Sammi Parrish, now a sewing
patternmaker in Baltimore, who began sewing at the age of 13, says she'll never forget the memory of finishing her first piece.
But if I'm not there, a staff will be there, like a
patternmaker,' he explained.
On the front end, the aluminum metalcaster has an in-house pattern shop and seasoned
patternmaker aided by computer aided manufacturing patternmaking.
At the rather green age of 35, Taher Asad-Bakhtiari has already lived several lives: The self-taught Iranian artist cycled through various ventures in experience and event design (he also ran a creative agency) before finding his way to weaving at the suggestion of his mother, a retired
patternmaker. Since then, he's triangulated between the U.S., Tehran, and more recently Dubai, his home for the last five years before relocating to New York.
He was a journeyman
patternmaker for an auto-manufacturing company between high school and World War II.
Sanmiguel Diest worked as a
patternmaker during his early years, and this background in the field of textile design could be discerned in a number of works on view, perhaps most explicitly in El arquero (The Archer), Guerrillero arana (The Warrior Spider), Guerrillero balcon (The Warrior Falcon), and Guerrillero muy enfadado con su hija (A Warrior Infuriated with His Daughter), a quartet of canvases from 1997.
Before leaving school, John worked on a egg and poultry stall at the Middlesbrough market before learning his trade as a
patternmaker.
Previous positions: Graduate research assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia;
patternmaker, ORRA Active; textiles teaching assistant, UC Davis.
Patternmaker cabinet rasps are made especially for wood filing where a smooth finish is desired.
From his experience "tramping" in the United States to his quest for respectability through occupational flexibility and networking McIlwraith began his career as an apprentice draughtsman and
patternmaker and end up a foundry owner and accountant --the diaries illuminate both the challenges and rewards of work during a period of economic upheaval.
Born in Birmingham in 1938, his father worked as a metal
patternmaker for the British Motor Corporation at Longbridge.