The Empty Tomb

So, about a month ago, I was asked to help design and build a tomb for an actor portraying Jesus to emerge from on Easter Sunday at Cedar Ridge Christian Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I was part of a creative team that did similar set design and building at East Tulsa Christian Church for years. It was great to be involved and I had fun working on it with some of the same people I used to create sets with. Here are some pictures of the process and the final shots, followed by a short video of the tomb in action.

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Building Background - All four

Okay, so here are all four buildings I created side by side. We plan on using these first as a background of our booth space at the National Missionary Convention. Each building will be on a banner that is 3 feet wide by 7 feet tall. Then for future presentations, for children, adults, classes, large groups, etc....; we can use any combination or number of these banners. Also, at our missions table, we can put one or two next to our other banner which is longways and sits behind a table. Hopefully, they will do more than just add color. They have many traits and characteristics of Italian architecture. They should, I used real buildings as my references. Hopefully, they will provide an Italian atmosphere as well as encourage questions. Tell me what you think!

Building Background #4

Whew. Building number four is done. And here it is.

Building Background #3

And then there was one. This is building three out of four that I am working on. I am very happy with how they are turning out. They are basically exactly what was in my head when I envisioned them, which is extremely rare. See if you can spot the pigeons.

Building Background #2

And here is building number two for the backgrounds I am working on. Hopefully, I will finish buildings three and four in the next week.