We are doing a production of Red coming up and I'm wondering if anyone has 'made' fake crackable eggs. They physically crack the eggs to make the tempera paint but are not actually cracking the fake eggs they have.I know you can drain the yolk and whites from the inside, but can you fill it with anything to make it appear like a yolk when they crack the eggs?See More

Greetings and salutations!We are in the process of building a production of Red(by John Logan), which, if you don't know, is about the artist, Mark Rothko based in his New York City studio between 1958-1959.The scenic designer has designed there to be a large(~16'x20') drop cloth(unbleached canvas color) taking up the majority of the playing space. This drop cloth will be subjected to red paint(using tempera paint mixed with water) splattered and spilled over it.The goal is to be able to 'mop up' or remove the majority of the paint from it at the end of every night, without having to repaint the drop cloth after every performance, and without staining the cloth, or having to replace it every other week.We are currently testing different sealers, from Rosebrand flat acrylic sealer, plastic varnish, etc and different fabrics, poly-muslin, canvas, light-weight muslin, etc, while spattering and spilling the mixed red tempera paint, with clean-up.Has anyone tried anything like this? The designer is not opposed to just painting on the drop cloth to the stage, instead of fabric. But we all agree that it would look better as real fabric, if this works.Thanks!See More

Greetings and salutations!We are in the process of building a production of Red(by John Logan), which, if you don't know, is about the artist, Mark Rothko based in his New York City studio between 1958-1959.The scenic designer has designed there to be a large(~16'x20') drop cloth(unbleached canvas color) taking up the majority of the playing space. This drop cloth will be subjected to red paint(using tempera paint mixed with water) splattered and spilled over it.The goal is to be able to 'mop up' or remove the majority of the paint from it at the end of every night, without having to repaint the drop cloth after every performance, and without staining the cloth, or having to replace it every other week.We are currently testing different sealers, from Rosebrand flat acrylic sealer, plastic varnish, etc and different fabrics, poly-muslin, canvas, light-weight muslin, etc, while spattering and spilling the mixed red tempera paint, with clean-up.Has anyone tried anything like this? The designer is not opposed to just painting on the drop cloth to the stage, instead of fabric. But we all agree that it would look better as real fabric, if this works.Thanks!See More