Meet William Rushing, Designer & Prop Maker

Rushing’s Rarities is the Portland, Oregon studio of designer and prop maker William Rushing. William combines more than two decades of professional graphic design experience with hands-on fabrication, illustration, printing, finishing, aging, and practical problem-solving.

The work lives where graphic design and physical storytelling meet. A piece has to support the story, feel convincing in the actor’s hand, and hold up when the camera moves close.

Made for the world around the story

The result might be a hand-bound occult book aged for close-ups, a hero label wrapped around a practical bottle, a creature specimen, a fictional document, a themed sign, or a one-of-a-kind object for a private collection.

What Rushing’s Rarities creates

• Custom practical props and hero objects

• Graphic props, packaging, signage, and documents

• Historically inspired print design and illustration

• Horror, science-fiction, fantasy, and period pieces

• Themed displays, event pieces, and collector commissions

Design and fabrication under one roof

William can carry a project from research and visual concept through artwork, prototyping, physical fabrication, finishing, aging, and final delivery. Keeping those disciplines together makes it easier to maintain continuity between the graphics and the object that carries them.

How the work is approached

1. Understand the story, intended use, camera distance, schedule, budget, and delivery requirements.

2. Research the visual world, choose materials and production methods, then resolve the design before fabrication.

3. Build, test, finish, document, and deliver the approved piece.

Who Rushing’s Rarities works with

Art departments, production designers, independent filmmakers, photographers, themed attractions, event teams, and private collectors. Projects can be managed remotely and shipped throughout the United States.

Explore custom film props and graphic props for film and television.