www.davidneat.wordpress.com
A free resource for sculptors, designers, model-makers, prop-makers or just anyone interested in the practicalities of making.
I started building this site almost two years ago because I wanted an immediate and ‘no nonsense’ means of recording and sharing my experiences of making. I earn much of my living ‘explaining how to make things’ and I spend the rest of my time developing and extending that knowledge i.e. researching old and new methods, testing materials and creating objects which illustrate the results. The Wordpress site is a platform (more like a studio shelf) for this work.
It is a simple site, and there are various search possibilities or ways of using it. In addition to the dated posts there are organized pages, grouped under ‘Materials’ or ‘Methods’, which provide outline information including suppliers and prices, and a growing ‘Vocabularly’ of clear definitions.
It is not a ‘chatty’ site, partly because the focus is tuned on fact rather than opinion. All information is as far as possible vetted, tested, or based on direct personal experience rather than hearsay.
I’ve recently posted fairly thorough articles dealing with the main areas of model-making work .. main construction, fine construction, modelling&shaping, creating surfaces and painting .. geared towards theatre design work but applicable to other disciplines. I’ve also developed an A-Z ‘Lexicon’ and added extensively to it, with the hope that this will become a comprehensive source of definitions for materials and processes.
David Neat, November2013
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