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Production Work
Owen Wingrave (2017)
Reconditioned chairs that were repainted and stained for a darker fuller period look, upholstered with a black lace finish around the edging.
Second set of chairs applied with saturated paint wire brushed into fabric bringing fabric to life finished with reddish/brown wooden tone.
Upholstered chairs for The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production of Owen Wingrave
Designer: Cordelia Chisholm.
Image by Christine Murphy.
Cabaret (2017)
Fruit basket for The Royal Conservatiore of Scotland production of Cabaret.
Designer: Kenneth Macleod. Image by Christine Murphy.
Polystyrene sculpted orange, apples and pears coated in plaster then sanded for a smooth polished surface.
Painted and textured using sponge and brush then sealed with shellac for realistic colour and shine.
Snow Queen (2017)
Muscles club made for The Royal Conservatoire Production of Snow Queen,
Designer: Robin Peoples. Image by Amy Hastie.
Multiple layers of plastizote sheets cut to shape using stencil, glue gun each sheet together to make 3D model and carved to rough shape finished with smoother look using hand held sander.
Club is scrimmed with PVA and muslin layers finished with stone/wood paint effect.
Pleasure & Pain (2017)
Hand made velvet curtains cut and measured to size of design features, stitches and overlaps sewed by machine.
Hemmed stitched by machine and finished with fringing and tassels.
Velvet curtains made for The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production of Pleasure & Pain.
Designer: Alisa Kalyanova.
Image by Alisa Kalyanova.
Die Fledermaus (2017)
6 metre tall champagne bottle with welded steel core, constructed and carved using polystyrene blocks finished and smoothed with foam coat and rosco paint.
6M tall chapagne botlle made for The Royal Conservatoire Production of Die Fledermaus
Designer: Mark Bouman.
Image by Amy Hastie & Christine Murphy
Wonderful World of Dissocia (2017)
Goat horns sculpted using clay then applied with shellac and latex layers to create a jacket.
Latex jacket is then peeled off and filled with hard foam and painted with latex paints.
Horns are then bolted to climbing helmet and sealed.
Ram horns climbing helmet.
Designer: Debbie Jenkins
Image by RCS.
The Jungle Book (2017)
Collaborated group production creating the trees and leaves creating a jungle scape.
Constructed using welded steel rods for tree trunks. Leaves cut and shaped from plastizote sheets finished with rosco paint and flambar.
Jungle and leaves made for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production of The Jungle Book.
Designer: Robin Peoples.
Image by Amy Hastie
Balm and Gilead
(2017)
Diner table boxes made from spruce plywood, assembled together then primed.
Application of rosco paints washes to create wood tone and finished with wood grain using wood grain tool.
Chair booth tables for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland production of Balm in Gideon
Designer: Katy Meehan.
Image by RCS.
Julius Caesar
(2018)
Plastic wolf masks sculpted from clay, moulded in plaster, then casted in plaster for positive mold.
Snout sculpted and moulded separately.
Both parts are then vacformed to produce plastic masks.
Wolf masks for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
production of Julius Caesar.
Designer: Kirsty Currie
Images by Katy Meehan
Street Scene
(2018)
