While at Fox Studios in Australia, on the production of “Superman Returns”, I created art department concept models. They were constructed before the sets were built, as part of the art design process. These were all hand-constructed from plans and designs, using a variety of materials such as polystyrene, foam core, foamex, and other card-like materials.
Hours of working the surface, bringing out the different textures, lines and angles
My role in this prop was manufacturing the base functioning box, with working lid and flip screen. My very talented colleges designed the veil lift mech and back-light effect
For this functional set piece (prop), I hand model made the head and neck components for the rig, also manufactured the hand restraints and finger attachments.
GREEN GOBLIN Flick knife: Clean-up, fitting and surface prep of rapid prototype parts
GREEN GOBLIN GLIDER: assemble the 3D milling, resurface and carve back the undercuts that the mill left-out, then add the detail.
I model made the original helmet. Using stamped lead over a solid block. This was then reproduced into hundreds of on-set helmets.
The base armor with sculpted detail was machine milled. I resurfaced and textured the design, bringing out surface texture and detail. The trick was to obtain a metal like finish in the milled model.
I stamped sheet lead using a laser cut acrylic die. This embossed surface texture gave the look of traditional metal chasing design.
Weta Workshop created physical props and gear for Spider-Man’s latest flick including the Green Goblin’s exo-skeleton suit, his glider, and venom tray. They also created a giant holding tank and rig for Electro’s prison cell. Check out their behind the scenes footage and watch for Shari’s quick cameo at 00:58 sec.
National Association for the Visual Arts interviewed Shari a few years ago to help encourage students. Nice to hear how you can go from a student to a professional and make your dreams come true!
