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

[@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 KZbin for the help! He got us here!” So thank you I recommend these trees to everyone who needs them!

[@heypete1827]

Wonderful! So glad they worked out. Thanks too for the kind words. Appreciatively, Pete.

[@michaelshell4332]

where do you get the fabric for the hanging trees??

[@heypete1827]

They're 20 or 25 years old. I got them at SR Harris fabric outlet all those years ago.@@michaelshell4332

[@maemironer6251]

Hey where did you get the fabric for the sock trees and how much did it cost I'm about to do an into the woods production too!

[@kimberlygreener4661]

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

[@heypete1827]

Thanks, Kimberly!

[@cherishlchaim5556]

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!! 🌳 🎂 🌴 🎂 🌲

[@hdb80]

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

[@heypete1827]

Sounds awesome!

[@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 :)

[@heypete1827]

Sweet. I'd love to hear how it goes.

[@ItsViolaRose]

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

[@heypete1827]

Haha! What an awesome idea.

[@AlmostCouture]

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

[@heypete1827]

Excellent. That sounds fun!

[@cherishlchaim5556]

❤️ Would love to see pics and get your suggestions, especially since I’d like to do something similar but with an almond “tree” theme. ❤️

[@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 KZbin allowed us to comment with pictures. Thank you for this video! It really elevated my set design!

[@heypete1827]

Awesome! So glad it worked out!

[@deloraaustin4507]

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

[@heypete1827]

Cool. I wonder if you could cut the pvc circles into half circles, and then zip tie each half circle to a rod of some kind to make palm leaves. Not sure if that would work, but maybe...

[@sswift11]

This is so awesome !

[@heypete1827]

Hey! Thanks! I appreciate it.

[@taminielsen1307]

I'm obsessed!

[@imperialthreat]

Incredible! Thank you so much

[@heypete1827]

You betcha! Thanks for watching.

[@shengsang1040]

Very creative job!

[@heypete1827]

Thanks much, Sheng! Thanks for the PVC donation too. Haha. I appreciate it.

[@benjaminarsenault1722]

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

[@heypete1827]

Thanks, friend. Cheers!

[@RueLoera]

Amazing!11111❤❤❤❤❤

[@heypete1827]

Hey! Thanks.

[@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!

[@heypete1827]

Yeah, I guess it's a little harder to find these days. I wish I had a great answer. If there is a fabric outlet/warehouse store near you, that's where I would go. We have SR Harris near us.

[@cherishlchaim5556]

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

[@mushroom443]

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!!

[@gingersnapperformingarts2564]

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

[@heypete1827]

Hmmm. Interesting idea. They do get a little stiffer. When I covered them with muslin I covered the entire bunch of tubes as one. In that way they were all bound together which gave them more rigidity. My guess is that you'd have an easier time of it if you covered them after you've loaded them in (but I might be really wrong about that). I do know that you can have the circle leaf canopy ready to go before you load in. Those could be put together anywhere.

[@gingersnapperformingarts2564]

@@heypete1827 thanks for the insight ! I may just wait until I can get them in there and hanging so I can make sure I like the way they are shaped before I wrap them all together.

[@heypete1827]

Gotcha. Best wishes on the project. Hope it turns out great!

[@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.

[@zmftimelord]

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

[@heypete1827]

I just use normal screws with washers.

[@heidiknightmeigs7334]

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.

[@heidiknightmeigs7334]

I'm also scouring the internet for an affordable stretch cotton that we could sew into a tube!

[@heypete1827]

@@heidiknightmeigs7334 Hi Heidi. I've seen the cotton tube trees flown in before. It does work. However, it might take some problem solving to get them looking tight to the floor. I wish I had a good source for you to look for the fabric. I got my fabric from S.R. Harris back in the day.

[@Useaname]

Excellent. Subbed

[@lukespurgeon5964]

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?

[@heypete1827]

Hi Luke. It might be possible, but you'd have to do your best to hide the very tops and bottoms, since those will naturally want to flare out. Painting marble on them might be tough, but I never want to say the word impossible. Something I often do is to make things small before I make them big. If you can get it to work in small-scale, then it's probable that you'll be able to make it work at full-size.

[@lukespurgeon5964]

@@heypete1827 Good point about the flare! Thanks!

[@joshcreason6941]

Can I ask where you order the tubes of fabric? I love these trees.

[@NotoriousCDB]

Great work! Where do you get the tube fabric?

[@heypete1827]

Hi Christopher. The tube trees that I made are about 20+ years old. I originally got the fabric from SR Harris warehouse in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. I'm not sure of an online source, but I have asked Emily, my costumer, for some help. If I can find a better online source, then I'll come back with another comment. Otherwise, you're looking for a fabric that is a stretchy cotton. It wouldn't be too hard to sew a bolt into a tube and then turn it inside out.

[@jonathanselns1298]

Hi Pete, I’m curious about the foam you’re using on the pipe trees. I’m trying to make some on my own, but the foam I’m using, just expands to much..

[@heypete1827]

Hi Jonathan. We used Great Stuff brand, and I think it was the window and crack filler kind. However, make sure that you get the big cans that are used with the applicator that is sold serparately. That makes a really big difference. The cans that are sold with the cheap plastic applicator will not work nearly as well. Hope this helps.

[@seanmohler2031]

What was your system for securing the tree canopy to the Batten safely?

[@heypete1827]

If I'm remembering this right...we secured the centers of the canopies with 1/8" steel cable. Then we were able to add more support and "shape" them a little more with black cotton tie line. Each canopy unit was relatively light weight.

[@jeffreycobb6190]

is there a way to put the second tree on wheels to go off and on stage?

[@heypete1827]

Hmmm. I think it'd be tricky, but I don't want to say impossible. The corrugated tubes don't have much rigidity, so it seems to me that whatever you are anchoring them to "up top" would have to be able to move off stage also.

[@j.a.c.k_v]

I was going to ask the same as I would like to build a smaller scale that can be wheeled on and off stage for different sets. I reckon you would be able to build a rigid inner structure inside the corrugations made from metal. Which would allow it to have a defined shape that doesn’t have to be attached to a rig at the top. Although I wouldn’t recommend one as tall as seen in this video on wheels as it would get really heavy and unsafe. Maybe a rigid inner structure could be made out of wood???

[@nunc-hic-stans4211]

Nice, but much plastic.

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[@hamairman6840]

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

[@heypete1827]

Thanks, man. Happy day after Thanksgiving to you. Still can't get myself to acknowledge Black Friday I guess.

[@beccajohnson6980]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for this.

[@heypete1827]

Thanks, Becca! Glad to help with ideas.