CMU School of Drama


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Quality Fabrication - How do you water the tree?

Behind the Scenes at Taylor Studios, Inc ©: "At one point, I was a Senior exhibit designer/project manager working on a project in Stone Mt., Georgia. From the start, I was informed about the fire marshal there and how he was very strict and held the line. We had to use non flammable products only and provide all the MSDS sheets to back them up. This was an interesting challenge but one that we achieved. During an unscheduled walkthrough with the fire marshal and building maintenance person, the fire marshal stopped at one of our dioramas. Looking at the large red cedar tree model he said this tree has to go! There can’t be any real trees in this gallery. He was serious and didn’t believe us when we told him it was fake. I had to provide in-progress photos and the appropriate MSDS documentation in order for him to approve the tree.

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