CV

Tandie Langton


Model Maker 


www.tandielangton.blogspot.com
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I am a highly experienced Model Maker with a wide variety of practical skills and a willingness to learn further techniques and work with a variety of materials. My approach is to be self- sufficient and flexible; I enjoy working both independently and as part of a team. I love to create beauty out of the ordinary and extraordinary.


EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Cod Steaks Sept 17
  • Preparing display of hung apples for Calvados installation

Privately commissioned projects - Jan 17 – Sept 17
  • Laser cut designed and hand painted work using recycled wood
  • Design/construction of props for interactive Museum Workshops for children about House Building
  • Laser Cutting Commissions
Greycoat Films Feb 17
  • Pop Video Puppet making, Main Puppet and Background Buildings
Aardman Animations July 17
  • Shaun the Sheep Commercial – Clean up and sculpting mouths, Prop repairs and making
Night of the Trampires, Animortal Studios Bridgend – Sculptor and Prop Maker
Puppet Department April - Dec 2016, June-Aug17
  • Sculpting and Clean-up of 50 ‘Chuck’ hero character heads and of the 350 Main and Background Characters for Animators
Art Department July 2015-April 2016
  • Props – Moulding from RP, Casting and painting variety of guns
  • Small props
  • Leather upholstered sofa seating and fitting to set
  • Set Building, panels for buildings and roofs
Danbury Motor Caravans – Carpenter – June 14 - June 15
  • Building wooden interiors to Traditional T2 VW Camper Vans to customer orders
  • Organising myself and maintaining storage of component parts before assembly
  • Trouble-shooting to correct the CAD designs with the company supplying the pre-cut parts
Aardman Animation - Model Making and Costume making 2003 – March 2014
  • Shaun the Sheep the Movie
  • Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists, Feature film
  • Curse of the Were Rabbit, Oscar Winning Feature film
  • Dairylea, PG Tips, Wash Me, Chevron, Angry Kid,
Assistant Animator – 2002-2012
  • ElectroLux - Aardman Animations
  • Max & Co – Cinemagination, Switzerland
  • Curse of the Were Rabbit – Aardman Animations
  • Dairylea Commercials – Partizan
  • Radwa Chickens- A Production
  • Creature Comforts – Aardman Animations
  • Robbie the Reindeer – BBC Animation Unit
Stop Motion Animator – 2005 - 2012
  • Various short animated films, including pre-production trouble shooting and rigging.
Various Museums - Museum Conservator 1991 – 2005
  • Freelance for Celtic Conservation
  • National Museums and Galleries - Liverpool
  • British Museum
  • Oxford County Museum Service
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd - Bas-Relief Modeller 1985 – 1984
  • Trainee Bas-Relief Modeller, Modelling in Clay and Plaster
Lecturing
  • Model Puppet Workshop London College of Communication (2009)
  • Working on Steinfliegen University of Lincoln (2008)
  • Working on 3D Puppet Animation (2007)
  • Basic puppet Armatures Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication Kent (2006)

Additional Projects – Made & Designed by Tandie Langton
Christmas Display Harts Bakery Bristol 2013 & 2014
  • Designed and laser cut two years Christmas Wall displays
Christmas Fairs
  • Various Christmas fairs selling my laser cut designs and textiles
Home Grown Windmill City Farm Artist run shop
  • Laser cut designs on recycled wood, Christmas Decorations and Lampshades.

Expertise

  • Sculpting & clean up character heads for animators in Plasticine
  • Sculpting from designs
  • Silicone casting and sanding
  • Plasticine press moulding
  • Mould making – various materials
  • Armature Making
  • Fitting of puppets
  • Puppet maintenance
  • Textiles – sewing and knitting costumes
  • Painting props, models and sets
  • Laser cutting
  • Carpentry
  • Plasticine Workshops
Education/Training and Qualifications
  • Level 2 in Carpentry for Construction, South Gloucestershire & Stroud College 2012
  • 2.1 BA Hons 3D Stop Motion Animation Glamorgan Centre for Art, Design and Tech Wales 1996-1999
  • BTEC HND & ND Conservation & Restoration Studies Lincolnshire College of Art & Design (1986-1990)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
  • Conversational French
  • Running Plasticine workshops

INTERESTS
  • Gardening
  • Travel

REFERENCES (contact details available on request)

Sam Holland – Head of Puppets Night of the Trampires

Bridget Phelen Art Director Night of the Trampires