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Alex Gray

Assistant Designer

Alex Gray

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Assistance Experience

“The Children’s Hour”, by Lillian Herman
The Paul McCartney Auditorium
Director: Will Hammond
Set Designers: Rachael Crowhurst & Lucy Sneddon
Costume Designer: Lucy Sneddon
Assistant Set & Costume Designers: Greta Baxter & Alex Gray

Jobs: model making, CAD drawing, costume & prop sourcing, wall papering, wardrobe department during shows, laundry, costume fittings, hand sewing / machine sewing, scenic painting, set construction, sitting in on production meetings / final design meetings

 

“Narnia in the Parkland”, installation – Christmas at the Hatchlands
Designer: Imogen Cloët

Jobs: die cutting paper, procreate drawing, priming / painting props, making props, sourcing

Training

(2020 - 2023) Theatre and Performance Design - Liverpool Institute for

Date of graduation

2023-06-30

Region

London
North East
North West
Yorkshire
Scotland

Assisting Skills

Model Making

  • 1to25 model making
  • 1to50 model making
  • Soldering
  • Mould making and casting
  • Sculpting
  • Painting
  • Creating surfaces and textures
  • 3D Printing

Technical Drawing Skills and CAD Programmes

  • AutoCAD 2D
  • AutoCAD 3D
  • SketchUp

Other Computer Software Design Skills

  • Photoshop
  • InDesign
  • 3D Printing

Research/Sourcing Skills

  • Period knowledge of costume set and props
  • Basic knowledge of construction methods and materials
  • Ability to put together digital mood boards
  • Prop and costume sourcing
  • Knowledge of prop houses, hire shops, local knowledge of shops
  • Ability to keep track of petty cash

Costume Practical Skills

  • Hand sewing skills
  • Costume Machine sewing skills
  • Pattern cutting
  • Costume fitting/alteration
  • Knowledge of fabrics and their properties
  • Distressing and Dying

Set and Prop Practical Skills

  • Paper prop creation
  • Ability to use workshop machinery
  • Scenic Art skills
  • Hand sewing skills
  • Prop Machine sewing skills
  • Carpentry

Puppetry

  • Sewing / soft fabrication
  • Wood carving / wood work
  • Poly / Foam carving
  • Plasterzote / Pattern making
  • Object manipulation skills

Experience in different types of performance

  • Plays
  • Musicals
  • Dance
  • Devised


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