Monster puppet for the UNIMA
'Million Puppet Project'. (Perth, 2008)

I made 'Arthur' the monster puppet from my own design. He appeared in the UNIMA 'Million Puppet Project' as part of their record attempt at collecting 1,000,000 puppets in one building. Arthur was then sent on to a child in a war torn country.

He was fabricated using foam, tights, latex, metal, acrylic, pva, cardboard and milliput.

'4 Arms' costume for Cartoon Networks'
'Ben 10'. Made under license at 'Rainbow Productions Ltd'. (London, 2008).

'4 Arms' character costume was made under license at 'Rainbow Productions Ltd.' as a promotional character costume for 'Ben 10'.

With guidance I drafted the plastazote and lycra patterns for '4 Arms' sculptural body. To date I have produced 8 identical '4 Arms' costumes. The feet, head, hands, legs and t-shirt were all made by other people working at 'Rainbow Productions Ltd.'

Costume props for
'Alice Through The Looking Glass'.
('The Tobacco Factory', Bristol, November 2007)

Working for the designer and costume maker Sara Fay Marshall I fabricated all the costume props for 'Alice Through The Looking Glass'.

They were constructed using plastazote, wire, foam, fabric, pva, acrylic and pattern cutting techniques.

'Marley' Mask for 'A Christmas Carol' staged by 'Flat Pack Productions'. ('Greenwich Playhouse', Greenwich London, 2007).

This mask was for the character 'Marley' who visits Scrouge as a ghost to warn him about the error of his miserly ways.

The mask was fabricated using plastazote, pva, acrylic paints and fabric. 'Flat Pack Productions' performed 'A Christmas Carol' from 4th December - 6th January.

Prop maker and buyer working for 'White Horse Theatre'. (Soest, Germany, October 2007).

White Horse Theatre produces 9 touring theatre shows in each rehearsal period. At the end of a 5 week rehearsal and making period the productions depart from the theatre in Soest and tour Germany and Europe for a year teaching English to school children through theatre.

I worked with one other prop maker and a needle person shared with the costume department. Together with the other prop maker (in this rehearsal period Emma Reid) I communicated with directors and designers to buy, find and make all the props for 9 shows. I also supervised work experience students, drove a van and managed my own deadlines and managed budgets.

The puppet and burger were designed by Corina Bona, and the helmet and mask by Ioannis Kritikopoulos.

White Horse Theatre produces 9 touring theatre shows in each rehearsal period. At the end of a 5 week rehearsal and making period the productions depart from the theatre in Soest and tour Germany and Europe for a year teaching English to school children through theatre.

I worked with one other prop maker and a needle person shared with the costume department. Together with the other prop maker (in this rehearsal period Geoff Sims) I communicated with directors and designers to buy, find and make all the props for 9 shows. I also supervised work experience students, drove a van and managed my own deadlines and managed budgets.

Tomasin Cuthbert designed all the puppets and props pictured in this section. Chris Gylee designed the set for the production 'The Dark Lord and The White Witch'.

Vulture puppets made whilst working for Toby Olie on Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’
(‘The Scoop’, London, 2007).

Toby Olie was the puppetry designer and fabricator for Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’.

Working for Toby, I made the vulture’s bodies and wings using withies. Toby later dressed them using ripped bin bags. Toby also fabricated and painted the heads.

Fabricated fat suit for the character
‘Fat Augustus’ from the children‘s book ‘Struwwelpeter’ (BA project at LCF, 2007)

This fat suit was a realisation of one of my own designs. It was constructed from reticulated foam and made by scaling up a pattern from a smaller maquette. It was made to fit an actor and I later used it to make a short film.

The mask was constructed from plastizote pattern pieces and scrimmed using latex and butter muslin. I painted it using acrylic and blocked a felt hood over a dolly block to keep the mask snugly in place on the actor’s head.

Emily Gould made ‘Fat Augustus’ sailorboy costume. Emily drafted the pattern by draping fabric on the foam shape. There is a link to Emily’s website in the ‘links’ page.

Fabricated wolf body puppets for
‘Girl in the Forest’
(‘The Cochrane Theatre’,
BA project at LCF, 2007)

‘Girl in the Forest’ was directed by Emma Bernard and the wolves were designed by Bryony Rumble, Lucy Dentith, Emily Gould, Elizabeth Johnson, Katy Hood and Fay Hatzius.

I supervised a team of 9 people and together we fabricated 5 wolf heads, spines and arm extensions that were worn by actors.

I worked out our budget, ensured we stuck to the budget, made parts of the puppets and delegated jobs.

The other members of the team were; Madoka Arami, Emily Reidy, Emma Reid, Laura Flindell, Samantha Binns, Rina Nakahara, Eleanor Brown and Bryony Rumble.

Owl puppet created from my own design for Aristophanes’ Greek play ‘The Birds’ (BA Project at LCF, 2006)

In ‘The Birds’ there are 3 different world; the bird world, human world and god world. My bird world was designed around the concept of everything being made of fruit and vegetables.

Crocheted hats, hoods and flowers
(2006 - present)

I taught myself to crochet from books in 2006. I have since made presents and clothes for myself including hats, scarves, hoods, hand warmers and corsages.

I have crocheted in various materials, for example raffia, cotton, wool, cut material and wire.

Owl illustration / logo
(Fongey Phonics 2006)

I created this illustration for a company called Fongey Phonics. They produced a book that taught children to read by employing the use of phonetics.

'Spamalot' helmet fabricated for first fitting. Made whilst on work experience at 'Robert Allsopp and Associates'. (London, 2006)

This helmet was fabricated for a 'Spamalot' fitting whilst working at Robert Allsopp and Associates on a college placement.

I blocked the skull cap in felt and drafted the plastazote horn pattern from scratch.

Whilst on work experience at Roberts I also gained experience in using rivets, eyelets, pattern cutting plastazote, using an overlocker and working with leather and evostick.

Puppet shoes made for Chloe Pucell's puppet in 'The Revenge of Moonboy' staged by 'Barefeet Theatre'. ('Camden People's Theatre', London, May 2006).

Chloe Purcell made three puppets in the likeness of characters in 'The Revenge of Moonboy'. As a friend of Chloe's I helped her by making the shoes for one of the puppets.

The shoes were produced using funky foam, leatherette, evostick and laces.

My own headdress and collar designs. '3D design module'. (BA project at LCF, 2006).

I enjoy designing and making hats, headdresses and collars. Elaborate carnival pieces really interest me. These are some designs produced during the 3D design module on my BA.

Parade piece for ‘The A1 Festival of Light’ (‘The Little Angel Theatre’, London, 2006)

I was one of 6 volunteers asked by ‘The Little Angel Theatre’ to work at the theatre every Sunday for 6 weeks. We designed and made our own carnivalesque structures for a parade down the A1 in Highbury.

They were fabricated using withy and ‘wet strength’ tissue paper. Mine was over 10 foot tall, could move its head and wings, was decorated using french enamel varnish and lit from the inside with LEDs.

I later set fire to the structure as I had nowhere to store it and thought it would be fun to see it burn.

Horse legs made for the revival of 'Angelo' at 'The Little Angel Theatre'. (London, 2005)

'Angelo' is a classic 'Little Angel Theatre' production. For this revival (directed by Sarah Wright) the horse puppet was re-made. I clipped 4 new horse legs out of foam, using the old ones to guide me in terms of size and shape.

Fan and feather collar made for 'The Pool of Bethesda' written by Allan Cubitt.
(LCF Project, 2005).

The fan was fabricated using digitally printed fabric, plywood and braiding. The feather collar was constucted with steel sprung piano wire, binding wire, solder, net and feathers.

Emily Gould designed and made the costume whilst Charlotte Fudge designed, made and applied the prosthetic nose, make up and wig.

Cochenille puppet for 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann'. (LCF project, 2005)

Cochenille was produced using vac formed plastic (from a clay sculpt), piano wire, leather, car paints, car body filler and wood. The puppet had an automata mechanism that moved the puppet's head.

'Flower mask' for a college module. (LCF project, 2004).

This 'flower mask' was a personal project inspired by an illustration found in a college library book and the art work of Arcimboldo.

The mask was created by taking a vac form impression of a clay sculpt. The surface was decorated using dried flowers.

'Head sculpt' for a college module. (LCF project, 2004).

This college project was an exercise in learning to sculpt and cast in latex and 2 part foam. The 2 part mold was made using plaster and the latex skin tinted with acrylic before being filled with expanding 2 part foam.

Fashion show masks for Leeds University Fashion Show. (Leeds, 2004).

Whilst working as a Database Administrator at Greggs of Yorkshire Head Office I made 3 masks for a student fashion show at Leeds University.

They were made using brown gum tape, tissue paper, black paint, feathers and glitter.

Collection of masks made whilst studying Fine Art (Sculpture) at Bretton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. (Leeds, 2004)

I studied Fine Art (Sculpture) for 18 months before realising that I wanted to work as a designer/maker in theatre, film and tv, and so needed to enrol on a different course.

Whilst at Bretton Hall I was very interested in the mask, its role in performance and rituals and the expressive qualities of the human face. I made these masks using paper mache, garden wire, plaster, foil, paint and wax.

Fine art cane structure made whilst studying Fine Art (Sculpture) at Bretton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. (Leeds, 2003).

This cane structure was one of my first projects at Bretton Hall. It was constructed using string, cane from an old blind, spaghetti and acrylic paint.