Sophie Irish - Company Director & TV Art Director
Sophie studied fine art at Goldsmiths. She could never imagine her life without art and making. Her final show was an installation which questioned states of reality and the significance of objects to tell a story.
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With that a producer who saw the show asked if she had ever thought of being an art director and gave her a small promo job. Sophie had never really enjoyed working solo and excelled in being part of a team where she could create. Starting with making whimsical props for CBBC and developing into comedy and light entertainment shows. Being of practical mind lead her into designing for game show along with the more aesthetic demands of art direction. Working alongside Create 180, She now has a huge knowledge of materials and processes which helpfully informs her designs. Over the years Sophie has collected a talented team of carpenters, painters and makers who are dedicated and strengthen her team. As long as She can problem solve and conclude things with flare, and style, she is in her element.
Credits include:
Art Director – Michael McIntyre’s Big Show BBC
Art Director and Games Designer – A League of their Own Sky1
Art Director – Catchphrase iTV
Jon Maisey - Workshop Manager & Head Maker
This is Jon! He is our workshop manager, head maker and general materials genius - if Jon can’t make it, it probably hasn’t been invented yet. He has so many strings to his bow. Carpentry, metal work, electrical whizz but not a lover of this kind of thing.
Hal Gillilian - Studio Manager & Head Designer
Busy designing birch ply kitchens and staircases currently.
Frank Earle-Whiffen - Project Manager, CNC Technician, Welder and Pyrotechnist
Recovering from COVID and hoping to be back with us soon.
Chloe Winn - Maker and Assistant Art Director
Chloe studied Illustration at Kingston University and after finishing her degree, she worked on small productions, including music videos and short films, whilst trying to figure out what she wanted to do.
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Her first tv role as an art department runner on Britain’s Got Talent solidified her passion for the industry and she fell in love with various roles, including designing and creating props, producing graphics and generally making things glittery.
Chloe met Sophie in 2016, working as a runner on her crew for Sky’s Wild Things, and stayed on with Create 180 afterward, working a variety of roles and assisting Sophie on multiple shows.
Now you’ll find her working with vinyl, making props, helping create sets or doing small art directorial roles, where she continues to enjoy learning new processes and completing new projects.
Rebecca Fisher- Textile Maker and Art Director
Rebecca cannot remember I time not making things. Thanks to a very crafty Nana she was always making and sewing from a young age and knew early on she wanted to go to Art School.
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She graduated from Norwich School of Art and Design in 2007 in BA Contemporary Textiles. During her time there she also worked in a sewing and knitting shop learning lots from the other staff and became a skilled seamstress. Her final piece was a faux natural history display of fantastical fabric animals. Looking back now, what she had built without realising was a small set with soft props! After a few years of making soft toys and textile pieces to sell at craft fairs, in 2011 she landed a job on the weekend TV show T4. This is where she met Sophie and they have worked together ever since making things for TV shows. At first in Sophie’s Kitchen and now at the Workshop of Create 180.
Credits Include:
Assistant Art Director/Prop and Costume Maker - ALOTO 2017 - 2018
Prop Maker - The Last Leg 2016 - 2019
Assistant Art Director/Prop Maker - The Goes Wrong Show 2019
Assistant Art Director/Prop Maker - Michael McIntyre’s Big Show 2019
Rah Petherbridge - Scenic Artist & Photographer
Rah moved from Dublin to London and graduated from Rose Bruford with an honours degree Stage Management in 2013. Since then she's been working with a broad range of companies from grass roots
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to The National Theatre and Pinewood Studios. All the while creating collaborative art work.
Splitting her professional career between photography for theatre and Scenic effects for theatre, TV and film. She specialises in woodgraining, paint effects and fine art reproduction. Rah has been a long standing fan of the work made and the crew at Create 180 and since joining the team in 2018 they have shown her incredible support . She says:
“Working at create 180 is always challenging and awe inspiring. Every project brings co-operation, teaching and learning. This encourages the entire company grow stronger and brighter."
It's rare to find Rah not splattered in paint and always happy to be part of a team making something special for your entertainment and admiration.
Gordon Allum - Metal Man
G, ( aka historically and trading under' The Duke of Stratosphere' / 'High Priest of Iron', 'Filth Column' etc ) - Arts Mercenary, Renaissance Man, Production Designer, Theatre Designer, Kunst Guerrilla, Engineer, Sculptor, Illustrator, Cartoonist,
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Explorer, Explosives Expert, Scenic Artist, Teacher and Mentor, Art Forger, Dirty Punk Guitarist, Bon Vivant and Libertarian ( Actual Caribbean Pirate )' etc etc!
He will write a real blub soon!
Joe Mulcrone - Carpenter & Maker
He can make you a finely made guitar while speaking fluent Spanish or knock you up a room full of flats in hours. Hope you make it back from Spain soon Joe. Lockdown has been too long.
Holly Mills - Artist and Maker
Holly studied Illustration at Camberwell before going on to do the Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School. Working as a freelance artist/illustrator/maker since 2013,
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Holly has worked across theatre, TV and film, creating props and costumes and painting sets along the way. Holly is in her element when problem-solving, utilising her widespread knowledge of materials and craft to find creative solutions.
Mariano Quijada - Maker and Propmaster
All rounder art department type which lets face it, we all have to be and has a trustly luton van stocked with all the things to get you out of troble. Currently working on Bake Off and waiting to hear when Peeky Bliders will be back recording.
Clare Wallis - Scenic Painter, illustrator and Propmaker
With a keen observational eye and a hunger to learn, Clare has been working in the creative industry since 2010 after graduating from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
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Her work ranges across the spectrum. From assisting Fine Artists such as Damien Hirst and Henry Hudson to painting for Television, film, advertising and festivals.
Fashion shows, product design and private installations have also seen her hand lent to.
Always keen to try something new and push the limits to what can be achieved, Create 180 gave Clare the opportunity to learn more scenic skills which catapulted her into further scenic work.
Clare now juggles her personal illustration work with stints of film scenic painting and private commissions.
Team Specstacular! Art and Costume department for Channel 4’s New Years Eve Extravaganza , presented by Alan Carr.