An introduction to both traditional and new techniques of making Costume props and accessories for Stage and Media use. This book works through a cross-section of practical projects, with Histories, making instructions, and order-of-works, supported with photographs and drawings throughout.

Examples include canes and hats, crowns and lorgnettes, and very much more – all with the object of exercising a wide variety of techniques and approaches to the craft.

Methods include: Millinery; leather-work; glove making; metal-work; jewellery work; bead-work; crochet; embroidery; 3D printing; CNC routing; chainmaille.
Much of the work may be familiar, such as leather-work – but the book introduces techniques less often seen in theatre, which are now very much more available and practical to use. T

he changing world of the internet enables us to buy much more – but also the extraordinary (affordable) technology of small CNC machines enables us to make things in new, different ways as well.