Pantomine throne...

[kandgmitchell]

Obviously not a self build but an appeal to BH for material ideas...

 

I need to build a double throne for a local theatre pantomine. The seats are back to back and have a large back panel separating them - the idea is that The Beast sits in one and when rotated, the Prince is magically revealed. 

 

The seating and rotating plinth are not an issue - it's the separating board. The initial thoughts was to cut a chipboard panel to create a sort of sun-burst pattern but as a flat panel it's not really fairytale enough so I thought why not have the individual "rays" curving in over the throne alternately, painted up in purple and silver with a bit of netting it would look more impressive.

 

Now the rub, I need to find a way of creating those curves within the thickness of the separating board, obviously chip board or mdf will not bend so any ideas... oh yes you have!

 

 

[SteamyTea]

5 hours ago, kandgmitchell said:

obviously chip board or mdf will not bend so any ideas.

You can get bendy MDF, just normal MDF with grooves in it.

Or ask Black Sabbath.  They got a spare one.

 

We made a large wave from OSB, about 40 m long for our Tenerife showroom. Lots of LEDs to make it look pretty nifty.

[Pendicle]

You could carve it out of polystyrene or even foam depending how ridged you want it and then scrim with muslin and pva to give it a smooth surface and make it fire retardant, It could then be painted. It could also be done with paper mache covering a clay mould of the shape you are looking for. There are other theatrical prop materials that you can mould into shape that are easier to use than fibre glass, wonderflex comes in sheets and you use a heat gun to mould into shape over say a clay mould, can then be sanded and painted.

Have you considered creating it in fabric and stuffing to create the desired shape, you could include a wire in the centre so it holds a shape.

Check out Peter Evan Studios, they do vacuum form embellishments, it might give you some ideas

https://www.peterevansstudios.co.uk/scenic-embellishment/

although I didn’t find a sunbeam.