MAKE TREES FOR THEATRE: Two great ways to make trees for the stage. Stunning 'Circle' Leaf Canopy

In this tutorial video you'll learn two rarely used, but incredibly useful ways to make trees for the theatre. These two methods are very different from one another, but still work well together. You'll also learn how to make an original looking leaf canopy out of PVC pipe and zip-ties for a magical forest appearance.
Theatre professor Peter Bloedel shows you how.
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[briperryyt]

I CAN FINALLY come back to this video to comment and say with 100% certainty and thanks for the successful tree idea. We made both tree types for our production of Into the Woods and they ended up amazing! When people asked I said “thank you Hey Pete on YouTube for the help! He got us here!” So thank you I recommend these trees to everyone who needs them!

[cherishlchaim]

Amazing!! I’ve been trying to figure out how to “build” a large tree for next year’s Tu BiShvat celebration. This was a big help. Thank YOU so much!! 🌳 🎂 🌴 🎂 🌲

[kimberlygreener]

Wow! “Creative” is an understatement! Such vision and passion! Thank you for sharing!

[ClassroomConfidential]

Awesome ideas!
Would you mind sharing where you were able to buy the fabric already in a tube? Would love to try for an upcoming production of Midsummer.

[hdb]

Well, I'll be doing this in my classroom on a much smaller scale. Thank you for this!

[AlmostCouture]

Thank you so much for sharing ❤ I am going to use your techniques to make cherry blossom 🌸 trees for my 40th garden party!!!

[themarcchristopher]

I used the Drainage Tile method for a production of Secret Garden! It looks incredible! I painted straight unto the foam rather than covering with muslin. It created a such a cool gnarly effect. I wish YouTube allowed us to comment with pictures. Thank you for this video! It really elevated my set design!

[ItsViolaRose]

I’m so glad I found this channel! I’m building a tree for my room XD

[raquelmjackson]

This is truly stunning I will be using this idea one day I mean this is genius and I'll come back to let you know how it went :)

[deloraaustin]

Love the pvc pipe for the circle leaves. Awesome trees. I am looking for ideas for a palm tree design for church Bible school.

[gingersnapperformingarts]

These are so cool! thank you for the amazing ideas. Question: after you cover these with all the fun things (muslin, foam, etc), do the tubes get stiff? I have a very hasty load in and Im wondering if I can make these ahead of time or if I need to priortize this item as somethign that gets put in and designed during load in.? Any thoughts greatly appreciated

[hamairman]

Congratulations! The big five-oh-oh. The momentum is building.

[beccajohnson]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for this.

[cherishlchaim]

Question— Does the muslin allow the “Tube Trees” to be taken apart, stored, and re-used? THANKS!! ❤️

[benjaminarsenault]

Doing research for making a ponderosa pine tree, and came across this video. It doesn't help in my case but i just kept watching cause these were such cool techniques

[mushroom]

This is so cool! No idea if you’ll see this but my school right now is doing a production where ideally we wouldn’t have trees but we want to be able to give the idea of trees through a leaf canopy- do you think this canopy could work on it’s own? I think we’d either paint it green/use lighting to give it more of a woodsy feel (play takes place at a sleep away camp) but i’m not sure. Any ideas would be appreciated, thank you!!

[richiedarth]

Pete! We used the irrigation tube effect last year. Incredible. We’ll be making the “sock trees” this year. Exactly what type of fabric should I be searching for? I searched “cotton t-shirt fabric tubing” and didn’t find much. Thank you, Pete!

[zmftimelord]

Pete, do you use normal screws with washers or actual screw bolts for fixing the pipe to wood/floor?

[lukespurgeon]

Hi! Love all of this! I was wondering if you think the sock tree could also be adapted to make columns? Paint the fabric to look like marble?

[heidiknightmeigs]

What creative ideas! I'm really interested in trying the tube trees. In this design, it looks like you're dead-hanging them. Do you think they would work well if they were flown in and out for scene changes? I'm wondering if they would move/swing and if the tube bases would take up a lot of fly space (getting close to light fixtures or hung up on other equipment) when they're flown out.