CURRICULUM VITAE

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EMPLOYMENT 

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Carols by Candlelight - Edinburgh Usher Hall - Raymond Gubbay Ltd. - Wardrobe Assistant 

Wardrobe Mistress: Julie Lawley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Wendy Knowles.

19th December 2018.  

Assisting for a one-off performance with this particular orchestra and choir in costume fittings, laundry run, period costume pressing, adjustments and repairing, maintenance, dressing and prep for the following tour dates.

 

Four Seasons by Candlelight - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall -  Raymond Gubbay Ltd. - Wardrobe Assistant 

Wardrobe Mistress: Julie Lawley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Wendy Knowles.

18th November 2018

Assisting for a one-off performance with this particular orchestra in Costume pressing and prep, fittings, adjustments and mending, dressing and in the Get-Out.

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Ralph Lauren - LS Productions - Seamstress

31st July - 1st August 2018

Alterations tailored to men, women and children for Holiday Shoot, said alterations prepared for video and still photography in fittings in addition to garment prep and repairs on location.

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Wicked  - UK Tour - Edinburgh - Dresser

8th May - 9th June 2018

Dressing for the cast of the musical Wicked for the run of Edinburgh performances.

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The Victim  - STV Drama - Dye and Breakdown Artist - Daily

Costume Designer:  Ali Mitchell

9th March - 25th March 2018

Working as Dye and Breakdown artist on principal costume, dyeing for costume makes and breakdown on full costumes, some repeats.

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Faery Trail  - Installation Film for SPECTRA 2018 Light Festival. - Costume Assistant

Director: Lucas Kao, Costume Designer:  Mona Kastell.

23rd January- 28th January 2018.  

Assisting in making costume, shoot preparation and costume standby for the filming of the installation piece.

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Carols by Candlelight - Edinburgh Usher Hall -  Raymond Gubbay Ltd. - Wardrobe Assistant Daily

Wardrobe Mistress: Julie Lawley, Wardrobe Supervisor: Wendy Knowles.

20th December 2017.  

Assisting for a one-off performance with this particular orchestra and choir in costume fittings, laundry, maintenance, dressing and prep for the following tour date in Ireland.

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Outlaw King - Netflix Feature Film, Loudoun Productions Ltd. - Trainee Costume Daily

Costume Designer: Jane Petrie, Costume Coordinator: Joanna Bradley, Crowd Costume Set Supervisor: Beth Gillman.

16th September - 24th November 2017 (WORKING AS A FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER FROM OCTOBER TO FINISH)

​Working in the crowd costume department primarily on set as crowd standby, dressing for crowd but also working on get ins/outs, assistance in crowd fittings, with alterations, costume maintenance and in the warehouse.

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​Outlander Season 4 - LBP Ltd. – Trainee Costume Daily in Dye and Breakdown

Dye and Breakdown Supervisor: Kate Thomson

 August 2017.

​Working under Kate Thomson I completed tasks in transforming canvas to depict leather through waxing and binder application, deteriorated traditional block printing onto large petticoats and colour matching leather skins to their fur with binders. All tasks were conducted in large numbers for crowd costumes.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

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Rumpelstiltskin - BalletLORENT - Prop Maker

Costume Designer: Michele Clapton. Set Designer: Phil Eddolls.

September 2017- October 2017.

​I crafted props and dance accessories from Raffia and gold fabrics to embellish the action and scenery as well as assisting with some costume maintenance/mending.

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The Crown Series 2 - LBP Ltd. - Work Experience Costume Trainee

Costume Designer: Jane Petrie. Costume Coordinator: Joanna Bradley

January 2017

Working primarily in the Crowd Costume Department and under designer Jane Petrie, I learnt and exercised various skill-sets, examples listed here: Crowd Costume Pairing, sizing and fitting. Laundry and maintenance, on set Continuity and filing, Returns to hire houses, Alterations, Secretarial work (Budget sheets/Petty Cash), organisation of costume pieces for designer's selection, Screen-Printing and colour restoration of Vintage Royal Costumes. 

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​1745 (Short Film) - Textile Assistant

Director: Gordon Napier. Costume Designer: Ali Mitchell.

October 2016.

​Historical representation of slavery in the Scottish Highlands. Under Costume Designer Ali Mitchell I learnt and exercised traditional Nigerian Tied Adire Oniko Textile Dyeing using Indigo Dye.

 

The Northleach Horror (Short Film) - Plum Films - Textile Artist

Director: David Cairns. Costume Designer: Ali Mitchell. Assistant Costume Designer: Patti Amat.

January 2016.

​Under costume designer Ali Mitchell, I worked mostly on breakdown and special effects specific to the costume, as well as being a general assistant. Specific jobs entailed the invention and creation of removable bullet holes/wounds, metal and cloth breakdown and detailing (glasses, belt and garments) and gore/explosion breakdown.

 

National Galleries Scotland - Roy Lichtenstein Dance Collaboration - Costume Designer and Maker

Ballet/Contemporary dance. Collaborative Dancer: Joao (John) Costa

September 2015 - December 2015.

After study on the exhibited work of Roy Lichtenstein at the Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and further research into the life and psychology, I Worked with collaborative dancer John Costa's and his choreography to designed and made costumes to enhance his self-exploratory movement in comfort and design, but also with creative tools for dance exploration.

 

Snow White - BalletLORENT- Textile Artist and Junior Costume Maker

Costume Designer: Libby Everall.

July 2015 - September 2015.

​Under costume designer Libby Everall I designed and handmade 16 character costume pieces for dancers aged around 5-6 performing as woodland creatures. The costumes were made to suit children’s sensitivities, were durable and easily put on- to tour for years with a changing cast. This work followed on by assisting Libby Everall and the company in rehearsals- in costume fittings.

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EDUCATION

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The University of Edinburgh- Edinburgh College of Art.

First Class BA (Hons) in Performance Costume Design (with making)

2014-2017

 

Edinburgh College

HND in Textiles, Grade: A

2012-2014    

 

AWARDS

 

Jl Paterson Award 2017

£300 awarded to the highest achieving student of their discipline.         

 

  

                

SKILLS OBTAINED IN MASTERCLASSES

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Janet Brown Breakdown Masterclass

May 2016

From Theatre Designer and Collaborative Textile Artist Janet Brown I took a masterclass in costume breakdown (for both film and theatre). The work was for her current project: historical recreations about The Herring Girls (Gutting Quines) travelling from Scotland across the UK.  I learnt of techniques and tools, industry standard products, thrifty safe materials for use on a budget and materials that achieve the same visuals but without the permanency. Garments broken down included: heavy canvas dungarees and worker dress', PVC aprons, waxed fabrics, wellingtons, scarves. 

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

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​Professional skills:

• Innovative, intellectual conceptually driven costume designer, experienced in and passionate about working on fantasy, science-fiction and historically accurate projects for film, music video and dance.

• Strong skills in contemporary and historical pattern cutting and costume construction skills; from full drafting, scaling to pattern adaptation. Particular strengths lie in historical cutting and making (historical range 1500-1900).

• Extremely confident in the use of industrial sewing machines, overlockers and irons with a high quality finish.

• Extensive knowledge and ability in Digital Print design, layout, presentation and Technical Drawing skills with the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

• Strong, neat, functional and thorough organisational skills.

• Notably keen, thorough and heavily reliable research skills, particularly in historical costuming and anthropology.

• Superior textile design and application for costume, with strong textile skills in the following areas:  Printing- Silk screen, digital printing, block, heat transfer, sublimation etc..

• Skills in fabric dyeing- Fibre (Procion), Heat Transfer (Disperse/Sublimation), Acid Dyes, Vegetable/Rust Dyes, Shibori, Leather Dyeing, Hair/Fur dyeing etc..

• Constructed textiles- (knit, felting) experienced weaver and in handling raw fleece.

• Embellishment- (beading, fabric detailing) Very experienced embroiderer.

• Fabric manipulation- (cartridge pleating, gathering, pintucks, fold detailing etc.) Experienced in contemporary quilting and smocking and patchwork.

• Contemporary textile skills- laser cutting, metal work, digital printing, vacuum moulding etc.

• Experience in collaboration with directors, designers, dancers and cast working under timeframes, conceptual, budgeting and visual restrictions to create original and functioning design.

• Experience working as a costume team to resolve design solutions and problem solving in construction/wardrobe management.

• Experience designing and making for dance.

• Experience designing for a child cast- creating pieces that don’t irritate, restrict and are easily put on and durable.

• Wardrobe maintenance- costume adjustments, mending, pressing, storing, pairing, measuring, fitting and pre-setting.

• Costume dressing- for film and theatre, with high numbers and fast changes.

• Experience designing scale set design (and modelling) to coincide with costume and performance.

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OTHER EMPLOYMENT

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​Support Worker with The Action Group.

July 2013- April 2017.

Support work entailed emotional, physical, medical and logistical support for individuals and groups across all age ranges.I have achieved the below training from The Action Group:

• First Aid Training

• Food and Drink Hygiene Training

• Child and Adult Protection and Rights Training

• Challenging and Aggressive Behaviour Training

• Epilepsy awareness and Emergency administration training.

• Stoma bag/ pads/ personal care/ Gastrostomy (peg feeding) training.