Project: Vacuformed Armor for "Coriolanus"

One of the exciting things we are doing this year is vacuforming a new batch of armor for this summer's production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Today we went over to one the Festival's two scenery shops where the larger of their two vacuform machines is housed. (The smaller machine being over in the Props shop, apparently; i've never seen it so i can't attest to that.) Vacuforming is one of those things that often seems daunting to those who haven't had first-hand experience with it, but it's not that big of a deal, really.

Want to see how it is done?

( photos and such, and a link for how to build your own machine... )