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Custom Props

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Custom Props

Whether you need a small hand-held device or a  massive set piece to dominate your scene, we can build it all.

Costuming

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Custom Props

From robots and monsters to mascots and superheroes and everything in between, we can bring your characters to life for flim, television, stage, or public appearances.

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Want to turn your bland storefront into a whole new experience?  

Have an idea for something iconic to add to your locale indoors or out?  We can help.


Whatever Your Heart Desires

Retail Theming and Art Installations

Retail Theming and Art Installations

We've made everything from medical training devices to custom trophies to wheelchair costumes.  


If you can think of it, we can make it.


Portfolio highlights

Schick Hydrobot: a wearable robot costume built for live promotional appearances.


    About Thorsson & Associates Workshop

    Our Philosophy

    Our Philosophy

    Our Philosophy

    At Thorsson & Associates Workshop, we devote our every day to turning all manner of materials into pure, concentrated awesomeness.

    Our Approach

    Our Philosophy

    Our Philosophy

    We take an individualized approach to every project, taking the time to understand our clients' needs so we can bring their vision to life. We make you otherworldly imaginings into real, live things you can see and touch.

    Our Expertise

    Our Philosophy

    Our Expertise

    Our team consists of experienced and skilled artists who specialize in a wide array of fabrication and finishing skills. We offer digital fabrication, hand sculpting, molding, casting, painting, rigging, electronics, and anything else you need to turn bits and bytes into pieces and parts.

    In the News

    Press Democrat: Petaluma man makes out-of-this-world costumes

    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

    Press Democrat: Petaluma man makes out-of-this-world costumes

     From a former chicken coop in Petaluma, Shawn Thorsson makes realistic science fiction props and costumes for kids who don’t want to grow up. 

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    Petaluma360: Electrifying Art Unveiled

    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

    Press Democrat: Petaluma man makes out-of-this-world costumes

     Artist Joel Jones, aka Basal Ganglia, energizes Petaluma by plugging into a unique partnership with fabricator Shawn Thorsson and PG&E to build and instal a new public sculpture 

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    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

     Seven-Foot Icon's Power Is to Make Life Less Irritating, From Bottled Water to Bathroom Breaks 

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    Bell of Lost Souls: Armor Creation For The Sisters Of Battle Squad

    Bell of Lost Souls: Armor Creation For The Sisters Of Battle Squad

    ADAGE.com: Schick to Unleash New Superhero on Comic-Con: ROBOT RAZOR

     Today we’re diving deeper into the world of the fabulous Sisters of Battle Cosplay Group by Shawn Thorsson. Get a peek behind the armor as we look closer at how this massive undertaking was accomplished! 

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    Make Magazine: Thorsson on MAKE Volume 32 Cover

    Bell of Lost Souls: Armor Creation For The Sisters Of Battle Squad

    Makezine.com: Shawn Thorsson’s insane Halo costumes

     We were so taken by the eye candy at the workshop as well as Shawn’s amazing talent for bringing game characters to life, that what was originally slated as a 2-page workshop spread expanded to a 12-page spread including an interview, a photo essay of him making a prop, and an awesome catalog of 17 of his costumes.  

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    Makezine.com: Shawn Thorsson’s insane Halo costumes

    Bell of Lost Souls: Armor Creation For The Sisters Of Battle Squad

    Makezine.com: Shawn Thorsson’s insane Halo costumes

    We wrote about his Predator costume a few weeks back. Now he’s made a whole freaking army, 

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    In the media

    Meet the Superhero of Cosplay

     

    Costume and prop-maker Shawn Thorsson shows us how he creates impressive life-size replicas of movie and comic-book characters.

    Coolest Thing

     Shawn Thorsson, prop maker and cosplay costume designer is one of the best at what he does. Founder of Thorsson & Associates Workshop (a renovated chicken barn), he and his company can pretty much make anything you can imagine.

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     Shawn Thorsson and his talented team bring people’s ideas and dreams to life. 

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