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Stef Walker  Curriculum vitae


Education/qualifications
2021
Full member of The Professional Gardener's Guild
2014-present

Self-employed Garden Design & Maintenance

2011-2014
Lowden Garden Centre-Horticultural worker
Jan 2014

The Horticultural Correspondence College-The Principles of Gardening-Distinction
Jan 2013
Horticultural Trades Association Level 3 Diploma in Garden Retail

September 2012-June 2013
Royal Horticultural Society Level 3 Certificate in Practical Horticulture 

Sep 2011-June 2012   
Royal Horticultural Society Level 2 Garden Planning, Establishment & Maintenance
Understanding garden features, plant selection & planning: Pass with commendation
Understanding the choice, establishment & maintenance of garden plants & lawns: Pass
Understanding the production of outdoor vegetables & fruit: Pass with commendation
Understanding protected environments & their use in plant cultivation: Pass

Sep 2007- June 2010       BA (Hons) Design: Illustration   2:1 Upper Second Class Honours             
Drawing, printmaking, bookbinding, digital workshops & media exploration
Autonomous practice, narrative sequence & digital illustration strategies
External commissions & competitions 
Final third year dissertation topic-purpose & viewpoints on Graffiti Art

Sep 1999-July 2006     
King Edwards School, Bath:  A-levels: Art A, Design & Technology A

GCSE’s: Art A*, French A*, Geography A*, Physical Education A* Maths A, English language A, English literature A, Double Science A, A 
Sep 2005-July 2006
Evening classes-Open college network Ceramics Level 1, 2, 3

General Achievements           
University of Plymouth hockey team 2007-2008 & 2009-2010
Ten Tors 35 miles expedition training team.
Duke of Edinburgh bronze award (voluntary hockey coaching, expeditions)
South West regional Hockey academy
King Edwards School hockey captain 1999-2006
Bath Buccaneers hockey team
Avon county Indoor Athletics championships, Birmingham-sprinting
Avon county outdoor Athletics.100 metres sprint & Javelin.
Bath & N E Somerset county netball squad

Artistic achievements/exhibitions/published work
2014

Black and white railway illustrations for the book 'Becoming a Goldbraid: Tales of Rural Railway Life'. March 2014. Available for sale in Waterstones.

2012
Shaw and Whitley Church Christmas Card design-2000 copies

2011-2012
Lowden Garden Centre marketing-posters, photography, newsletters, table talkers, mailshots

2010                        
University of Plymouth Faculty of Arts 2010 degree show poster

Careers centre creative CV winner
INK literary magazine 2010
360° drawing exhibition
Carrington Marshall’s book of illustrated poems ‘Door of the dead’.
Live hour drawing filmed for University of Plymouth Enterprise video
Designers Society box design for Harry Pearce, Pentagram, London
D&AD Talent pool online portfolio.

2009                                    
BBC Radio Devon, interview about Enterprise week, University of Plymouth

Peninsular Arts Romanian film posters exhibition (4) plus main poster for flyers
INK literary magazine 2009
Torre Arts & crafts market, Torquay
Art sale, Drake Circus shopping centre, Plymouth
Deckchair sling design competition, Creative Torbay
Association of Illustrators, Best of British Illustration Annual. New talent section
Association of Illustrators, Best of British Illustration exhibition, London college of Communication
Blanket magazine, ‘Holiday’ December edition

2005 & 2006                       
King Edwards school Design & technology prizes


Self-motivation           
Elected University of Plymouth Illustration year group representative & attended a training event. I developed skills in negotiation, time & meeting management, active listening & presenting information.
September-December 2006. 
Independent Travel expedition to Malawi, East Africa for 3 1/2 months.
Voluntary teaching for 3 weeks-art & maths. Voluntary mural painting inside the children’s ward on Likoma Island hospital



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