It's Bridge Week, so no students are actually scheduled in this week for production work - instead it's sort of a half-term (bridge) between semester 1 and 2. During bridge week I have been painting a personal project for a commission and on Thursday I took some time off from painting to go on a mini trip with some people from the scenic department - Gary, Jude, Rosé and Rosie.
The five of us headed off to Titan (http://www.titanprops.co.uk/) props after lunch as Simon from construction had told us about their workshop/warehouse facilities. It was literally like walking into Aladdin cave, there was a studio space for photography as well as filming, a workshop for construction/prop making/scenic and thousands of props you could hire. Sadly lots of the props weren't actually there (they had been sent down to London for the Doctor Who set) but it was great to know it was there. In the middle of the warehouse, there was a great scenic set and the painting was really good. It was originally a set for a film, but the film company went bust! Titan props was really good to know about as if I ever need to hire space in the future I know it's there and they also have student, as well as recent graduate rates which is always a plus!
