Magic Rose

Date: December 2008
In collaboration with: Rachel George
Client: Glasgow Academy of Music Theatre Arts (GAMTA)

A specialist prop designed and built for a production of Beauty and the Beast at the SECC, Glasgow. The eight petals on the rose are held in place by miniature electromagnets and can be released in turn using a handheld wireless remote control. Powered by batteries hidden in the stand. This product was developed with Rachel George (www.rachelgeorge.co.uk). A video of the rose in operation may be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj5d7B_Wqvc