Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Breakaway glass Alternatives?

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   Hello everyone;
Our community theatre group is doing a play next month where breaking a bottle and a vase over someone's head is required; we looked into getting breakaway glass for it, but the shelf life is apparently not great for them, plus we are going to need a minimum of 3 vases and 3 bottles (two productions and a dress rehersal), so by the time we get it shipped to us, we're looking at around $125 for just a minor scene in the play.
Are there any cheaper alternatives, yet still effective??

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tragic_fiend Walk-On Joined: 9/27/04 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Breakaway glass Alternatives? Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:02pm
	Hello everyone; Our community theatre group is doing a play next month where breaking a bottle and a vase over someone's head is required; we looked into getting breakaway glass for it, but the shelf life is apparently not great for them, plus we are going to need a minimum of 3 vases and 3 bottles (two productions and a dress rehersal), so by the time we get it shipped to us, we're looking at around $125 for just a minor scene in the play. Are there any cheaper alternatives, yet still effective??

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sparf Player Joined: 9/30/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Posted: 9/30/04 at 4:29pm
	http://www.matthawkins.co.uk/special_fx/sfx_sugarglass.htm That link has a way to make sugar glass panels. I should think that there would be a way to adapt the technique to making your own bottles, but I don't know for sure. That looks to be your only option without buying the breakaways.
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MPL Guest	Posted: 10/09/04 at 12:30am
	Use clay instead. Either spend an evening with your cast making lightweight clay pots, jugs, bottles and vases in the proper size and configurations or enlist the help of a local artisan who might do the job as a favor or for advertising in the program.
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clutterbug Guest	Posted: 11/30/04 at 1:30pm
	The sugar glass will not work as bottles and vases. Plus under theatre lights it melts. There is a resin that I use to make breakaway items. But by the time you buy the molding and casting materials and the resin it would probably cost more than buying them. Plus it takes a few days to make. The good part is that the mold can be reused for a long time and the resin pieces can be remelted several times before they start to turn an amber color.
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luke Guest	Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:33am

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