About Candyce McClernan
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- I earned my MFA in Costume Technology from UNC Chapel Hill May 2014
- I have a BS in Biology
- I specialize in costume crafts such as millinery, armor, masks, mascots, fabric design.
Resume Candyce McClernan
- Professional Summary
Energetic Costume Technologist skilled at focusing on finding solutions and meeting deadlines; who consistently
develops innovative artistic techniques and is committed to producing quality costumes for theater and films.Skills
· Millinery
· Textile design
· Masks
· Dyeing and distressing
· Silicone molding and casting
· Screen printing
· Armor
· Leather work
· Draping
· Flat Patterning
· Tailoring
· Excellent time management
Work History
Wardrobe PA/ Intern, 05/2011 to 06/2011
Uptone Pictures – Wake Forest, NC
· Maintaining Wardrobe on and off set during filming.
· Assisting with continuity
· Shopping/Returns
Stitcher, First Hand, Crafts Artisan, Draper, Wardrobe, Assistant to the Designer 08/2009 to Current
PlayMakers Repertory Company – Chapel Hill, NC· Draping
· Millinery
· Surface/Fabric Design
· Garment Alterations
Over hire, 10/2007 to 07/2015
Carolina Ballet – Raleigh, NC· Millinery Construction, crowns, tiaras, fascinators
· Surface design, painting, dance wear
· Wardrobe, Dresser
· Mask work.
Costume Technologist, 09/2007 to Current
Self Employed – Durham, NC· Puppet construction, North Carolina Theater, Cinderella, 2010
· Millinery/Mask construction, Carolina Ballet, Pinocchio, 2010
· Milliner construction, Philadelphia Theater Company, Lights in the Piazza, 2010
· Milliners assistant, La Bricoleuse retail hat collection, 2013
· Milliners assistant, La Bricoleuse, Carolina Ballet, Rubies, 2013
· Crafts Artisan, Carolina Ballet, Nutcracker, 2014Set Seamstress "Union Bound" Uptone Pictures 2014 Durham, NC
Freelance costumer Carolina Ballet 2015
- Draper, Carolina Ballet, Composers, 2015
Education
- Master of Fine Arts: Costume Technology, 2014
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil - Bachelor
of Science: Biology,
1983
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ - Publications/Awards
· 2014 Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award, UNC Chapel Hill
This competition recognizes outstanding graduate student research of particular benefit to North Carolina.
· Silicone Effects for Ariel and Caliban for use in a Chlorinated Pool- Poster presentation for United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT), Fort Worth TX, 2014
· Two Methods of surface design For A production of Cabaret –Poster presentation for United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT),Southeast conference, 2013
· Felt Pinocchio Heads re-engineered using Fosshape for Carolina Ballet – Poster presentation, USITT conference, 2011
· A Study of Seven Materials to Create Masks Based on a Single Clay Matrix, Poster presentation, UNC Research
Day, 2012· Hat photo in Featured Milliner Rachel Pollock - Hat Talk Magazine. UK trade publication, 2009
- References available by request