About Tom Spina Designs
Tom Spina Designs, Inc. specializes in creating custom statues, sculpture, mannequins, unique themed furniture and decor, and the restoration and display of film props and costumes.
Our artists have a wide range of talents and can offer everything from portrait sculpture, busts & masks to custom fabricated statues, signs, furniture, decor and theme props of all sizes or even entire themed rooms and home theaters.
From realistic wax museum style mannequins, to bronze busts, to giant carved foam characters or environments, TSD can help bring your vision to life.
We have also done groundbreaking work preserving and restoring television & film props and foam latex costumes and masks. Our unique techniques make use of archival quality materials and our signature balanced approach to restoration maintains the integrity of these important artifacts of film history, making us the go-to source for those looking for conservators for their precious collections.
For the collector looking to show off their otherwise difficult to display items like original movie props, film wardrobe and or masks, look no further. TSD can design and create custom mannequins, themed or museum style displays that will make your pieces of film history shine!
The company made internet waves with our infamous Han Solo in Carbonite Desk and has become known for our authentic recreation of Star Wars characters for Volkswagen’s 2012 Super Bowl commercial as well as our work with Walt Disney Imagineering, Sideshow Collectibles, Six Flags and others. This ultimately led to the creation of our sister company, Regal Robot, where we offer a wide array of officially licensed Star Wars creations!
Best of all, our custom sculpture and display services are available to everyone. We create our artwork for businesses, home theaters, museums, restaurants, themed attractions, haunts and even private collectors.
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Our Team
Tom Spina
Company Founder
Sculptor, company founder and the creative vision behind all of our projects. Tom’s life-long passion for movie props and mask making led to his pioneering work in the field of movie prop restoration.
Richard Riley
Artist
After meeting in the late 90’s, Rich and Tom have collaborated on countless projects. Rich’s unique approach to foam carving, clever use of materials and ingenious creative solutions help make our projects special.
Robb De Nicola
Creative Director
Robb’s lent his talents to TSD projects since the very beginning. His knowledge and understanding of the techniques and assets we work with, as well as his experience in marketing, makes him a great fit to help set direction for TSD and our sister company, Regal Robot.
Patrick Louie
Senior Artist
Pat began with TSD in 2011 and rapidly developed his creative talents, becoming a leader of our team, sharing his considerable experience in restoration, sculpting, fabrication and beyond.
Christine Richter
Operations & Customer Care Lead: TSD
Christine manages TSD operations and is responsible for special-project client care along with coordinating the careful packing and shipping of priceless artifacts in our care.
Katie Batho
Operations & Customer Care Lead: Regal Robot
Katie manages operations and customer care for our sister company, Regal Robot and coordinates the day to day needs of our licensed work.
Melissa Ocampo
Senior Artist
Melissa is a veteran TSD studio artist, performing conservation and restoration work with a specialty for highly accurate paint matching.
Pierre Briel
Lead Fabrication Artist
Pierre’s an experienced foam fabricator and welder who utilizes his skills in metal, foam, fiberglass and other fabrication projects at our New York studio.
Max Frey
Development Specialist
Max works developing upcoming creations for Regal Robot and coordinating with our retailers. His skill with a camera has aslo made him a go-to photographer at the studio.
Tracey Halfpenny
Accounting / Customer Care
Tracey helps coordinate our office and pitches in with customer care.
Christian Maggi
Lead Digital Artist
Christian is our talented lead 3D artist and manages all of our in-house 3D sculpting and scanning needs.
Samantha Martino
Production Coordinator
Samantha’s been a part of our studio team for many years and her substantial talent for makeup, fx, restoration and paint make her an important figure in the studio. She also coordinates QC and collectible production along with Mykaleah.
Mykaleah Young
Scheduling Coordinator
Mykaleah manages the Regal Robot production team, keeping them on-task in creating our licensed collectibles. She’s also a talented artist in her own right and contributes to many of our studio projects.
Matthew Beagan
Studio Artist
Matthew is a key part of studio team, working on molding, casting, fiberglass, paint and even restoration for all manner of projects throughout the studio.
Marissa Vazquez
Regal Robot Production Artist
Marissa is part of our Regal Robot production team, crafting high end collectibles and contributing to TSD projects as well.
Daisy Julca
Regal Robot Production Artist
Daisy is part of our Regal Robot production team, crafting high end collectibles and contributing to TSD projects as well.
Daniel Flaherty
Regal Robot Production Artist
Daniel’s a production artist on our licensed collectible projects and also our primary day-to-day 3D print room operator.
Ross Raniere
Shipping and Office
Ross coordinates shipping for Regal Robot and TSD retail orders and provides additional customer service.