This document is a portfolio for Daniel Cuomo that summarizes his skills and experience in prop making and artisan crafts. It includes examples of projects he has worked on like reupholstering furniture, molding and casting breakaway props, pneumatic prop systems, sculpting, carving, and set dressing. The portfolio highlights his diverse skills in areas like upholstery, molding, carpentry, automatics, sculpting, painting, drafting, and software to provide customized props and scenic elements for performances.

1. DANIEL CUOMO
Props Artisan Portfolio
dancuomo222@gmail.com
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2. Upholstery

3. Living Room Pouffe
6 Foot Pouffe
Re-Upholstered and Tufted

4. Love Seats
Shattered frame structure
repaired.
Re-Upholstered

5. Golden Throne
Rotting sections removed
Re-Finished
Re-Upholstered

6. Molding & Casting

7. Break Away Vase
Rather than using smash
glass, I chose to cast a vase
that could be pre-broken
and re-assembled after
each performance.
This eliminated the
safety concern of broken
shards on stage, satisfied
budgetary constraints,
and allowed for the addition
of this item to
Permanent stock.
The original vase was
cast in Mold Max 30

8. A wax cast was
Created to determine
the volume of material
needed for the desired wall
thickness.
The vase needed to handle
high impact with thin walls
that would create a realistic
shatter effect.
Task 15 (a Smooth On
product) allowed this to be
achieved by hand rotational
casting the material with a
pot life of only 6 minutes.

9. The Task 15 Casting was
then cut by knife before it
completely cured so that
no material was lost in
the cutting process and
could be re-assembled
appearing seamless

10. Oyster Shells
Mold Max 30
Smooth Cast-300
White Liquid Plastic
French Breakfast Dish
Flex-Foam It
Gel Wax
Paraffin Wax and Yellow Dye

11. Prop Crafts Projects

12. Quivers
Cardboard mailing
tubes crafted into
tapered shape.
Covered in faux leather.
Detail Trim Added
Distressed and painted
for more realistic leather
appearance.

13. Messenger Bag
Designed, Patterned and
Cut
Construction done by
costume shop stitcher.

14. Rechargeable pneumatic
confetti cannons with hand
release.
Compressed air cylinder
with pressure gauge.
Concealed tubes in
flower boxes allowed for
consistent & maximum
stage coverage.
Confetti = 12’ Range
Streamers = 30’ - 40’ Range

15. Digital Restoration
Vintage book cover digitally retouched to
original coloration.
Book recovered for film quality use

16. Chainmail construction
and maintenance
Flicker Candle
LED flicker candle kit
With added On/Off switch.
PVC and hot glue used to
create the candle.

17. Carpentry

18. Switchboard
Designed from research photo and
constructed from wood and ethofoam.
Semi functional levers.

19. Washstand
Set decoration made from
scrap material. Finished
and aged to fit various
scenic elements.
Gun Case
Assembled using Biscuit
Joiner. All Joints cut at
45 angle for higher quality
finish.

20. Cigar Box
Made from 1/8” Luan
scored with Art Deco pattern
and stained with
alternating colors.
Table Top
Made in layers of MDF and
OSB with an outer ring to
create the appearance of a
thinker table.
Holy Hand Grenade
Chest constructed from
scrap yellow pine and Bendy
ply. Stained and upholstered
in crushed Velvet.

21. Inspired from the kitchen
scene in Marry Poppins
this table is designed to
Collapse and Repair
Itself with the assistance
of a Double Acting
Pneumatic Cylinder
mounted under the floor
and attached to two legs.
Two smaller Double
Acting Rodless Cable
Cylinders are mounted
under the table top and
attached to various
objects that fall as the
table falls and return to
their original positions as
the table rises.
Collapsing Table

22. Coat of Arms
Details imitated
using Photoshop and cut
with jigsaw.
Swords are removable.

23. Chandelier
MDF cut by hand using
jigsaw with wiring hidden
in a channel for functional
lights.

24. Carving & Sculpting

25. Tree of Gold
Steel base structure with a
plywood exterior.
Limbs designed to support
full body weight.
Layers of foam
laminated on top of this
structure were then carved
down to the desired shape
and texture.
A thick layer of a polygem
epoxy product called
“Armorstone” was used to
make the foam structural.

26. Boiled Chicken
Carved Blue Foam
Celluclay Coating
Painted to look undesirable

27. Le Poison Omelette
Sculpted from Paper Clay and
Play Dough. Baked until cured and
painted.
No show is complete without last
minute changes. This omelette was
a 2 hour creation using any and all
available materials.

28. Face of Justice
Pink Foam
Celluclay
Rock Hard
Glue Ragging
Research Image

29. Tools Used
Knives
Rasps
Files
Hot Knife

30. Gravestones
Pink foam carved,
sculpted, and painted to
emulate story book style
set.

31. Faux Finishing

32. Assorted Marble finishes
Foam carving of various
brick types
Jaxsan mixture used to
create crumbling plaster
finish.

33. Upholstery
Leather Modification
Molding & Casting
Basic Welding
Scenic Paint
Carpentry
Sewing
(hand, domestic, &
industrial)
Pneumatic Automation
Detail Crafting
Basic Electrical Wiring
Basic Arduino Programming
Carving & Sculpting
Detailed Model Making
Hand Drafting
Budgeting / Shopping
Research & Design
Union Crew Management
Photoshop
InDesign
VectorWorks
Microsoft Office Suite
Valid NY License
Expierenced Driving
14’ Box Truck and Cargo Van
Skills

34. DANIEL CUOMO
Props Artisan Portfolio
dancuomo222@gmail.com
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