Question: who made the props for lord of the rings

title: Production design of The Lord of the Rings film series
text: The Art Department was careful to respect nature , considering its importance to Tolkien , such as taking plants from the Edoras location into a nursery . They would sometimes mould shapes from real rocks and bark too , and take branches into a steel structure with polystyrene for more convincing prop trees . Brian Massey led the Greens Department , and even wrote a booklet on tree growth when he complained of the props `` being too coney '' for Lothlórien when time came to for Fangorn forest . The numerous props within the trilogy are all originally designed at different scales , and many craftsmen were hired , most notably Jens Hansen Gold & Silversmith to create 15 replicas of The One Ring . Contemporary jeweller Jasmine Watson created other significant pieces of jewellery , including the Evenstar worn by Arwen , and Nenya , the ring of Galadriel . Statues were sculpted out of polystyrene , although some thrones seen in the trilogy are in fact crafted out of marble , stone and wood as they would be . A former bank worker named Daniel Reeve was hired to write the numerous books , spines , documents , maps , diagrams and even Orc graffiti that appear in the trilogy .