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Props. Costumes. Replicas. Forged by Artifact.

A one-person prop studio building camera-ready objects with wood, foam, cardboard, CNC, laser, 3D printing and electronics — then aging them until they carry a history.

Building the EKG Machine Clue Cabinet No. 003 · Fairfax, VAEKG Machine Clue Cabinet
10 builds · newest first

The shop floor

No. 004 · Nov 2025 On the bench

Banana For Scale

An exploration of scale and low-cost material.

I've always been delighted by small versions of big things or big versions of small things. I was interested in creating a larger-than-convenient build of something mundane at extremely low cost. After a bit of research, cardboard seemed…

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Got a scene that needs an object?

Tell me what the story is, where it lives, and when you need it. I'll reply with next steps and a ballpark.

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Northern Virginia — serving DC, MD, VA and beyond
Builds
Hero props, interactives, small scenic, repairs & multiples
Rush work
Considered case by case