Skills & Experience
Mold Making
- Silicone Brush-up with and without a shell
- Matrix molds
- Silicone Box molds
- Complex multi-piece molds with tooling gelcoat and fiberglass
- Alginate life cast molds
Casting
- Experience with many different types of materials
- Pressure pot for resin castings
- Vacuum degasser for silicone castings
- Knowledge of cure inhibitors
Seaming/Finishing
- Experience working with both rigid and soft materials
- Use of many finishing tools-Dremel, pneumatic tools, sanding, fillers
- Very experienced with trimming/seaming silicone pieces
- Engineering functional "master" forms, hardware placement, structural design–logistics used for mass production
Painting
- Airbrushing, including silicone
- Dry brushing
- Faux finishes
- Detailed hand painting - mini and large
- Scenic painting - immersive spaces
- Experience painting silicone (psycho paint, pigment, thinner), using, multi-stage automotive paint, metal paint for real patina finishes, spray paints
Jobs & Collaborators
Kiddie Rides USA
Hoffman Design Group
Prismagic
Big Cartel
Lust Arts
Monster Makeup FX
Kimbra Designs
NOA Brands America
Just Creations
Ironwood Fabrication
Barnyard FX
LHI Arts & Entertainment
Clients
Disney
Nike
Target
Old Navy
Bass Pro Shop
Warner Bros
Universal
SyFy Channel
Getty Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art
ComicCon
MineCon
Trident Gum
City of Denver