Suspended Oak Tree

‘SPIRIT’ - The Macallan & Cirque du Soleil - 2024

Prop Maker

Designer: Leslie Travers

Scottish Opera

Trunk and branches carved out of hard foam and scored with soldering iron to create bark texture.

Leaves were laser cut out of paper and hot glue and wire was added to make the twigs 3D and mouldable.

These were airbrushed & spattered and attached to the painted foam branches along with more twigs. Roots were added using wire and foam clay.

The tree was suspended in the steel box frame using dyneema threaded through channels in the trunk.

Made with Alex Ringvall