Images of process of making for the set design for the play called Further than the Furthest Thing.
These primary images are the inspiration for the set. Being on a remote island, the houses are made from found materials, a shipwrecked boat being an excellent example. Using the boat evokes an emotional resonance of sadness and as a reminder that the people are effectively stuck on the island.
Warm up concept art.
Concept art of design for set house.
Maquettes of the house and the hill. Maquettes are very important, as they help to visualise the scale of the proposed design in the space.
After the paper Maquette, I used the polystyrene to map out the shape of the hill that will move apart into the next scene.
This allows me to get measurements for the real thing.
This blue styrene is the base for my hill, it is built on top of mount board boxes. I carved out the shape that I wanted and smoothed it down with sandpaper.
The house is made from KAPA foam board. I cut out grooves for the wood and scored in the bricks.
Tester for the mud on the hill. What is not grass on the hill will be mud, this tester shows a mixture of emulsion paint, PVA and sand. I made a small stamp from left over foam to create little footprints.
Here is a close up of the grass on the hill. This was made by pushing knotted dyed green string into the styrene and trimming to the appropriate length.
The finished set.
The transformation of the set from hill to factory. The majority of the hill stays visible on stage, as a constant reminder to the character that he can never return home and displaying to the audience the trapped feeling of the islanders who have no choice but to work in a factory, the furthest thing from their lift on the island.
Here is the final set lit. The semi-transparent background allows the lighting to change throughout the play to whatever fit according to mood and time of day.
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