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David Darling

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Mating Ritual

Edge lit acrylic stage signs with RGB LEDs and rf control. Sign is laser etched and sandblasted.

Fully Committed

Reservation office for a high-end Manhattan restaurant: set in dingy, cluttered basement to reflect the chaotic dynamics of the play.

Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College Theater Company

Director: Kyle Dean Steffan
Scenic Designer, Master Carpenter, Scenic Painter: David Darling
Carpenter, Scenic Painter: Bob Hill
Lighting Designer: Holly Rawls
Costume Designer: Sarah Beth Parks
Stage Manager, Prop Designer: Terri Harrison

Youth Lagoon

This touring stage set was compact and versatile, expanding from 4-8 individual lit nylon blades, and from 7’-27’ tall at multiple angles. The ability for the size to change kept the impact strong in venues of many sizes, from 100 seat bars to the Barclays Center.

Designer: David Darling, Rande Kamolz
Fabrication, Lighting Designer: David Darling

Go Dog, Go!

The Classic P.D. Eastman book brought to life on stage.

Colorado Springs Fine Art Center at Colorado College Theater Company

Director: Sammie Joe Kinnett
Scenic Designer, Master Carpenter: David Darling
Carpenter: Bob Hill
Scenic Painters: Sarah Talaba, Alyssa Washburn
Lighting Designer: Holly Rawls
Costume Designer: Sarah Beth Parks
Stage Manager, Prop Designer: Terri Harrison

Theater Carpentry

A selection of the productions I have built as Master Carpenter at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.

Hundred Waters

A compact touring set of thin LED pixel towers to compliment rear projected scanning shapes in the fog.

Designers: David Darling, Rande Kamolz
Lighting Design and Fabrication: David Darling
Projection and Video Design: Elon Oatway

Vinocomb

Concept for a flat pack, laser cut, stacking wine rack system. 3, 5(6), and 7(9) bottle versions allow multiple stacking configurations.

Lamps

Fire

Wood and Gas fire pits:

Discarded pottery
Whiskey barrel rings
Steel

Wood + Metal

Selection of projects with wood and/or metal and more

Cedar Egg

Work in progress.

Jellyphish

Floating and moving glowing form concept. Data and power sent through winch wires while slowly moving up and down. Work in progress.

Turned and Thrown

Various wood turning and wheel thrown pottery.

Concepts + Renderings

Selection of concepts and renderings.

Mating Ritual

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Fully Committed

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Youth Lagoon

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Go Dog, Go!

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Theater Carpentry

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Hundred Waters

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Vinocomb

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Lamps

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Fire

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Wood + Metal

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Cedar Egg

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Jellyphish

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Turned and Thrown

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Concepts + Renderings

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