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Ella Cerys Mae

Designer & Model Maker

Email:

Ella@ECMDesign.co.uk

Phone

07887384287

Instagram:

@cerysmae.design

@cerysmae.art

Location:

London / Cardiff

About Me

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Whether it’s on stage or in miniature, my passion is bringing new worlds to life through attention to detail and creative ingenuity. As a neurodivergent artist, I value inclusivity and accessibility highly and I aim to ensure this is reflected in my design work, alongside a love for storytelling that stems from drawing and illustration. My model making skills, enhanced by experience as a design assistant, encompass a range of scales for theatre, film, animation and exhibition.

Skills

Model Making

  • Scales - 1:12, 1:25, 1:50, 1:500

  • Mood boards & Sketches

  • White Card models

  • Soldering

  • Figure Making

  • LED Lighting

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Art

  • Digital procreate artwork

  • Character design

  • Line drawing and pencil sketching

  • Watercolours

  • Hand technical drawing

  • Concept art

Digital skills

  • AutoCAD - Technical Drawings, digital drafting and Laser cut files

  • Photoshop - 5+ years experience

  • Procreate - 10+ years experience

  • Sketch-Up

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Costume

  • Costume sourcing

  • Use of Domestic & Industrial sewing machines

  • Hand sewing & Embroidery

  • Dyeing & Breakdown

  • Alterations and repair

  • Laundry & Maintenance

Production 

  • Prop Sourcing & Buying

  • Budgeting

  • Set Dressing

  • Costume dressing & Quick Changes

  • Photography

Props & Scenic

  • Poly-carving

  • Use of Hand Tools 

  • Laser Cutter

  • Foam construction

  • Scenic painting & Texturing

  • Basic Puppet mechanisms

Work Experience

January - February 2024

November - December 2023

March - July 2023

January - March 2023

Production Designer

Set and Costume Designer for the RWCMD Community Opera of Snow White, directed by Brad Caleb Lee and performed at various centres and schools around Cardiff. Responsibilities included design and modelling, costume sourcing, alteration and maintenance, prop buying, set dressing and Budgeting.

Design Assistant

Assisting designer Francis O'Connor in his studio with model making for productions such as Party Games at the Yvonne Arnaud theatre, Aci Galatea e Polifemo for the London Handel Festival, and a production of Billy Elliot in Zurich.

Scenic Artist

In house placement as a scenic artist working across various Richard Burton Company performances. Responsibilities included scenic painting, texturing and rendering as well as props making. In particular, I was solely responsible for the creation of a  large model prop for the Production of In the Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel.

Costume Assistant

Placement working as a costume assistant and dresser to Olivia Gough at the Sherman Theatre for the Richard Burton Companies production of The Welkin. Responsibilities included costume sourcing, making alterations, costume breakdown, maintenance and laundry, organisation, dressing and quick changes.

Education

I am a Graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Drama, where I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Design for Performance. Prior to this, I studied foundation Design for Theatre, Screen and Stage at the University of Arts London in Camberwell

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