Rachael
Yeung
Curriculum Vitae
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Personal details
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Full
Name
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Rachael
Shui-Kay Yeung
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Address
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Avalible on request (Online version) | |
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E-mail
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Website
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rskyeung.blogspot.co.uk
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Date
of birth
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18/10/1991
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Personal profile
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Digital
print
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Using
my designs and printing them onto a satin silk mix fabric.
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Hand
stitch processes
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General
basic straight and satin stitch by hand, advanced technical stitches such as
French knot and fabric manipulation. Stitch with mixed media.
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Machine
embroidery
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Utilizing
all the available stitches on a domestic lockstitch sewing machine with the
full range of machine feet and colour combinations.
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Felting
and bulk dye
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Exploring
the properties and process of hand felting with wool tops, and using acid and
direct dyes on various natural and manmade materials. History and process of
indigo dye.
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Career objectives
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After
specialising in digital print in my current studies I look to continue expanding
my technical skills into screen print and gain experience of working in
industry to forward my career to work successfully in a design team for a
luxury designer label such as Alexander McQueen.
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Education
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Dates
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Name
of institution / place
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Brief
details
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Sep
2011 - present
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Manchester
School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
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BA
Textiles in Practice
My
current studies focus on digital print for fashion accessories, mostly for
scarf designs however they can be interpreated to be adapted to stationary
collections, fashion accessories or soft furnishing designs. I take
inspiration from natural forms and manipulate drawing with different media in
Photoshop to create my designs.
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Sep
2010 – Jun 2011
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Liverpool
Community College, Arts Centre
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BTEC
Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Merit. By the end of this course I
specialised in surface pattern.
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Sep
2003 – Jun 2010
Sept
2007 -June 2008
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St.Hilda’s
C of E High School, Liverpool
Clarendon
College, Liverpool
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Advanced Levels
Fine
Art, Design Technology: Product Design (Textiles), Psychology.
General Certificate of Secondary Education:
Information and Communication Technology,
Science, Additional Science, Textiles Technology, English Literature,
English, Mathematics, Business Studies, French and Religious studies. – All
pass grades and above, grade A being the highest.
GCSE
Performing Arts: Dance. - Pass
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Dates
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Employer
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Responsibilities
/ duties
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2012-
Present
May
2006
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Zoë
Chapman
General
Manager
at the Bluecoat
School
Lane, Liverpool
L1
3BX
0151
702 7751
Ms
Amanda Irving
Senior Hair Stylist
Voodou
89
Bold Street, Liverpool
L1
4HY
0844
445 7889
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This
voluntary role included invigilating
all Bluecoat gallery spaces and leading an efficient and dedicated team to
ensure the safety of all visitors and artwork.
I
assisted the hairdressers and provided efficient customer service to the
clients such as refreshments. I learnt how to deal with customer complaints,
and telephone bookings in a fast paced environment during this work
experience employment.
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Additional skills
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IT
/ CAD / software
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Competent
in using general Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word
Document, but also experienced in using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for
creating designs. CAD/CAM skills on small domestic machines such as the
Janome Memory Craft Embroidery machines.
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Fashion
/ textiles
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Practiced
in general and traditional hand embroidery for example fabric manipulation
skills and stitch with mixed media. Familiar with using a lockstitch sewing
machine and it’s range of stitches such as pin tuck and satin stitch to name
some. Previous pattern cuttings skills with readymade patterns and block
pattern manipulation.
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General
art / design
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Photography,
drawing to articulate my ideas and drawing with a range of media such as oil
bar and watercolours, visual presentation of my work through presentations
and exhibitions. Contextualising in Practice is a part of my course where I
have recently analysed the impact of Freud’s theory of uncanny in art
practice and why art practice has changed after the first world war.
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Team
/ organisational
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During
a unit in my course in first year it involved group work on a project to
produce a successful exhibition of our own work in a disused space.
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Significant
achievements
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Year
rep in sixth form, art and design rep and form rep. Treasurer and secretary
of MMU Cheerleading society.
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Language
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Fluent
in English and Cantonese Chinese.
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Other
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Grade
5 in Royal Academy of Ballet and Royal Academy of Music on piano. Grade 1 in
Music Theory. Member of charity fundraising and gardening society.
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Interests
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Fashion
Styling
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Won
first place in River Island’s RiverIsland’s Style competition 2009.
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Blogging
Jewellery
Making
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During
my spare time I have a passion for exploring new skills in photography, video
which gets documented in my personal blog.
Rather
than buy them straight off the shelf I enjoy creating my own and recently experimented
with silver clay.
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References
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Available
on Request
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