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Realistic Ride-On Horse Puppet
For Sleepy Hollow, we needed a scary steed for the Headless Horseman to ride, for the grand finale scene of the children’s play. The...
Michael Horn
Oct 29, 20193 min read


Infrared Tracking Projection
This is a really exciting invention I came up with for the Sleepy Hollow. I wanted the pumpkin head to talk – like really talk, and also...
Michael Horn
Oct 29, 20195 min read


Automatic Haircut Machine
This was a fun prop made for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Caractacus Potts invented a haircut machine to make some money at the fair so he...
Michael Horn
Jun 14, 20191 min read


Seussical
The GCP Junior Stars production of Seussical required some really bold lighting, a special DMX controlled lighting rig was developed to...
Michael Horn
Jun 12, 20191 min read
DMX Controlled Pulleys
This is just a small project, it was originally intended to be a part of the Seussical show, but many other things took priority, and by...
Michael Horn
Jun 9, 20191 min read


3 Strikes Naughty List Tracker
For the Junior Stars’ show Coal, which is about the Elf who is in charge of the Naughty List, I created this beautiful Naughty List...
Michael Horn
Dec 21, 20182 min read


Polish Joke Book
I worked with Director Rick Bronson on this giant 6’x8′ storybook to drive the narrative of his play, Polish Joke. I contributed the...
Michael Horn
Mar 24, 20181 min read


Phantom Tollbooth Car
For the Gulfport Community Players’ Junior Stars children’s theatre production of The Phantom Tollbooth, I created this vehicle. It was...
Michael Horn
Oct 24, 20171 min read


Polyps – sneak peek
I just finished some quick test code for my first unit of polyps, so I thought I would share what they look like so far. The skeleton is...
Michael Horn
May 19, 20171 min read


Black Light Projector
I bought a cheap LED projector from amazon that boasted a “water effect”, hoping I would be able to hack it for my own purposes, and I...
Michael Horn
May 14, 20171 min read


Winter Crown
Michael created this technical effect prop for the St. Petersburg City Theatre for their production of “A Christmas Carol”, the crown for...
Michael Horn
Dec 11, 20161 min read


Iron Man
Michael created an iron man Cosplay, starting from a plain red shirt and gloves. the chest part is attached to the shirt magnetically,...
Michael Horn
Oct 30, 20161 min read


Star Chix
Michael volunteered to create art/technology props and effects for the parody show “Star Chix” at the St. Petersburg City Theatre. A...
Michael Horn
Sep 29, 20163 min read


Gogol Bordello Concert Gear
The word “Illumanation” in the title image is misspelled intentionally, after a song by the Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello; these duds...
Michael Horn
Jun 9, 20161 min read


Carvings
This was a Mother’s Day present I carved in 2016, it's a wooden coffee cup portraying a dragon-insect with suckling babies. So festive!...
Michael Horn
May 8, 20161 min read


Tumbling Alice
I created this “Tumbling Alice” pendant necklace from scratch. My wife is not part of my work ;) The first part I made was a frame for...
Michael Horn
Mar 6, 20161 min read


Animated Christmas Tree
I created my first animated Christmas Tree in 2015, the video below shows 5 of the unique patterns it displays. The rate of pattern...
Michael Horn
Dec 2, 20151 min read


Log Centerpeices
Michael Horn crafted these beautiful LED-lit centerpieces for his wedding. The trunks are made from plastic containers, papier-mâché,...
Michael Horn
Mar 23, 20121 min read


2D Works
I love drawing, "painting" with pastels. Here are a few of my 2D works I happened to have pictures of. These works are provided as a...
Michael Horn
Aug 31, 20081 min read
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