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Lucy Fowler

Assistant Designer

Lucy Fowler

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Assistance Experience

Assistant to Nicky Shaw – International Set and Costume Designer – from 2019 Ongoing

Design Research, Model making and rendering, AutoCAD drawing, 3D printing, Costume hire sourcing

Productions Include: L’Elisir D’Amore – ENO; Rebecca – Charing Cross Theatre; Land of Might Have Been – Buxton Opera; La Sonnambula – Buxton Opera; Flight – Royal College of Music; The Whip – Royal Shakespeare Company; La Boheme – Irish National Opera; Parisier Leben – Schlossgarten Festival, Neustrelitz, Germany; Cenerentola – Irish National Opera

Assistant to Stewart J Charlesworth – Set and Costume Designer – from 2022 Ongoing

Design Research, Model making and Rendering, AutoCAD drawing, Google SketchUP modelling, Adobe InDesign pages

Productions include: Book of Mormon – Folketeatret Norway; Fly more than you Fall – Southwark Playhouse; Pinocchio – Stratford East; Ballad of Thamesmead – Greenwich and Docklands International Festival;
Audra Macdonald, Live at the Palladium – London Palladium ; Pigs Might Fly – Golden Toad Theatre Company; Sister Act – English Theatre Frankfurt; From Here to Eternity – Charing Cross theatre

Freelance Assistant to Royal Shakespeare Company – November 2022 – April 2023

Rejuvenating existing theatre model boxes and making new theatre model boxes for the Swan Theatre; with Fran Norburn
Design studio organisation and care, packing Design set models
Preparation for visiting designers, set-up of Model Boxes for presentations and supporting care of set design model

Training

BA (Hons) degree in Design for Performance at the Royal Welsh College

Date of graduation

July 7, 2017

Region

London
South East
South West
West Midlands
Wales
Scotland

La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler
La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler  
La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler
La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler  
La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler
La Boheme - Set Designer Nicky Shaw - Model Making assistance by Lucy Fowler  
Cenerentola Production Photograph
Cenerentola Production Photograph  
Sister Act - Set Designer Stewart Charlesworth - Model made by Lucy Fowler
Sister Act - Set Designer Stewart Charlesworth - Model made by Lucy Fowler  
Scale Model of RSC Swan Theatre bar Fireplace - Made by Lucy Fowler
Scale Model of RSC Swan Theatre bar Fireplace - Made by Lucy Fowler  
1:25 scale guitar made by Lucy Fowler
1:25 scale guitar made by Lucy Fowler  
Soldered bed frame made by Lucy Fowler
Soldered bed frame made by Lucy Fowler  
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Assisting Skills

Model Making

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

Technical Drawing Skills and CAD Programmes

  • Drafting by hand
  • AutoCAD 2D
  • SketchUp

Other Computer Software Design Skills

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign

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
  • 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

Experience in different types of performance

  • Plays
  • Musicals
  • Opera
  • Dance
  • Devised
  • Theatre for young audiences

Contact

Website: http://www.lucyfowler.com
Instagram: @lucyfowlerdesign
email: design@lucyfowler.com