The Lion King opened that Fall and along the way, besides sculpting many of the original pieces, I also helped with finishing work, painting, mold-making, engineering, welding and testing. As the company grew, I managed the sculpture and mold-making teams and worked on additional projects for Michael that took me around the world.

As I look for images of the show,I am astounded at how many millions of people around the world have seen this production on stage. As of this writing, the show has now been seen by over 100 Million people worldwide, has won over 70 major awards, and has 25 productions currently operation around the world. Michael and Julie [Taymor] had so much amazing vision and genius on this show... and those years at MCD were like a secondary education as we were creating new tools and techniques.

Here is an old photo of the giant Mufasa Apparition that I was in the midst of painting before it shipped out to NYC. The originalwas sculpted out of EPS/styrene foam and then we made a mold, cast parts in carbon fiber and then painted it to look like 'wood' which is what you see here and in the stage show. The lighting designers take it to the next level when it appears onstage.