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Carpentry
Traditional bench carpentry and On Site work
Joint square made with Half lap, Wiggle pinned But joint, Wiggle pinned Mitre joint and Haunched Mortice and tenon
Flat Frame Scenery
Building traditional flat frame scenery in on edge, and mortice and tenon style, using 3" x 1" PSE and 3.6mm / 6mm ply, all for flown, moving and stationary scenery.
Ripples of Kindness. Created in collaoration with Hamed & Hessam Amiri. A VR experience by Wales Millenium Centre & All Seeing Eye. Spatial Design by Brad Caleb Lee. Built with Jake Bourne.
Mortice and Tenon Frenchman flat for Sweat, designed by Emily Warman,
Built with Jake Bourne and Corey Richmond-Beck.
Mortice and Tenon 'Throne' Flat for Mary Stuart, designed by Vada Baldwin.
Painted by Alivia Ryder, Maisie Wolstenholme, Llew Morgan, Jodie Yates.
Treads
Making treads (standard, angled or curved) with and without the use of a CNC machine.
Treads made for 'Sweat' and 'Appropriate' at RWCMD.
Wild Creations Ltd
6 week work placement, based in Carpentry and CNC department.
Working with different materials on a variety of jobs, including Par 59 Bar, Cardiff and BlueManGroup Proscenium arch for World Tour.
Creating a substructure underneath fiberglass shell to reinforce it, allowing people to walk over the top of it.
Scribing in formers to fit the shape of the fiberglass shell, and using the disc sander to put angled chamfers on the edges, following the contour. Fitted to the inside of the fiberglass with expanding foam and screws.
Programming, Operating and Assembling CNC structure for Par 59 Mini golf hole.
Assembling 4" and 5" PVC pipe for BlueManGroup Proscenium arch. Pipe is coated in UV paint, glowing under light. Made up of 4 layers.
Building onto the steel frame, and joining layers and sections together.
Finished Results!
LED tape embedded into pipe for added glowing effect.
2nd Fix Work
2nd fix work on the set of 'Shook' (des. Chloe Stokes) for RWCMDs Caird Studio.
Adding skirting, architrave, making doors and adding door furniture.
Test build and 2nd Fix for 'Shook' at Llanishen Scenic Workshops
Bay Productions Ltd
6 week work placement, based in Carpentry.
Traditional large scale flat making for Fedora at the Metropolitan Opera.
Making a wardrobe department touring station for The Lion King.
Backwall for Fedora designed by Charles Edwards.
Cladding 40x40 ERW frames with 3.6mm ply, and layering CNC ply to add features.
Interpreting detailed construction drawings.
Large doors and frame for Fedora. Recessed panels with beading and coving.
Designed by Charles Edwards
The Lion King Tour Wardrobe Dept Workstation.
Inbuilt drawers, desks and cupboards.
Robust frame with reinforced corners and edges.
Wimpole Street front door for My Fair Lady UK Tour 2022.
Designed by Michael Yeargan.
Angled treads and front door flat, combining carpentry and fabrication teams.
All made with perspective in mind.
Cardiff Theatrical Services (CTS)
6 week work placement, based in Carpentry shop.
Building substage rostra and flattage for 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the National Theatre
Working and shaping oak beams.
Elevator Lobby flattage for 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the National Theatre.
Designed by Anna Fleische.
Curved flats and secret doors with faux sheet metal paneling.
Truck flattage for 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the National Theatre.
Designed by Anna Fleische.
Traditional On edge style
Secret door
Substage rostra for 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Aluminium beams clad in 10mm Oak strips, glued on using silicone adhesive, and shaped using belt sander, plane and draw knife.
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