PHILIP LEWIS

DRIVING LICENCE 7 Years Full (Clean) Driving Licence



DATE OF BIRTH 1st July 1971

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 1997 Sculpture of Dragon Commissioned work A sculpture of a mythical Dragon was wanted for a Christmas present. After many design meetings, the sculpture made within 3 weeks using a wide range of materials.
May-June 97 `Star Wars` Themed Float at British Steel Working within a team of sculptors, welders and joiners, We had to create a float using expanded polystyrene sheets clad onto a metal and wooden frame. A DeathStar, At At Walker, Pod Bay, Snowspeeder and a Large Darth Vaders Mask. positioned on a 50ft flat-bed truck.
November-December 96 Mermaid and Merman Sculpture - Sunderland Marina Exhibit at Earls Court Boat Show (London) Worked within a team of 3 designing and sculpting a life-size Mermaid that was used to promote and enhance a Stand for Sunderland Marina at the Southampton Boat Show. The Mermaid Sculpture was revamped adding more rocks to the size of 8ft square and a merman (Neptune) was added. This was reallocated to the Earls Court Boat Show for the beginning of 1997 show.
January 97 Themed Bedroom walls based on famous cartoon characters A large bedroom wall was painted on the theme of famous cartoon characters. We were also commissioned to do a smaller bedroom wall based also on famous cartoon characters.
September-December 96 Witches Chair PROP for Sleeping Beauty-Middlesbrough Little Theatre (Middlesbrough) Worked within a team of 2 to design and sculpt with materials that you would not be able to distinguish what the original materials that were used. This was to create a Witches Chair for a production of `Sleeping Beauty` at the Little Theatre in Middlesbrough.
June 96 Molly Malone Window Display - Molly Malones Fisheries (Hartlepool) Worked within a team of 2 designing and building a Life size Figurine with Cart and Painted scenery, for a busy local Fresh Fish shop in a Shopping Centre. This also included painting a stone archway to frame the whole display.
April-June 96 Mermaid Sculpture - Sunderland Marina Exhibit at Southampton Boat Show Worked within a team of 3 designing and sculpting a life-size Mermaid that was used to promote and enhance a Stand for Sunderland Marina at the Southampton Boat Show.
December 95 Pterosaur Exhibition-Hancock Museum (Newcastle) Designed and built a childs interactive / educational game that would be displayed with exhibits at the Hancock Museum. The game entitled the child to fly a model pterosaur over a textured landscape on a large rolling drum that was turned with a handle on the side. This was all housed within an illustrated wooden box. We also installed some scenes, using foliage, Painting backdrops and creating rockeries.
November 95 Santas Grotto set - Binns Department Store (Middlesbrough) Designed and built within a team of 2 a `Jack in a Box` Prop, that the visiting children could sit on, as part of a set for a Santa`s Grotto to be shown in a Department Store.
June-August 92 Teaching Computing , Art & Kitchen Helper - Camp America (Newton,New Jersey) Travelled to America for 3 months to gain experience and work within a team environment with children. Teaching Computer programming and graphics on Apple Macintosh systems and Art , such as Puppets, masks, make-up, painting and sculpting.
April 92 Computer Programmer for a Steel Works Company (Rotherham) Programmed Rolling Mill Data Entry & Retrieve System in (Basic). Was given a 2 week Deadline to have the system up and running with no Bugs or Faults. I was within the Deadline by 2 days.
Jan. - Feb. 92 Doctors Surgery Illuminated "Next Patient" Reception Box I was asked to design and make an electronic 240v illuminated box, to tell the receptionist that any of the 5 Doctors was free for the next patient to enter. I was given 1 month to complete the job, before the Doctors Surgery re-opened.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
October 95 - June 97 Part-time Sales Assistant for GLOBAL VIDEO (Hartlepool) Serving customers, handling cash and working with a computerised video hiring system.
November 92 - November 93 Progress Clerk for a Steel Works Company (Rotherham) Making sure all orders from customers were in production and on time, Querying Orders for customers and answering all customers complaints. Used Unix based system.
May 90 - March 91 Assistant Storekeeper for an Engineering Company (Sheffield) Worked within a team of 4 in an Industrial Stores, Making kits for sub- assembly production line of Quarry crushers and screens.

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
July 1997-June 1998 "Fairytale" Themed Plaques Themed on Fairytale stories, Sculpted with Newplast and cast in Fine casting Plaster. To be used for an exhibition at Christmas 1998 in Lees, Town Library, Oldham.
July 1997-June 1998 Self Taught - House Renovation After finishing College , I have moved to Oldham. We`ve redesigned most of the house, as well as many walls taken out, a complete kitchen suite installed with window. another 5 windows around the house. floors have been raised and insulated and the kitchen/bathroom ceilings have been lowered and insulated. Landscaped a 80ft-30ft clay railtrack embankment to being an ampitheatre leading to 2 ponds, flower beds and a walk-through that leads to a small but tidy lawn.

QUALIFICATIONS
City & Guilds part 1 - Electronics Engineering (1 yr full time) RSA parts 1 & 2 (2 yrs full time YTS) BTEC 18+ Art and Design Foundation Course (1 yr full time) O Level English (1 yr full time) Employment for Work - Self-employed Business Course (6 weeks full time ET) HND Design Crafts for the Entertainment Industries (2 yrs full time)

SKILLS
Window Displays Sculpting Set Building & Painting Puppeteering Model Making Computing Seasonal/Festive Masks Accounting Mold Making Costume Making

INTERESTS
Puppetering, Sculpting, Computing (graphics/videoediting), Character Make-up, Writing Scripts/Stories, I am Keen on Fantasy / Surrealistic Art & Films, Reading, Working in a team environment. DIY. Landscape Gardening.

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