Resumé

“CLAIRE BUSHEY IS A CREATIVE AND TALENTED YOUNG DESIGNER, WHOSE DESIGN PROCESS INVOLVES THREE DIMENSIONAL EXPERIMENTATION, AND UNIQUE MIXTURES OF MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS EXPLORATION IN SHAPE. SHE IS THOROUGH AND DETAIL ORIENTED, AND EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO HER WORK. I KNEW CLAIRE AS A STUDENT THROUGHOUT HER THREE YEARS IN THE APPAREL DEPT. AT RISD, AND I WATCHED HER EVOLVE AND GROW AS A DESIGNER. SHE ALSO TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HEAD MONITOR POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT WHILE MAINTAINING HER INTENSE WORK LOAD AT RISD.” July 24, 2009

Donna Gustavsen , Head, Apparel Design Dept. , RISD
taught Claire at Rhode Island School of Design (linkedin recommendation)

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Education
Rhode Island School of Design • Providence RI • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Apparel Design 2009 • GPA 3.83
Merit Scholarship • Ann Taylor/Piselli Scholarship • Dean’s List • Published Illustrations: AVA Series: Fashion Drawing by John Hopkins

Professional Experience
East Coast Embroidery • Providence RI
Graphic Designer 2013
Create and modify logos for clients, prepare client artwork for lazer etching, screenprinting, and embroidery using specialty software.

VonJai Children’s Wear Line • Providence RI
Designer, Sample Maker and Graphic Designer 2012
Designed and created samples for a children’s wear line. Created print for garments, patterns and slopers for production, sketches and flats, logos and graphics for the website, and hangtags.

Marshall Color Studios • Belchertown MA
Graphic Production Artist 2010
Assisted in print design and development for a variety of apparel companies including Justice, logo creation, shirt graphics for Hasbro and licensed products, graphic set ups and color separations for college sports apparel, set up stitch configuration and jersey numbers for Reebok using Adobe Creative Suite.

Wilbraham & Monson Academy • Wilbraham MA
Fashion Drawing Weekend Workshop 2010
Provided a drawing workshop for students, in which they were taught to draw their own fashion croquis and concepts for a collection.

Nanette Lepore • New York NY
Intern 2009
Assisted design team in delivering and sourcing materials to garment district for samples, mood boards, dyed garments and trims for runway pieces, antiqued belt buckles and hardware, completed pattern trace offs, and assisted models at New York Fashion Week.

Apparel Department, RISD • Providence RI
Technician Assistant and Sewing Machine Maintenance 2007 - 2009
Maintained machines [knitting machines, sergers, cover stitch, button hole, and industrial sewing machines] and trained students in proper use of equipment.

SKILLS
Computer Skills: Experienced in using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator [completed additional course RISD 2013], InDesign, Excel, Microsoft Office, Permaboss Lazer etching and embroidery software on PC and Mac platforms.

Surface Design: Exposed to professional fine art printmaking (transfer, photopolymer intaglio, etching, engraving, drypoint, aqua tint, and woodblock), as well as screen printing and developing screens through photo emulsion, waterbased and plastisol ink, and digital cmyk color separation.

Apparel Design: Experienced in creating concept and mood boards, pattern drafting, draping, machine knitting, private tutoring, freelance construction, creating spec sheets and spec packaging using Illustrator for production.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Webs America’s Yarn Store • Northampton MA
Shipper 2011 - 2012
Ship orders from the company’s online store and inventory system. Also knit samples for the store front.

LeaderResources • Leeds MA
Freelance Illustrator, Office Assistant 1999 - 2002, 2009, 2012
Created new logos for the company website, print material and mailings, and book covers. Provided office support.

Residence Life Office, RISD • Providence RI
Pre-College Resident Assistant 2007, 2008
Created programs and activities, mediated problems, served as a resource for student questions, and worked as a team with residence life staff.

Continuing Education Office, RISD • Providence RI
Teaching Assistant for Pre-College Apparel Program 2007, 2008
Assisted instructor and taught basic knowledge of the apparel industry, drawing, and aided in the construction of final garments.

Admissions Department, RISD • Providence RI
Tour Guide/Orientation Leader 2006
Promote RISD through a tour of campus buildings and knowledge of RISD disciplines, social activities, and academic offerings.

Projects by Claire Bushey

Print Design Concepts and Colorways: Rabbits and Carrots
10 Files

Print Design Concept and Colorways: Cat and Mouse
12 Files

Print Concepts: Fish Skeletons
4 Files

Print Design: Geometric
22 Files

New Sketches: Kids (to be updated soon)
7 Files

Fashion Sketchbook
34 Files

Surface Design (complete and in progress)
44 Files

Neon Mosh Prints
8 Files

VonJai Collection
31 Files

RISD Apparel Design Projects
29 Files

Barbie Dress in the RISD Fashion Show 2009
4 Files

C87 Thesis in the RISD Fashion Show
17 Files

Portfolio Sample Book
10 Files

Detail Shots of Garments
14 Files

RISD Studio Projects
23 Files

RISD Fashion Show 2007 and 2008
12 Files

RISD Knitwear Projects
18 Files

Pirates
5 Files