LAB LAB

  • Creative Director - New York, NY - 2021 - present

    LAB LAB is a puppet and prop shop based in NYC. Our work includes puppets for Broadway, props for editorial shoots, event installations, and wearable pieces for New York Fashion Week.

Education

  • University of Cambridge - Master of Philosophy, Arts Education - 2017-2018

  • Yale University – Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture – 2011-2015                                                             

  • Slade School of Fine Art - University College London - Year Abroad - Studio Programme, Sculpture - 2013-2014

  • Lycée Français de New York - Baccalauréat Littéraire Franco-Américain, Mention Bien - 1996-2011 

Productions

  • Broadway - Water for Elephants at the Imperial Theatre (Puppet Designer, Builder), Into the Woods at St. James Theater (Assistant Puppet Designer, Builder), The Skin of Our Teeth (Assistant Puppet Designer, Builder)

  • Off-Broadway - The Beastiary at Ars Nova (Assistant Puppet Designer, Builder), Encores! Into the Woods at NYCC (Assistant Puppet Designer, Builder), Sesame Street: The Musical (Builder), Riddle of the Trilobites (Builder), Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Stitcher)

  • Regional - Water for Elephants at Alliance Theatre (Puppet Designer, Builder)

  • Workshops - Water for Elephants (Associate Puppet Designer, Builder, Wrangler)

  • Live Events - Thom Browne NYFW SS 2022 (Associate Puppet Designer, Builder, Wrangler), Met Gala & Thom Browne NYFW FW 2022 (Build Consultant), Virgin Voyages Scarlet Nights (Builder)

  • Tours - Shrek the Musical (Puppet Designer)

Freelance Work

  • Live Action Puppet and Prop Designer / Builder / Wrangler - New York, NY - January 2019 - present

    The Jim Henson Company, Vanity Fair, Sesame Workshop, Visual Country, Puppet Kitchen, NYFW, and commissions

  • Stop Motion Puppet, Prop, and Set Designer / Fabricator / Costumer - New York, NY - January 2019 - present

    Hornet, Mighty Oak, Visual Country, Transistor Studios, Springtime Jellyfish, and independent commissions

  • Build Consultant / Research & Development - New York, NY - January 2019 - present

    Thom Browne for New York Fashion Week, The Jim Henson Company, and private clients

Stop Motion Fabrication

  • TV Commercials - Amazon Prime Day 2019 (Prop and Set Fabricator), Honda Holiday 2019 (Prop and Set Fabricator), Dunkin x NHL (Prop Fabricator), Hershey “Caramello” (Set Fabricator), FDA “Little Lungs” (Prop and Set Fabricator), Quiktrip Holiday 2020 (Prop Fabricator), Planned Parenthood PSA (Puppet, Prop, and Set Fabricator and Designer)

  • Social Media Spots - Condé Nast x Bloomingdale’s (Prop Fabricator), Origins Holiday 2021 (Prop Fabricator)

  • Films - Hardboiled (Prop and Set Designer and Fabricator), Max and Maxine (Puppet, Prop, Costume, and Set Designer and Fabricator)

Live Action Fabrication

  • TV Shows - Sesame Street Season 53 on HBO Max (Puppet and Prop Builder and Designer, Costume Stylist and Stitcher), Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock on Apple TV+ (Puppet Builder and Wig Stylist)

  • TV Commercials - CGU “Tall Poppy” (Puppet Builder and R&D)

  • Social Media Spots - Pinterest (Prop Fabricator), HGTV x Sherwin Williams (Prop Fabricator)

Fellowships

  • Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship for the Arts - MHB Fellow - 2015-2016

    One of 3 artists awarded $19,000 to conduct arts research abroad. I used it to study basketry with best artisans in Europe.

  • Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art – Yale Norfolk Fellow - Summer 2014

    One of 26 artists awarded a six-week residency. Notable alumni include Sheila Hicks, Eva Hesse, Mickalene Thomas, and Chuck Close.

Vocational Training

  • Association Ouvrière des Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France - Leatherworking apprentice - Fall 2016

    Contrat d’apprentissage en alternance, maroquinerie - Limoges, France

  • JM Weston – Limoges, France - Fall 2016

    Luxury leatherworker making belts and wallets in the JM Weston factory

  • École Nationale d’Osiériculture et de Vannerie - Guest Student - 2015-2016

    National School of Osierculture and Basketry - Fayl-Billot, France

  • Staatliche Berufsfaschule für Flechtwerkgestaltung - Guest Student - Winter/Spring 2016

    State Vocational School for Weaving and Design - Lichtenfels, Germany

  • Yale Peabody Museum – New Haven, CT - 2015

    Volunteer Preparator - making bird study skins and taxidermy mounts for the museum collection

Languages

  • English - Fluent - Native / French - Fluent - Native / Spanish - Intermediate - Level C1