanita Wellings, a dollmaker in Clifton, made elves and mice to our drawings and instruction. StudioM commissioned the making of the professor to our drawings and exact specifications. All originals of sketches, design drawings and specifications, including communications, are retained by StudioM.
'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' scene from David Jones 2006 Christmas windows designed and made by StudioM 2006 - in progress of manufacture at StudioM's workshed before being taken away to be used by a promotions company in the Christmas windows of David Jones Sydney 2006 and recycled for use in Smith and Caugheys Auckland 2007. We designed the six scenes under contract and then made them under contract at our studio/workshop for a Promotions company which was employed by David Jones. As each scene was finished at our workshop/studio in the Noosa Hinterland, the Promotions company collected and took them to their premises to insert the animation mechanism above the scene, and add lighting for DJ's VM manager from Sydney to inspect.
Juanita made elves at her home in Clifton to our drawings and specifications. All original sketches, designs, working drawings and presentation designs remain with StudioM.