Summary

I have worked on both television series & movies, creating/designing costumes & specialty wardrobe, building sets & displays and making props. Additionally created numerous costumes, accessories, props and set pieces for clients who have commissioned me.

Credits

1/09 – Current

Costume Designer (Owner)

Staff Position — Couture Costumes and Props Details
1/09 – Current

Creating/designing costumes & specialty wardrobe and props for Film & Television. Design & construct numerous costumes, accessories, props and set pieces for clients who have commissioned my work. Workmanship Judge for the Wonder Con Masquerade 2010-2019, Workmanship Judge for the San Diego Comic Con International Masquerade 2015-2019, Costume Designer for ‘You Should Meet My Son 2!’ 2018, Costume Designer for 'Real Heroes'. 2014, Specialty wardrobe/Set Costumer for ‘The Inspector Spacetime’ web series 2013, Developed clothing samples for 18" private label dolls (2012)

1/97 – Current

Propmaker (Specialty Wardrobe)

Staff Position — HMS Creative Productions Details
1/97 – Current

Prop Maker; Props, prop displays and wardrobe pieces built for commercials, Television & Film. Specialty Wardrobe: Design & Construct various wardrobe for clients. Disney Parks: Manufactured lighted arm bracelets for walk around Black Widow character. Prep and clean up of all prop parts prior & during assembly. Soldering, Casting, Sewing, Prep and paint of various props & Kits for vendors. Organized kit parts & paperwork for quicker production. Prop Prototyping for various Studios, companies and vendors. Delivering props to studio clients. Clients: Disney Parks, Star Trek: Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, Insurrection, First Contact, Star Trek 2009, Miracles, Paramount Parks, Roddenberry.Com, The Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton, Mattel Toys.

7/10 – 12/19

Wardrobe Assist

Staff Position — Global Effects Inc. Details
7/10 – 12/19

Stitching, Cutting, Stacking, Lacing, Casting, Sewing, Painting, Resin casting and sourcing materials from vendors. On set repairs, dressing actors, maintaining equipment and set kits. Shows worked on: Space Force, For All Mankind, First Man, Geostorm, The Space Between Us, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Big Bang Theory, AXE brand Astronaut commercials, Justified.

6/09 – 6/19

Propmaker

Staff Position — Brian Bero Effects Details
6/09 – 6/19

Specialty wardrobe for 'Raising Hope'. Created various bodies/parts for Showtime's 'Dexter' series. Created costume pieces for BBFX rental department.

1/17 – 1/18

Costume Designer You Should Meet My Son 2!

Digital — Film (Feature-length) — Waltzing Penguin Productions Details
1/17 – 1/18

Costume Designer for low budget movie sequel to 'Have You Met My Son'.

1/15 – 1/15

Costume Fabricator Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 3)

ABC — TV — ABC Signature
1/15 – 1/15
5/13 – 7/14

Costume Designer Annual Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball

Live/Special Event — Sypher Art Studios Details
5/13 – 7/14

Puppet maker of Goblins for LOJ promotional video 2014, Created new walk around singing wizard characters for the 2013 Masquerade.

1/14 – 1/14

Propmaker Goblin Kitchen: Labyrinth Masquerade

Geek & Sundry — Film (Short) — Player Studios
1/14 – 1/14

Orgs

  • Costumers Guild West

Recos

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Education

Class of '19

Historical Sewing.com

Victorian Garments construction classes
Class of '02

California School of Culinary Arts Le Cordon Bleu

Associate of Occupational Studies Degree Program
Class of '92

Fashion Careers of California

Fashion Design
Class of '89

San Diego Mesa College

Fashion Design and Merchandising
Class of '88

San Diego City College

Stage Make-up, Costume and Set Design

Skills

  • Television
  • Film
  • Theatre
  • Independent Film
  • scheduling
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Photo Shoots
  • Props
  • painting
  • researcher
  • Short Film
  • Wardrobe
  • food styling
  • Highly detail oriented
  • sewing
  • Music Video
  • Data Entry
  • Invoicing
  • distressing
  • Costumes
  • Metal Fabrication
  • Chef
  • Costume designer
  • Textiles
  • Draping
  • Inventory Control
  • fabric dyeing
  • fabrication
  • SET COSTUMER
  • vacuum forming
  • Stitching
  • Resin Casting
  • Set Painter
  • Set Fabrication
  • Fiberglassing
  • gluing
  • Prop food
  • Puppet Fabricator
  • Wardrobe Display