M a n d y
S c h m i d t
Mobile: 07980 88 10 21 E-mail: spiraltwin1@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.mandyschmidt.com/sculpting
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I am enthusiastic, reliable, well motivated and tenacious.
Excellent at visualization. Good eye for detail. Quick to learn new skills.
Employment
2010
Freelance carver for local play project designs.
2009
Chainsaw carver
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One of 12 invited sculptors at Westonbirt Arboretum near Stroud as part of the
Festival of the Tree…an annual event, held August 24th-31st 2009. The carving
sold for £3000.
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2009
Running carving workshops with local community groups and schools with
Touchwood Enterprises Ltd.
Carpenter/Sculptor
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2007-2008
2003-2008
2006
2006
2006
2005-6
2003
Sculpting, carving and producing pieces for schools projects for “Touchwood
Enterprises”, Bristol. Including the making of carved totem poles and chainsaw
carving, as well as more traditional carpentry and joinery to make wooden
outdoor classrooms.
Freelance Carpenter
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Sculpting, carving and routing on the detail work for Arundel Castle building
Project for the “Architectural Oak Ltd” company. Including the making of
plinths, window decorations and carved figurines.
Freelance Cabinetmaker
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Working in close connection with a timber framing company to source wood
and create furniture. Pursuing as many ideas as is possible to make original
and unique pieces.
Welsh National Opera
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Working as an assistant carpenter in the set department.
Steve Prescott Building Works
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Working as a painter and decorator.
Cefn Glas, Old People’s Residence. Blackwood, Wales.
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Commission to make a feature table and bench set for the local residents.
Opened February 17th, 2006 by Glenys Kinnock.
BBC Dr WHO TV Series.
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Freelance Set Dresser.
Genuine Games, Scotland.
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Character and Environment artist. Freelance, working remotely, using
Gamebryo technology.
Pivotal Games, Bath.
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Character artist for Conflict Desert Storm 2 and Conflict Vietnam.
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Creating high polygon patch models for FMV, and low polygon edit-mesh
models for in game.
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Using the Unwrap UVW facility in Max on a single texture page.
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Character Rigging using the Character Studio Biped and the Skin modifier.
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Constructing morph targets for lip sync work and solving Skin limitations.
2002
Birchfield Interactive plc, Cardiff.
 Computer Artist and Animator for “Ace Monkey” educational software.
2000-2002
Immersive Education, Oxford.
 Computer Artist. Researching, modeling and posing characters, animals, props
and environments for an educational storyboard game called Kar2ouche.
 Modeling included general construction using 3D Max 4: Surface tools and low
poly modeling, bones, skinning and texturing, hair and cloth design and
rendering.
 Characters were often accurate representations of people from an historical or
modern day background.
 Texturing involved using Photoshop 6, illustration, and digital photography.
1998
Home Movies Animation Company, Cardiff.
Creative Supervisor for an award winning film for the Cardiff Animation
Festival, working with local schools.
1997-1998
Competa Studios, Competa, Spain.
Working as an artist in a community studio, tutoring life drawing.
1995-1997
Howardian Community Education Centre, Penylan, Cardiff.
Photographic Development Officer. This involved teaching beginners
photography; general maintenance of the darkroom; and the development of
the darkroom facilities.
Six Primary Schools in the Cardiff area.
Organising and running Pinhole photography workshops with classes of
children in year 5 and 6; teaching them the fundamentals of photography and
the science of light, over a semester.
“Cities in Schools” Project, Cardiff.
Teaching expelled children as a community project tutor.
1993-1997
Part Time Residential Care Officer, Cardiff County Council.
Enabling adults with learning difficulties to live in the community.
1996
Photographer’s Residency, Meadowbank School, Whitchurch, Cardiff.
Working as part of “Artists and Teachers Working Together” project.
Mantova, Italy; and Utrecht, Holland. International Pavement Drawing Artist.
Education
Establishments
Subjects and Grades
Trowbridge Technical College, Wiltshire.
NVQ3: Furniture Making:
Credit.
Glamorgan Centre for Art & Design Technology,
Pontypridd.
HND: Animation:
Higher National Diploma.
Adult Education Courses:
G.C.S.E.’s: Biology (B), Spanish (A).
A levels: Sociology (B).
City and Guilds: Photography.
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, Cardiff.
B.A Honors: Fine Art: 2.1
Trowbridge Technical College, Wiltshire.
Foundation Diploma:
Art and Design.
Corsham Comprehensive School, Wiltshire.
A Levels: Art, History, English.
Voluntary Work
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Character modeller on the Gogs at Aaargh Animation, Cardiff.
Building and documenting a playground construction, Pueblo Nuevo, Nicaragua.
Coordinator for a Quaker International Project taking a group of adults with learning difficulties
on holiday in Edinburgh.
Fundraiser for a year before going to Kenya, as part of a team, to build school classrooms with
the help of the local school children for Wiltshire/Kenya Link.
Skills and Interests
Drawing, French, Spanish. Ran Bristol Half Marathon September 08,
Swimming, Camping, Travelling, Renovating Campervans
Singing, Learning to play the guitar
Clean driving licence
Illustrated a book 1986.”Family walks in the downs and vales of Wiltshire” by Nigel Vile.
Referee
David Banner. Art Director Glenruthven Mill Business Park, Abbey Road, Auchterarder, Tayside,
Scotland Ph3 1DP.Dai@genuinegames.co.uk
Published Games and Educational Software
YooStar:
Kar2ouche:
Fashion Salon
Midsummers Night Dream, The Vikings, People in Science, Elements and
Atoms.
Ace Monkey:
Wild Animals.
Playstation2 Games: Conflict: Desert Storm 2.
Conflict: Vietnam.
Pure Guts
Street Luge
Pure Guts
Downhill Skateboard