Responsibilities:  Finishing stainless steel plate with hand tools, machines and robots to produce 
            an optical mirror polish on the sculptures of Anish Kapoor.



           Lightspann Illumination Design, Oakland CA     2006-2008
        
           Lighting Technician

           Responsibilities: Construction and finishing of fine art lighting, production and custom fabrication
           Tools: Mechanical and power hand tools, MIG, TIG welders, electric metalworking tools
           Materials: Brass, steel, mechanical parts, wiring and lamping parts, metal finishing supplies, 
           paints, patinas 

Custom Designs by Christina Spann

               

               Asian Art Museum, San Francisco                    2006 & 2008

               Temporary Preparator

               Responsibilities: Created earthquake-proof mounts for art exhibits
               Tools: MIG welder, oxy-acetylene and propane torches, electric power tools
               Materials: Steel and other metals, acrylic, foam, paints

             Local Group Studio                                              2005-2006

               Local Group is the name of my own studio, in its Fort Bragg incarnation, I finished
               the bronze art of Dan Hemann, made molds, taught foundry skills classes and produced
               custom metalwork for clients.

Beautiful reproduction period woodworking by Melvin Simpson
Look closely at the bronze feet, which are detailed below.

    Bronze feet and escutcheons produced at Local Group Studio

               Dan Hemann Sculpture                                   2005-2006

               Bronze Sculpture Finishing Technician

               Responsibilities: Assembly and finishing of fine art bronze sculpture
               Tools:  TIG welder, pneumatic finishing tools, electric grinders, etc.

Dan Hemann's exquisite surfaces play with light

             
Please visit Dan's website to see more bronze

               



               Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce          2003-2005

               Assistant to the Executive Director

               Responsibilities: Fundraising, project managing, administrative
               Tools:  Illustrator, Photo shop, InDesign 

 

               Morrisonn Studios/Neidhart, Fort Bragg CA

               Metal Fabricator                                              2001-2003

               Responsibilities:  Fabrication of architectural features and lighting
               Included interpreting CAD layouts, metal fabrication, manual machining, soldering, patina
               Tools:  Mill, Lathes, TIG welder, pneumatic finishing tools, electric power tools
               Materials: Brass, aluminum, resins, patina solutions, wood, mold making materials



              Reification, San Francisco, CA                             2000

              Architectural Metal Fabricator

              Responsibilities:  Fabrication of frames and other decorative architectural features, restoration  
              Included layout, welding, finishing, and patination
              Tools: TIG, MIG welders, electric metal finishing equipment
              Materials: Brass, steel, iron, aluminum, bronze, wood, acrylic, patina solutions

 

              Artworks Foundry, Berkeley CA                           1997-2000

              Metal Fabricator, Finisher, Patineur

              Responsibilities: Finished bronze castings, miniature to half-life size  
              Also included mold making, waxwork, patina and furnace charging
              Tools: Pneumatic metalworking tools, TIG welder, hydraulic jack and crane,
              plasma cutter, arc welder, electric grinders and metal working tools
              Materials: Bronze, mold making materials, wax, plaster, patina solutions

These sculptures were for a library, the figure when finished was reading a book





Three small sculptures by the late French artist, Ann Marie Paul


A lamp base and four doorhandles by Judy McKie


The macquette for a life size sculpture
I constructed and finished the bronze version of this


Pinochio was a fountain


Sculptor Wheatley Allen's 4' herons




Swift's Jewelers, Fayetteville, AR                                                                1993-95                            

              Repair Jeweler,  Bead stringer

              Responsibilities: Repair customer jewelry, from costume jewelry to gold and diamonds 
              or platinum to repair of antique teapots, spoons and watches 
              Tools: Jeweler's torch, hand tools
              Materials: Gold, silver, various costume jewelry materials, pearls, stones

 

             

              Perry Jewelers, Fayetteville AR                            1992-1993

              Jewelry Manufacturer

              Responsibilities:  Completion of production line of jewelry, some custom work
              Included casting and finishing stainless steel and brass, wax casting and chasing,
              stone setting and other jewelry repair skills
              Tools: Jeweler's tools, casting equipment
              Materials: Stainless steel, brass, gold, casting materials



Education

               College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, CA           2003-2005

               Major: General education, mathematics

   

               Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA                2000-2001

               Artist-in-Residence, Teaching Assistant

               Nine-month residency to learn traditional lost wax casting
               techniques, mold making, furnace building 

               

               Wayne State University, Detroit                          1989-1991

               Major: Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
            
               Focus of program was use of hand tools, vessel raising
               and chasing, casting, jewelry fabrication, with Prof. Philip Fike

           

Other

             National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN

             Repair Days Weekend Volunteer                  1991, 1993, 1996



             Abaft Jewelers, Fayetteville, AR

             Apprenticeship with Raymond Jones, Dixie Rhyne   1991-1992

          

             The Art Experience, Fayetteville, AR

             Studio Assistant to sculptor Hank Kaminski

                                                                                      1995-1997

             Tracy Power, San Francisco, CA

             Restoration Assistant                                           1997

Mechanical Japanese hawk was repaired in 2000