TREE FORM (This is a do-it-yourself light duty tree form - NOT the type we make for you if you order the FULL SIZE tree below)

A tree form can be very elaborate and permanent made from fiberglass over framing, or you can make a more simple one from a refrigerator box! Make the basic trunk by making the box into a 3 foot diameter tube (or smaller if you are not going to attach the tree face above). Create smaller tubes for branches and secure them at angles on the tree. To create the bark texture, use spray insulation foam in vertical rows. Once it expands it will look great!   Just paint it with a few colors of brown along with some black in the cracks and you're good to go.

	Here you can see the cardboard tube on the right with some pre-drawn guide lines. Just spray the insulation onto the foam in rows that almost touch each other.  When the foam expands as it dries it will touch as you can see.
	Here you can see some of it painted with a base coat of tan, then more detailing of different browns and the black lines airbrushed between the grooves You can use a paint brush just as well.
	Here are the finished trees on a set we built for a video project. You can see how real they look. You can use this technique to make trees on your sets, or to make the base for the latex tree face above.
OUR FULL SIZE TREES Click to see a Tree Video Clip	Talking Tree Face In order to attach the big tree face to your tree trunk you would allow room for it to be mounted then you spray the foam texture over the flange of the latex face to blend it in and transition from the latex. The mechanics need to be supported from the ground. The tree can be supplied as a non-animated face only with moving mouth (puppet rod control) 4x4 ft. Operator controlled Blinking eyelids and side-to-side moving eyes are extra. We can build it as a complete tree 10' tall. Animatronic Automation of the talking tree is also possible synched to a sound track email Steve to inquire.

Smaller Talking Tree Option

The cost on this is only $375 for the painted puppet tree face. You can mount it to your own tree, or we can build a tree. Email steve for a quote.

Note, this face is smooth, but we paint it to look like bark, whereas the 4 foot tree face above has sculptured bark texture.

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