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26th – 29th 2026

This was a really fun week at splinter, and we didn’t need to rush which was good.

Because this show came in quite late, instead of hand drawing the lines on the flats, we had them printed in canvas and painted in to them, which was like a huge paint by numbers around the work shop, working with really bright colours. So it just made it really lovely to do. I was enjoying it that much I was coming in early most days and leaving lat haha.

this is one of the flats

I also was working on another pieace of scenery which was at the ceiling area, which was good to do, as I could make mistakes, and because the washes were so watery it wasn’t to bad if I messed up. Which just allows me to be able to experiment and learn how to do it on my own through practise

base colour

different shades

20th – 21st May 2026

This week I went back to work for Decordia for festival season which I was really excited to do.

I was put on a job with Emma, to go to Sunderland to set up one of the stages for BBC Big weekender which is crazy.

I had never met Emma before but she was so kind and amazingly talented, so it was really cool to work with someone like that, I felt like I was learning the whole trip which was great.

Being on site im just learning so much, and because you can’t fully prepare things and know of certain things will be held up its all about figuring it out and using things you might not normally use.

For example, there was a mix up between the designer and client with a swing seat, we brought a single person swing, when it was suppose to be a seat big enough for 2 people to take photos on. Luckily Emma had her saw and literally just enough timber to make a larger seat, and I had paint to put on it. But you just never know what’s going to happen. I think the key is to be able to communicate well and also not stress. Its always going to look amazing when you have a great team, sometimes there’s little bumps along the way but it will get sorted because it always does

real thing

18th – 19th May 2026

It was such a shame I could only work on this floor for 2 days as I had different work for the rest of the week.

but I got to start it which was very exciting, and I was mostly left alone to do it which is very nice, it makes me feel like im part of the team and they have trust in me!

I only got the first 2 coats on and a wash over the top, but still very happy with it. The designer wanted it to look like an old map, with how it was painted.

ill show the finish result, the top is what I was involved with. Underneath I had no input in, I just think its nice to see the end result when showing a process

so this is what Toni and Maisie created

you can see to the bottom right hand side, the model peace, to compare to the finished floor.

11th – 15th May 2026

This was the last few days we had on this show, I was in charge of the book shelf, which was a lovely job to do. Because of the Mesmerist, I had done books before so it was nice for Maisie and Toni to just leave me to it and get it done. I was really happy with how they came out

5th – 8th May 2026

this week was just painting the base colours on the set. The main walls for this show were just flat colours, and then we had marble todo on each panel.

the only problem with the flat colour was there were different lights they were meeting as the panels didn’t go all the way across. So we had a big communication issue between the person who drew it up, and the painters and carpenters. We basically all got told different things, and when the panels eventually went on everything was off massive. Because the flat was so high standards, it meant these tiny details were key

model

3rd may 2026

Sound from the other city, is a festival based in Salford, where multiple different venues around Salford have events on all at once, creating a festival.

Kat, a woman who I met through whp back in November, gave me an incredible opportunity to manage one of these venues, which was so kind of her.

Again this is the operation side, which ive wanted to dabble in to. I was so pleased I had been thought of for this role and I loved every moment of it.

I really didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t really know what I was doing until I was there, but I think for me that might have been better haha.

Everything ran smoothly and everyone attending had the best time, and I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better crew around me, just really good vibes all day.

27th – 1st May 2026

final touch ups on this show. One thing I love about a show going out is it always gets put up in the workshop to check it all fits together, but it’s always lovely to see your work infant of you.

I really enjoyed this show

20th – 23rd April 2026

This week we got the flats painted and got a wash over them, it was pretty simple to do as the model was really well made. The designer wanted it the exact same so it was just making sure it all looked right once it was all painted. It was just a really lovely week of painting really beautiful scenery

As well as LCM going on, we had a new show the marquise to start. Me and Toni completed the floor this week.

I learnt a lot from this, as I did a parquet floor when I first start for easy virtue, but that was meant to look old and warn, like someone had been slapping varnish on it for years and years. While this floor had to be prestige, it was in a brand new expensive flat, so all the painting had to be spot on.

The designer also had no references photo of this floor as he had completely made up the pattern and the wood grain. We were given a model which the flooring on it he had created. My boss had created a sample peace of this floor, I don’t even know how she did it but it was immaculate. You held the model up next to it and it was the exact same. However the designer, now he had seen it in front of him, in a larger scale, didn’t like it. So now Toni had to somehow create this floor when the designer didn’t even know what he wanted. Which I have a lot of patience for Toni, as this happens a lot, and she somehow will always create these beautiful pieces of scenery, and a very happy designer so.

Anyway, as I said the floor had to be perfect, painting every individual panel, no happy mistake could happen. But we did it and it looked how the designer described. However if he had listened to Toni from the start it would have been brilliant, and I think he knew that once we had finished it. Because it does look great but it’s just missing that extra step, which we didn’t get time to do because he kept changing his mind.

I hosted another event at the Sheps, this was really fun extremely busy, but had to cut it short because of noise complaints which isn’t fun. But overall it was a good night

setting up