Professional Experience

November 2010 Set Designer and Puppet Maker
The Dolls House, The Space Theatre
Set design and prop maker as well as puppetry design and making for this interpretation of an Ibsen classic. Nominated for an Off West-End Award for ‘Best Set Design 2010’.
 
August 2010 Set Designer and Prop Maker
The Shape of Things, Monkeys with Cymbals, The Space Theatre created a large sculpture as a focal point of the play as well as designing the set and making props
     
           
 
               
                 
                   
                 
                   
 
 
for this modern American play by Neil LaBute.
 
July 2010 Costume and Set Designer and Maker
What Lovely Weather, Theatre of the Absurd, The Barbican

Designed and made costumes, set and props for this surrealist play by Andre Breton

 
September 2009 Sculpture and props for theatre installation

Infinite Variety, Whoopee Productions, The New Players Theatre

Provided sculptural, costumed work including dolls, and figurative and decorated pieces for an installation inside the theatre, featured during the run of the show.

 

July 2009 Costume and Set Designer & Maker

Smoke and pearls, bagg Theatre Company, Canal Café Theatre

Designed and made 50s style costumes and set and props for this devised theatre piece.

 

May 2009 Costume and Mask Designer & Maker

Crossing Chaos, Directed by Monica Battaglia, Camden People’s Theatre

Designed and made costumes and masks for this devised physical theatre piece, an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood.

 

Feb 2008 ‘Love Bird’ Sculptures

Dead Bodies and Cardboard, Elevator Gallery

Created costumed, sculptural pieces ‘Love birds’ for an anti-valentines day performance art show.

 

Feb 2007 Puppet and Costume Designer & Maker
Fashion Puppets in Pop Magazine, Spring/ Summer ’07

Commissioned by fashion stylist Katie Grand from the magazine Pop to design and make puppets, clothed in fabric, from that season's collections hand-stitched into miniature versions of the designer outfits for a magazine feature.

 

Education

 

London College of Fashion 2010 - current

MA in Costume Design for Performance

 

Central ST Martins College 2007 - 2009

Courses in Costume Design, Draping on the Stand, Sewing and Embroidery Techniques and Pattern Cutting

 

Lancaster University, 1996 - 1999

BA Hons (1st Class) in Fine Art

 

 

Skills

 

Costume design including costume construction, mask making, costume illustration and pattern cutting.

 

Fabric Manipulation including machine and hand embroidery, appliqué and pattern cutting.

Textile design and printed textiles, screen-printing, heat transfer, surface decoration design including batik, tie-dying and silk painting.

 

Set design and making including sculptural constructive techniques, wood-work, prop making and model making.

 

Puppet design and making.