Curriculum Vitae

SKILLS

• Character design, research, costume interpretation, drawing
• Knowledge in textile and fabric
• Pattern cutting, tailoring, draping, corseting
• Surface design, textile manipulation, ageing, felting, knitting and hand/machine embroidery
• Knowledge in face casting and latex mask making
• Bilingual French/English

EVENTS/STREET ARTS

• Costume Maker
  Glow Show, Bright Night International, Glasgow, Scotland (Dec 12)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  Style Mile Fire show, Glasgow Life & Conflux, Glasgow, Scotland (Oct-Nov 11)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  Community Art Works, Nelson, New Zealand (March-May 11)
• Deco & Set Designer/Maker
  Festival of Opportunities, Nelson, New Zealand (Feb 11)
• Costume & Props Workshops Facilitator
  “Conflux Maximus”, Conflux, National Festival of Youth Theatre, Glenrothes, Scotland (June 10)
• Costume & Props Designer
  “Conflux Maximus”, Conflux, Surge Festival, Glasgow, Scotland (May-July 10)
• Costume Workshops Facilitator
  “Beltane Fire Festival”, Beltane Fire Society, Edinburgh, Scotland (March-April 10)
• Costume Designer/Maker & Wardrobe Mistress
  “Big Man Walking: the watcher”, The Puppet Lab, Edinburgh Hogmanay (Dec 09)
• Head Steward
  “Big Man Walking”, The Puppet Lab, across Scotland (Sept-Nov 09)
• Costume Maker
  “Walkabout stilters”, Bright Night International, the Great Scottish Run, Glasgow (Sept 09)
• Wardrobe assistant
  “Big Man Walking”, costume designer Eve Lambert, The Puppet Lab, Edinburgh, Scotland (July 09)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  “Yetis”, Bright Night International, Subway Festival, Glasgow (May 09)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  “Toy box”, Bright Night International, Braehead Shopping Centre, Glasgow (March 09)
• Performer
  “Beltane Fire Festival”, Beltane Fire Society, Edinburgh (Feb – April 09)
• Performer
  “As Time Goes”, Delighters, Princes St, Edinburgh (Jan 09)
• Costume Designer/Maker/Performer
  “Samhuinn”, Beltane Fire Society, Edinburgh (Sept – Oct 08)
• Costume Designer/Body Painter/Performer
  “In bed with Lady Lawson”, te POOKa, Big Red Door, Edinburgh Fringe (Aug 08)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  “Ladyfest PM Tea”, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh (April 08)
• Co-costume Designer/Maker/Performer/Fire Spinner
  “Beltane Fire Festival”, Beltane Fire Society, Edinburgh (Feb – April 08)
• Costume Designer/Maker
  Ellen dance competition, London (Feb 07)
• Costume Designer/Maker/Make-up Artist
  “Big Dance”, choreographed & directed by Malti Patel, Apsara Arts, Trafalgar Square, London (Jun-Jul 06)

STAGE

• Wardrobe Supervisor
  “Bugsy Malone”, directed by Steve Mann, theatre designer Janis Hart, Falkirk Youth Theatre, Falkirk, Scotland (Sept-Dec 09)
• Costume Maker
  “The Beauty and the Beast”, costume designer Angeliki Collmer, Royal Academy of Arts, London (Nov 07-Jan 08)
• Art Department Manager
  “East Side Story”, directed by Malti Patel, Apsara Arts, International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts, New Delhi, India (Nov 07)
• Costume & Set Designer
  “East Side Story”, directed by Malti Patel, Apsara Arts, Croydon Clocktower, London (Sept 07)
• Assistant Costume Designer
  “Blondel, the lute, the lover, the legend”, directed by Patrick Wilde, produced by Tim Rice, costume designer Tracy Waller, Pleasance – Islington Theatre, London (Nov-Dec 06)
• Costume Maker
  “The Memory of Water”, The Dark Edge Theatre Company, directed by Jeremy Sheffer, designer Annika Cox, The Theatro Technics, London (March 06)
• Assistant Designer/Maker
  “A Christmas Carol”, Horla Theatre Company, directed by Alistair Green, costume designer Tracy Waller, New Wimbledon Studio – Trafalgar Studio 2, London (Nov-Dec 05)
• Co-Costume Designer/Maker
  “Widows”, Jackman Theatre, Croydon (Sept-Nov04)

FILM

• Costume Designer/ Maker
  “The Eigg lectures”, directed by Alexander Stevenson, Glasgow, Scotland (Oct-Dec 11)
• Wardrobe assistant & Special effect make up
  “TixEon”, directed by Felipe Bustos, Debasers Filums, costume designer Emma Brierley, Edinburgh, Scotland (March 10)
• Costume trainee
  “The Wicker Tree”, directed by Robin Hardy, Tressock Films, costume designer David Blight, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 09)
• Wardrobe Assistant
  “The Hunt for Gollum”, directed by Chris Bouchard, Rickety Shack Films, London (Jan-Mar 08)

TV/ADVERTISEMENT

• Character Costume & Props Maker
  Jellyhead 3d, London (July 06 – Feb 08)

• Character Costume & Props Maker
  Croydon (April 06 – Nov 08)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Workshops facilitator
  Community Art Works, Nelson, New Zealand (March-May 11)

• Workshop facilitator
  Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (Aug 10)
• Workshop facilitator
  Leith Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland (Aug 10)
• Art & Craft Worker
  Bits and Bobs, Edinburgh (November 08 – Feb 09)
• Art Facilitator
  Wheels and Sticks Art and Social Group, Edinburgh (November 08 – April 09)

FUNDING

• Professional Development
  Towards the cost of travel and accommodation to attend the World of Wearable Arts Awards in New Zealand, Creative Scotland, Scotland (Sept-Nov 10)

EDUCATION

• BA (Hons) Theatre Design with Practice
  Croydon College, London (July 07)
• Foundation in Art & Design
  Central Saint Martin’s, London (July 04)
• Baccalaureate Literacy
  St Francois Notre Dame, Lesneven, France (July 03)

TRAINING

• Masterclass ‘Making Worlds’ – designing environments for physical performance, with Francis Gallop (Scenehouse), Conflux, Edinburgh (Jan 12)
• Child/Young people & Vulnerable Adults Protection
  Bits and Bobs, Edinburgh (Nov 08)