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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

2017-07-07

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