Prudence Albers

Sculpture, Illustration, and small scale metalwork with a healthy focus on utilizing methods, matierials, and processes of old world craftstmanship.
-Sculpture, Illustration, Carving and designing using traditional methods and materials like wax,pen and ink, paper, bronze,wood and clay.
-Conceptualize, Design, and create/fabricate prototypes for all manner of goods including but not limited to: Toys, Jewelry, Architectural Hardware elements, buckles, buttons, and accessory items, decorative tiles, etc...
- Small scale lost wax casting in a variety of brass and bronze formulas
- Construct basic models in Rhino 3D
-Create basic two part rtv and small hot processed vulcanized rubber molds
- 3D print post processing. refinement and clean up of 3D print prototypes for mass production

- Prepared wax models for large scale ceramic shell casting in bronze and brass
- Repaired, detailed, touched up, and sculpted both traditional wax and 3D printed model prototypes of new and historic architectural hardware prototypes.
-Participated in a NY Public Library architectural hardware restoration project
- Performed post processing of 3D print model prototypes for in-house tooling and mold making
- Operated a C-frame industrial wax injector
- Built wax trees for shell casting
*please note, the location was in Chester New York, USA. for some reason, this site automatically corrects any of my attempts at listing the NY location to Chester, England. I'm sure it is a lovely place, though I have yet to see it.

- Sculpted clay and wax prototypes of licensed properties for high volume mass production replication.
- Licensed properties included figures for NFL, NBA, NASCAR, MLB, NHL, Walking Dead (comic and TV), Lost, Napoleon Dynamite, Beowulf, etc..
- Sculpted fantasy line creatures Dragons, Horror, warriors of the Zodiac, with a focus on intricate detail
- Built, prepared, and checked for quality tooling, photography, and paint master copies.
- Performed post processing and quality control of 3D models for outsourced mass production
- Made bases, fittings, accessories & fixed/repaired anything damaged during conventions or the review & documentation process for anyone who needed help.