Little Shop of Horrors – The making of a man eating plant. (2004)
A project for the St. Croix Festival Theater, St. Croix Falls, WI.
Little Shop of Horrors PROJECT STATS:
- Over 300 pounds of Polystyrene
- 5 Gallons of Sculpt or Coat
- 6 Gallons of paint
- 140 yards of cheese cloth
- Over 700 man-hours of work
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/ShowPod4.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Show_Pod3_2.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Show_Pod1_2.jpg)
![Little Shop of Horrors](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Show_Pod1_1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Show_Pod2_1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1andSymor2.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Show_Pod3_1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1andSymor.jpg)
POD ONE
Instead of a hand puppet sticking out of a hole in a table, which is typically used for POD1, I decided to design a radio controlled animatronic plant. This would allow more flexibility in choreography and look really bad-ass cool!
![Bugs for Lunch at Osceola Public Library](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_Front_05142004.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_Front_05132004.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_Back_05132004.jpg)
![POD 2 with neck covering and leaves.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_Leafs2.jpg)
![POD 1 under construction. Showing neck vertebrae, servos, receiver and cabling.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_Yellow.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_HeadOn.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD1_neck.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/StuntPodOne.jpg)
![POD 1 test neck.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod1_1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod1_2.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod1_Beak.jpg)
Pod 2
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2andSymour.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_Finished.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/POD2_MouthOpen.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_HalfLeaves.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_pot.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_WithTurtleNeck.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/DavidWithPOD2_21.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_mouthopen.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD2_mouthopenback.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/BackSideOfPodTwo1.jpg)
![POD 2 final foam sculpt.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod2_3.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod2WithRoughJaw.jpg)
![POD 2 upper beak.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Pod2_beak.jpg)
![After the sculpting.](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/PileOfFoam.jpg)
Pod 3
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Show.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_FinishedRightSide.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_FinishedWithBecky.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_MouthOpen.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_FinishedFrontWithBecky.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_FinishedPotSide.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_05142004.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_LowerJawAttached.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Yellow.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Kelly.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Bottom_Jaw_2.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Bottom_Jaw.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Front_Unfinished_Bottom.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_Back_Unfinished_Bottom.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_TopBeak.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_carvedup.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD3_cube.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/DavidCuttingBlockWithBonnie1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/DavidCuttingBlock1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/FoamFace1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/DavidWithFoam1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/BlocksOfFoam1.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/Sculpture.jpg)
Pod 4
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_FinsihedSide.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_FinishedBackWithBecky.jpg)
![POD 4](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_DavidInPOD4.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_MichaelWithPOD4.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_Becky.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_OnPlatform.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_DOC.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_ToTheTheatre.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_Front.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_Side.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_Back.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/POD4_Karl.jpg)
![](http://sleepingdragonstudios.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/LittleShopOfHorrors/TerryAndPOD4.jpg)
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