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Set Carving/Large-Scale Sculptures

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Seventh Son head carving in EPs

Head Sculptor: John Pesklewis

Construction Coordinator: John Beatty

Carved one of five courtyard heads out of EPS Styrofoam, standing ten feet.

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Head Sculptor: John peskluis

Production Designer: Dante Ferretti

One of several sculptors. Carved Visual FX octopus stand-in, moon rocks, Apollo rocket, art piece, and fountain parts. All from EPS Styrofoam. Also tasked with molding and casting parts. 

Night at the Museum Battle for the Smithsonian Octopus sculpt
Smithsonian set engine part
Smithsonian set
Night at the museum
Night at the Museum Battle for the Smithsonian art piece

Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

Construction Coordinator: John Dale

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Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

Production designer: 

Smallville Egyptian carving 18' out of EPS Foam
Smallville Superman suit reveal Crystal encassing
Smallville Superman suit reveal crystal encassing
Smallville Metropolis Gargoyle Sculpture
Smallville Pluto planet sculpt

Construction Coordinator: Tom Hunt

Head sculptor on seasons nine and ten.  Egyptian statue carving with key sculptor Silviu Bejan.

Carved Gargoyle, rock walls, breakaway walls, architectural details. Superman's suit reveal encapsulation crystals. Molded many props and set dec pieces. 

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Percy Jackson Sea Of Monsters
Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters ride car

Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

Construction Coordinator: John Dale

One of several sculptors. Carved rock walls, chimneys, and other stonework for the village out of EPS Styrofoam. Assisted in molding and reproducing roller-coaster cart out of Fiberglass. 

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Falling Skies dead alien pile
Falling Skies Prop
Falling Skies Set piece
Falling Skies dead alien pile
Falling Skies Lincoln monument set pieces

Head Sculptor: John Pesklewis

Construction Coordinator: John Beatty

One of four sculptors. Carved Architectural parts, Roaming device. Helped carve a hyperbaric chamber, all out of EPS Styrofoam. Also assisted in molding and casting hundreds of alien parts from Todd Masters' original alien sculptures. 

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Muppets Wizard of Oz Gates

Head Sculptor: Brent Gloeckler

Construction Coordinator: Charles Leitrants

One of three carvers of the Emerald City gate statues. Carved Left side out of EPS Styrofoam.

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Electra special effects falling tree

Head Sculptor: Dan Scarcello

Construction Coordinator: Brian Schell

One of several sculptors recreating a falling fake tree for an FX stunt. Made of Etha foam covered with a urethane bark skin. Also provided molding and casting.

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Godzilla Gareth Edward's
Godzilla Gareth Edward's
Godzilla Gareth Edward's

Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

Construction Coordinator: John Dale

One of several sculptors; assisted in carving large vertebrae entrance. Carved Tree gateway and Chinese gate dragon bodies. Silviu Bejan carved heads. Also assisted in carving, molding, and casting transparent rocket-covering slime out of fiberglass from silicone molds. 

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Warcraft movie stunt pieces
Warcraft tusks
Warcraft Portal movie set
Warcraft castle set
Warcraft Portal movie set
Warcraft movie tusks

Construction Coordinator: John Dale

Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

One of several sculptors carving 

oversized tusks, rock walls, breakaway architectural pieces, and stone bricks. Tasks also included molding and casting of many parts, Casting urethane tree bark, and minor prop builds and molding. 

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Man of Steel set piece
Man of steel set piece
Man of Steel Set piece
Man of Steel Visual FX piece

Construction Coordinator: John Dale

Head Sculptor: Jack Gauvreau

One of several sculptors carving and assembly of spaceship parts, FX riding buck; birthing table assembly. Tasks also included molding and casting of Set dec parts and props. 

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Descendent's ship figurehead

Head sculptor: Aaron Jordan

Construction Coordinator: Jesse Joslin

Ship Figurehead statue carved for Descendants 2. Made of EPS Styrofoam, approx. Eight feet in height. 

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Sabrina the teenage witch set pieces
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Head Sculptor: John Pesklewis

Construction Coordinator: Ken Frost

Three of four statue legs for Sabrina, season two. Carved out of EPS Styrofoam. Upper bodies carved by Anthony Kerr, Bruno Maganic, and Vlad Lushnikov. 

Legs stand eight feet tall. 

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Spy Hard harrier set piece
Spy Hard harrier set piece
Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer set pieces
Spy Hard harrier set piece

Head sculptor: Brent Gloeckler

Construction Coordinator: Charles Leitrants

Shop head: Don Pennington, Inc. 

One of several fabricators. Casting and assembling fiberglass parts from the original True Lies harrier silicone molds. These original molds were taken from an actual Harrier jet. This was for Spy Hard, a parody movie. Built over a one-ton metal framework, used for an FX shot. 

Decorative door piece, one of two I fabricated out of layered Sintra plastic and MDF for a lobby scene in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

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