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Name: |
Sue Lavington |
| Address: |
14 Milton Lane |
| Tel: | +44 (0)1749 671977 |
| E-mail: |
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| Further Education | |
| 1993 - 1994 | Hastings College of Art & Technology - BTEC Diploma in Art Foundation Studies |
| 1994 - 1997 | Swansea Institute of Higher Education - BA Hons., Degree in Architectural Stained Glass |
| Awards | |
| 1997 | Southern Arts 'setting up' grant |
| Training Certificates | |
| 1999 | Good Practice in health & safety for artists leading workshops, (Arts training S. West) |
| 1999 - 2002 | Basic First Aid (British Red Cross) |
| 2000 | Basic Health & Safety (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) |
| 2000 | Food Hygeine certificate (The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health) |
| 2000 | Safe Manual Handling (Social Care, Education & Training S. West) |
| Membership of Professional Bodies | |
| The Contemporary Glass Society | |
| Somerset Partnership in Arts & Education Agency (SPAEDA) | |
| Bath Area Network for Artists (BANA) | |
| Overseas Study Visits | |
| 1995 | Germany - Two weeks visiting glass artists around the country, such as - Johannes Schrieter, Jochim Poensgen and Jochem Klos. Also attending lectures. |
| 1996 | Prague - One week visiting glass artists and colleges |
| 1996 | USA - Two weeks working with glass artist Leone McNeil in her studio in Mendocino, California. |
| Work Experience | |
| 1995 | Worked with school children, aged 7 - 11, on a design project with other glass students at SIHE |
| March 1998 - March 1999 |
Full time stained glass conservator at Holywell Glass, Wells, Somerset. (Grade 5 conservation studio) |
| March 1999 - to date |
Set up own workshop and business "Glass Eye", making contemporary stained glass. |
| Nov' 2000 | A pilot scheme set up by SPAEDA to assist an artist experienced in working in schools. I spent one week working in a Taunton primary school, working closely with an artist and pupils aged 5 - 7, to produce finished work for an exhibition at the Brewhouse Theatre. |
| Commissions Include | |
| 10 different commissions for The Manor House Hotel, Castle Combe, Wiltshire. | |
| Various private commissions | |
| Fused glass commissions for a Bristol interior design company | |
| Restoration work | |
| Jewellery stands for "Justice" of Bristol, Bath, Winchester & Oxford. | |
| Several large commissions for a brand new primary school, Worlebury, Weston-super-Mare | |
| School and community group projects | |