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Name: David Ryan
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Work experience

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Role: Production Assistant
Company: Arch 60
Department: Scenics Department
Dates: August 2025 to present

Bespoke productions.
Construction of deciduous scale model (bespoke) trees up to 480mm.
Made to order bespoke trees, working from photograph reference.
Producing dry transfers for commercial clients and miniature modelmaking purposes.
Matching Pantone and RAL colour swatches by eye for bespoke orders.

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Role: Workshop Supervisor
Company: 4D Modelshop
Department: Scenics Workshop
Dates: February 2022 to June 2025

Bespoke scale model trees and foliage.
Construction of deciduous scale model trees from 6mm to 300mm.
Soldering and glue gunning etched brass templates.
Maintaining the workshop and streamlining the workflow.

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Production experience

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Production: Hoops Edge
Work: Prop making for a short film
Date: July 2026
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Prop design and construction using 3D printing.
3D design and printing, using resin and PLA.

Production: Lisey Tigra
Work: Set design and construction on a music video
Date: January 2024
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Set construction on a music video at Ealing Studios.
Set building for a spaceship interior.

Production: Tate Exchange, London
Work: Interactive exhibition
Date: February 2020
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Digital and model making work.
Exhibition at the Tate Modern.
Work from a project with Dimension Studios was exhibited.
Technical drawings and white card models.
VR adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Production: Death and Cupid
Work: Collaborative stop motion short
Date: March 2019
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Stop motion short film, based on Aesop's fable.
Constructed scale sets and puppets, participated in lighting, filming and editing.

Production: London New Year's Day Parade
Work: Puppet maker and puppeteer
Date: December 2018 to January 2019

Construction of two large scale puppets (3 metres).
Puppeteering during the parade.

Education

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College: UAL: Wimbledon College of Arts
Course: BA Production Arts for Screen
Dates: September 2018 to 2021

Graduated with upper second class honours.

College: London College of Contemporary Art
Course: Foundation Art and Design
Dates: March 2016 to 2017

College: West Herts College
Course: City and Guilds Electrical Installation Level 2
Dates: From September 2011

Skills

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Each rated out of 5

Software

SketchUp: 4 out of 5
AutoCAD: 2 out of 5
Photoshop: 3 out of 5
Premiere Pro: 2 out of 5
Blender: 3 out of 5
Google and Microsoft Office: 3 out of 5

Technical skills

Model making: 5 out of 5
Prop making: 4 out of 5
Technical drawing: 5 out of 5
Woodworking and bronze casting: 3 out of 5
3D printing: 4 out of 5

Creative skills

Concept art: 4 out of 5
Storyboarding: 4 out of 5
Stop motion animation: 3 out of 5

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