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Work Experience

Amoeba Concepts - business owner - 2006 to 2011
- designer & manufacturer of Amoeba Concepts range
- design & manufacture of laser cut metal interior decor & security gates
(see web-site www.amoebaconcepts.co.za)

Amoeba Concepts - Retail shop owner & business partner
Opened the Amoeba Concepts retail shop - August 2006
- bookwork & admin, purchasing, selling, shop layout & design,
web-site admin, marketing, overseeing staff
- organised exhibitions quarterly, artists included:
Etienne de Kock, Mark Reutenbach, Yda Walt, Loren Kaplan
Lee Scott Hempson, Collin Cole, Sarah Lovejoy

Imbali Visual Literacy - skills development teacher - 2005
- 6 months recycled craft skills & small business development course
- NQF2 & NQF4 levels

Chevy Metal Design - metal lighting & furniture - 2003 to 05
- assisted in design, bookwork, admin, selling & marketing

Djinn Palace Decor - retail store & restaurant manager - 2001 to 03
- admin, selling, design & layout of shop, organised staff

I moved to Johannesburg in September 2000

I relocated from Durban to the Natal Midlands in 1990 and worked at a
number of art studios & small businesses, developing practical craft skills
and gaining retail store experience on the Midlands Meander.
- Crispin's Corner, Rosetta - Retail store manager & shop keeper
- Cottage Potters Studio, Rosetta - Ceramic studio assistant & designer
- Birdman foundry, Nottingham Road - silicon rubber mould maker
- Groundcover Leather Company, Curries Post - leather worker, retail
store manager & assistant
- Another Roadside Attraction, Lidgetton - business owner
Open and ran my first retail shop, selling local craft.
- Hillfold Pottery, Lidgetton - Ceramics assistant
- Goodwin Foundry, Lidgetton - Silicon rubber mould maker

Technical Skills

Application - self taught - medium skills
+ Photoshop CS4 - photo editing
- creating print quality invites & postcards
+ Microsoft Office 2007 - word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
+ Digital photography - basic photographic skills
- capturing images on computer
- resizing, for web, email & print
+ Web-site - HTML & photographic maintenance of my web-site
+ AUTO-CAD - 2D drawing for laser, water & cnc router cutting

Achievements

Olive Tree Sculptures - 2009 - Private Hotel, South Greece
Commissioned by an International procurement company, MKV Design
Designed & manufactured 6 free standing Olive Tree Sculptures
Water jet cut out of Aluminium

Soweto Baragwaneth Taxi Rank - 2008, Soweto, Jhb
Commissioned by the JDA & the City of JHB.
Designed, manufactured and installed a totem sculpture
for an island in the taxi rank.
Laser cut Metal

Pieter Roos Park Performance Platform - 2008, Empire rd, Jhb
Commissioned by the JDA & the City of JHB.
Designed, manufactured and installed a sculptural structure
for the performance platform in Pieter Roos Park.
Laser cut Metal

Juta Street Tree Sculptures - 2006/7 - Braamfontein, Jhb
Commissioned by the JDA & the City of JHB.
Designed, manufactured and installed 25 laser cut metal trees
installed on the pavements of 5 blocks of Juta Street.