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
Date of graduation
Region
South East
South West
West Midlands
Wales
Scotland
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