Abi Tarry - Curriculum Vitae
Skills & Competencies
- Experienced at breaking down, printing and dyeing.
- Confident to cut and construct contemporary/period costumes.
- General costume maintenance
- Use of Digital Camera and SLR, as well as black and white processing and developing,
- Basic use of Photoshop,
- Comprehensive use of a PC - Word, Publisher, Excel, Internet etc
Employment & Work Experience
TV |
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| Date | Production | Role | Duties | Designer / Company |
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| Sep/Oct 2009 | "Sex, Drugs, Rock and Chips" | Costume Trainee | Assisting designer and supervisor during preparation at Angels. Sourcing items, line-up, dressing SAs, continuity, alterations/repairs, stand-by. |
Designer: Jackie Levy Supervisor: Mandy Cole |
| April 2008 | "Spooks" | Stand-by Intern | Helping on set, with the stand-by; maintaining the costumes and taking notes on continuity. Assisting the supervisor with paperwork and lining up costumes. |
Designer: Michelle Barrett Supervisor: Anna |
Film |
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| November 2009 | "Turn Back To Spring Music Video" | Costume | Assisting with design, line-up, dressing SAs, continuity, alterations/repairs, stand-by. | Director: Ben Hopwood |
| July 2009 | "Black Dinner" | Stand-by | Maintaining and organising costumes, looking after actors, dressing, continuity and stand-by. | Designer: Sarah Masters |
Theatre |
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| September 2009 | "Le Grand Macabre" | Freelance Print & Dye | Breaking down, dyeing and painting into costumes. | English National Opera |
| September 2009 | "Turandot" | Freelance Print & Dye | Breaking down, dyeing and painting into costumes. | English National Opera |
| August 2009 | "Betwixt" | Wardrobe Mistress | Coordinating the wardrobe department for a 7 day run of 'Betwixt' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Organizing a complicated costume plot of quick changes, transportation, maintenance, cleaning, sourcing, and dressing. | Tring Park |
| Jul/Aug 2009 | "Betwixt" | Costume Maker | Working as a part of a team to realize a number of fantastical period costumes, with emphasis on silhouette | Tring Park |
| December 2008 | "La Boheme" | Freelance Print & Dye | Breaking Down and painting into costumes. | English National Opera |
| September 2008 | "Joseph" | Costume Maker / Print & Dye | Realized Joseph's technicolour dreamcoat from the design of an 8 year old competition winner. It was worn during anti-bullying week on stage at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End by Lee Mead. | The Really Useful Group |
| May 2008 | "Der Rosenkavalie" "Candide" "Madame Butterfly" |
Print & Dye | 5-week placement in Pint and Dye Department. Breaking down, designing prints, screen-printing. dyeing fabric and existing costumes. | English National Opera |
| July 2007 | "St. Joan" | Print & Dye | Helping out in the Print and Dye Department; liasing with supervisor, breaking down, surface pattern, costume props and dyeing existing garments as well as fabric. | National Theatre |
Fashion |
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| Oct 2009 - present | Visual Merchandiser | Creating floor and window displays and merchandise presentation. | House of Fraser | |
| September 2009 | Dec 09 Issue | Assistant Stylist | Styling 7 models in garments sourced from local fashion boutiques, coordinating outfits and accessorising within the brief of a christmas theme. | R-Mag |
| September 2009 | Nov 09 Issue | Assistant Stylist | Styling 2 models in garments sourced from local fashion boutiques, coordinating outfits and accessorising within the brief of a casino night. | R-Mag |
| September 2004 | Design Intern | Assisting with research, fashion and print design, pattern making and presentation. Creating textile designs, presentation boards and a garment. Helping with work for London Fashion Week as well as 'Pearl Fishers' and #The Magic Flute# for the San Diego Opera. | Zandra Rhodes | |
Education & Qualifications
| Sept 2006 - June 2009 | London College Of Fashion, University Of Arts London: BA Hons Costume for Performance (2:1) |
| Sept 2005 - June 2006 | The University Of Northampton: BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies (Art & Design) |
| Sept 2003 - June 2005 | Northampton School For Girls Sixth Form: A-Levels: Art: Textiles (A), Film Studies (A), English Literature (B) AS Levels: History (B) |
| Sept 2000 - June 2003 | Northampton School For Girls: GCSEs: Art (A*), Textiles (A*), History (A*), Religious Education (A*), English Literature (A), English Language (A), French (A), Maths (A), Chemistry (A), Biology (A), Physics (A). |