Skills:

 

Workshop facilitating: Sharing making techniques and processes. 

 

Puppet making: Table-top, rod, large scale parade puppets, body puppets, stop-motion, shadow puppetry, marionette, and mask

making using a variety of materials and processes.  

 

Puppeteering: Operating large parade puppets, body puppets, table-top, and rod puppets.

 

Character design: Digital and hand-drawn illustration or through hand-sculpted maquettes.  

 

Sewing: Pattern drafting, quilting, embroidery, felting, hand sewing and machine sewing using industrial sewing machines and overlockers. 

 

Foam construction: patterning, foam assembly, heat manipulation, carving, and texturing.

 

Sculpting: Using oil based, water based and polymer clays, plastics, polystyrene and upholstery foam. 

 

Wood carving: By hand using whittling knives and chisels, carving using rotary tools and sanders.  

 

Metalworking: MIG, MAG and flux cored arc welding, grinding and forming steel on an anvil.  

 

Moulding and casting: Using plaster, silicone, resin and expanding foam.  

 

Paint effects: Faux texturing of wood, metals, ageing, weathering, and other textures using acrylic and oil paints, dyes and pigment powders.  

 

Wig making: Hair ventilating using synthetic, human and animal hair.  

 

Prosthetic makeup: Moulding, casting, and applying latex prosthetics. 

 

 

 

Education:

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Hearts & Minds – State Of Play: Clowning for Wellbeing: Day Course – August 2024

Somewhere Between – Play My Way: Introduction to Clowning: Day Course – July 2024

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Puppetry for Contemporary Theatre: Weekend Intensive – April 2024

Glasgow Connected Arts – Participatory Arts Short Course: Weekend Intensive – March 2024

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – BA Production Arts and Design – Prop Making – 2017-2020

City of Glasgow College – SVQ Level 5 Preparing and Using Semi-Automatic MIG, MAG and Flux Cored Arc Welding Equipment – September/October 2019

Brighton and Hove City College – UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design – 3D Design – 2015-2017

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Experience:

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Rutherglen 900 – Street Parade – May/June 2026 – Puppet Maker and Puppeteer

Platform Glasgow East Arts Company – Where To? – Feb/March 2026– Prop Maker

Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre – The Gingerbread Kid – November/December 2025 – Costume Maker

Dundee Rep – Jack and the Beanstalk 2025 – October/November – Puppet Maker

Two Brothers Pictures – MAYA – August/September 2025 – Soft Toy Prop Maker

Citizens Theatre – Homecoming Community Procession – June/July/August – Puppet Maker and Puppeteer

Surge Festival – Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beetroots Beetroots – June/July 2025 – Prop Maker

Surge Festival and Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre – Duck! walkabout act – May/June/July 2025 – Costume Maker

Kelburn Estate – The Neverending Glen commissions – May/June/July 2025 – Puppet Maker, Puppeteer, and Workshop Facilitator

The New Way Project – Introduction to Puppetry day workshop – February 2025 – Workshop Facilitator 

Glasgow Life – Soft City – December 2024/February/March 2025 – Artist Assistant and Workshop Assistant

The New Way Project – puppet character commission – October 2024/February 2025 – Puppet Maker

Kelburn Estate – Blight halloween event – September/October 2024 – Prop Maker

Puppet Place – Bristol 48h Puppet Film Challenge – September 2024 – participating Filmmaker

The Audio Story Company – Daring to Dig – September 2024 – Prop Maker

R.I.Pablo Musician – RIP costume commission – July/August 2024 – Costume Maker

Edinburgh Fringe – Scissor Kick – Catafalque – July 2024 – Puppet Maker

Kelburn Estate – Kelburn Garden Party – June 2024 – Prop Maker

Imaginate Children’s Festival – Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beetroots – April/May 2024 – Costume Maker

Six Foot Gallery – Curios exhibition – November/December 2023 – Exhibiting Sculptor

BBC Scotland – Christmas at the Quay – November 2023 – Art Department Assistant

The Audio Story Company – Merry interactive installation – October/November 2023 – Prop Maker and Set Dresser

Puppet Place – Bristol 48h Puppet Film Challenge – September 2023 – participating Filmmaker

Hairy Heart Games – Crackernuts – August/November 2023 – Puppet and Model Maker

Kelburn Estate – Kelburn Garden Party – June 2023 – Decor Crew

Little Big Stack – Potty the Plant – May/June 2023 – Puppet Maker

Other Dimension Films – The Slaughter of the Damned – January/February/March/April 2023 – Puppet Maker

Plunge Creations – The Masked Singer and London St Pancras International Installation – October/November/December 2022 – Costume Maker, Costume Repairer, and Prop Maker

BBC Scotland – Scotland’s People – October 2022 – Prop Maker

Kelburn Estate – Anarchy halloween event, Wizard School children’s event, Kelburn Garden Party Festival– June/July/October 2022 – Prop Maker and Decor Crew

Boutique 50 – The Glasgow School of Art exhibition – June 2022 – Exhibiting Sculptor

Maramedia – Olga Da Polga – March 2022 – Prop Maker and Art Department Assistant

Starcatchers – Spike – March/April 2022 – Puppet Maker

BBC Scotland – Christmas at the Quay, Scottish BAFTAs, Scotland’s People, The One Show: COP26, Alleluia! – September/October/November 2021 – Prop Maker and Art Department Assistant

Starcatchers – Spike – September 2021 – Puppet Maker

EvenTure – The Tam O’ Shanter Trail Of Terror – August/September 2021 – Sculptor/Prop Maker

Carmondean Community Council – Mural painting – August/September 2021 – Assistant Painter

RCS – Pomona – August 2021 – Prop Maker

Edinburgh Fringe – The Trick That Fooled – July/August 2021 – Prop Maker

New Rhythms for Glasgow – Alice's Tea Party – June/July 2021 – Workshop Assistant/Prop Maker

The Cafe Hub Glasgow – GOSSIP Collective exhibition – May 2021 – Exhibiting Sculptor

Jolly Good Show – The Wizard of Oz – November 2019 – Puppet Maker 

Edinburgh Fringe – RCS – Legally Blonde – June 2019 – Puppet Maker

Chichester Festival Theatre – Forty Years On – April 2017 – Assistant Prop Maker                                        

Raven Kaliana Artist – Love VS Trauma film and The Art of Ubuntu film– March/May 2017 – Assistant Puppeteer

Little Angel Theatre – The Singing Mermaid and Dogs Don’t Do Ballet – February/April 2017 – Prop Maker