Rhys Davis
Wentworth Falls,NSW
Summary
Eager to work hands on, refining existing skills and acquiring more, for the professional conservation and restoration of heritage materials.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Freelance Restoration
Self-Employed
07.2019 - Current
Restoration and repair of mainly period composition dolls, porcelain figurines and vases and some small wooden furniture
Apprentice Oculist
Bright Eyes/Taylor & Tefry
02.2006 - 12.2007
Worked alongside senior oculist moulding wax impressions in plaster, casting in acrylic, then polishing and fitting acrylic optical prostheses.
Restoration
The Painted Image
09.2005 - 11.2005
Working in a team of 6 painters and gilders to restore/renew all painted features mainly stencils and gilding, in the restoration of the Great Synagogue, Sydney
Education
Graduate Certificate - Heritage Materials Conservation
University of Canberra
Canberra, ACT11.2024
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hons - Sculpture
National Art School
Sydney, NSW05.2013
Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Literature
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW2001
Skills
Proficient use of all standard power tools for drilling, sanding, grinding, cutting, polishing, MIG welding, rotary tools eg dremel
Basic woodwork construction
Modelling in terracotta, paper and oil clay
Moulding in plaster and silicone for casting items in polyurethane and other 2 part resins or plaster
Brush Painting (mainly acrylic)
Staining
Sealing
Retouching
Spray painting
Gilding
Application and mixing of Shellac
Filling- particularly with 2 part epoxy
Use of various adhesives
Accomplishments
Diploma Graphic Design 1989
Billy Blue School Graphic design
Freelance illustration Sydney, 1990-91 incl.
Fairfax Media, Film Australia, Mambo Graphics
1991-97 Lived and worked in Osaka, Japan
Freelance mural painting, illustration and the creation of teaching materials for Britannica Pacific
Awarded the Banque Nationale de Paris prize for French, Syd Univ. 2001
Awarded Julian Beaumont Hons Scholarship
National Art School, 2011
Postgrad Group Prize-Emporio Armani Travelling Art Exhibition, National Art School, 2013
Group Shows:
Toyota Emerging Artists Exhibition, Melb. 2013
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Melb. 2013
Languages
French
Professional Working
Japanese
Limited Working
Timeline
Freelance Restoration
Self-Employed
07.2019 - Current
Apprentice Oculist
Bright Eyes/Taylor & Tefry
02.2006 - 12.2007
Restoration
The Painted Image
09.2005 - 11.2005
Graduate Certificate - Heritage Materials Conservation
University of Canberra
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hons - Sculpture
National Art School
Bachelor of Arts - French Language And Literature
University of Sydney
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