{"id":561,"date":"2014-04-04T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigscreens.blog.oldabbeytheatre.net\/?p=561"},"modified":"2014-04-09T19:31:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T19:31:01","slug":"craigs-screens-and-texture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigscreens.blog.oldabbeytheatre.net\/?p=561","title":{"rendered":"Applying Texture and Props to Craig’s Screens"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is difficult to find out definitively the colour and texture of the screens, while light<\/a> played a huge role in Craig\u2019s ideas, there is little mention of the materials that make up the screens. It seems the screens were made of moveable wooden frames. I chose to go with a \u2018silk\u2019 material for the screens. I chose this because, despite lack of evidence, I surmised it would have been a light weight natural material. It could just have easily have been a light weight wood. The colour of the screens used in The Hour-Glass<\/em> is referred to on a several occasions. A review of The Hour-Glass<\/em> in 1911 mentioned \u201cneutral tinted\u201d screens and props of the same hue (Irish Times, 13 January 1911). Innes writes of the success of The Hour-Glass with \u201cCraig\u2019s ivory coloured screens”.<\/p>\n

The stock textures in SketchUp were not suitable so I obtained the ivory texture from a Google image search. Initially I found it difficult to apply this texture the surfaces of the model in SketchUp, however once I updated to a trial version of SketchUp Pro the process was much more intuitive. The areas to be texturized had been saved as components. I selected the component I wanted to add texture to and, after uploading my own texture to the Paint Bucket tool, I pasted the texture on. As I had selected silk for the screens I chose to change the opacity to 75% allowing some light to penetrate the material.<\/p>\n

\"Texture<\/a>
\nUsing a similar method I added a velvety texture to the stage colours. I chose a burgundy colour here but this is pure projection as I am unsure as to the actual colour. Finally, from looking at the surfaces in the model in the Old Abbey Theatre project<\/a> I projected a grey plaster texture to the walls.<\/p>\n

\"Textured<\/a>
\nThe next stage of the process was to add the props: a desk, chair, book and hour glass. I chose simple designs from the SketchUp Warehouse and resized them, placing the hour glass on a pedestal like I had seen in the print of the 1905 production of The Hour-Glass <\/em><\/a>. I added the same texture to the props as to the screens as indicted in the above mentioned Irish Times article. I decided to centre the props in the niche of the sets. This decision was made in accordance with a sketch by Craig that is reproduced the Cave\u2019s book and Dirst\u2019s commentary \u201cThe desk, now in profile, is in an alcove at the right from corner, in shadow. From the study, a corridor of screens curves round to the left, disappearing back centre stage into light. This arrangement suggests that the Wise Man\u2019s place is at one point of a circular pathway, that his domain of learning is at the dark end of a path moving towards light.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately once uploaded to SketchFab the textures of the above screen shots was lost, requiring more research into a more suitable platform.<\/p>\n

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