Gretel Schwartzott

Design Consultant and producer of Architectural Models

Model Making / Rapid Prototyping / Sterolithography Design Services
Furniture Design
Architectural Interiors
Presentation and Graphics
CAD Services Laser Specialist - Prepare CAD Drawings, Laser Technician
Mentoring High School Students for Art and Design
Professions Art and Design Studio Workshops

Awards, Honors, Competitions, Other

2002-2012 Guest Critic-Yale School of Architecture Furniture Design Final review
2002-2010 Guest Critic-Yale School of Architecture Cast Aluminum Final Review Panel
2008 Honorable Mention- Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2006 South Point Competition NYC Roosevelt Island
2006 Honorable Mention Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2005 Park Avenue Green, Marco Island FL ideas Competition Finalist
2004 Canstruction NYC Winner Best Meal Team Leader for Beyer Blinder Belle
2004 Winner - Humanscale Faces in the Wild competition
2002 Winner of Graphis Design Annual 2002 Furniture Design Tonus Set
2002 ICFF Archit-X A+D Booth
2001 MOSAIC Foundation Finalist
2001 Winner of Village of Roslyn Harbor Local Safe Streets Competition
2001 Pentagon Memorial Competition
2001 Salone di mobile- Milan Italy Pratt Booth / 1 of 8 students selected to display furniture in Milan
2000 Gowanus Highway Competition
2000 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Pratt Booth Competition one of 10 students selected to display furniture
1999 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Pratt Booth one of 12 students selected to display furniture

Publications

Axis Magazine 01/2002 Dromus Chair
Contract Design Magazine 07/2002 Triad Table
Interior Design Magazine 11/2002 Dromus Chair
Graphis design Annual 2002 Tonus set
Case da Abitare 06/2001 Orbit chair
IBM cooperate Publication 07/2001 Graphic Illustration
Memo Magazine 07/2001 Tonus set
Graphis #328 08/2000 Orbit Chair
Design Diffusion News 10/1998 Ninus Chair
IBM Corporate Handout 8/1998 Various Illustrations

Shows and Exhibits of Visual Art

New Prospect Café 1995 Works on Paper solo exhibit Brooklyn NY
Group Show ’LOFT” 1995 Oil and Collage Brooklyn NY
Earthworks 1995 Collage on Paper NYC
New Prospect Cafe 1996 Paintings solo exhibit in Brooklyn NY
Group Show 1997 Kent Avenue Brooklyn NY
New Prospect Cafe 1997 Oil on Canvas solo exhibit Brooklyn NY
Earthworks 1995 Collage Brooklyn NY
New Prospect Cafe 1998 Works on Paper solo exhibit in Cafe
New Prospect Cafe 1999 Works on Paper solo exhibit in Cafe
Art Market Ithaca NY 1999 Small works on Paper group exhibit
Skull a Day Virginia 2011 3-d Collage in group show
Decoding Digital 2014 Digital Design group exhibit PRATT

Manager of fast paced architectural model shop.
Creating Budgets and Drafting Project Proposals
Managing and Staffing Projects
Ordering and Stocking Materials/Handling Suppliers/
Outsourcing Design Graphic Services,
Presentation
CAD Services
Streamlining and Expanding Large Scale Modelshop
Laser Cutter Specialist Prepare CAD drawings, Laser Technician Rapid Prototyping Sterolithography
Mentoring College Level Interns in Typical Design

Produced CAD/Renderings and designs for pharmaceutical promotional goods company

Model Maker including THINK Team Proposal
Furniture design for the DIFFA table, Destiny NY, Buddha Bar, Seminole Paradise and Emeril’s Buckhead
Design consultant for Set Design for Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof & Film Team America

Maker of All Things Funky

Brought in for the Motown Museum competition- Winning submission

Model Maker including THINK Team Proposal for the new design of the World Trade Center

Start up architecture and design Furniture/Product Design: sketching, rendering, drafting, research, scale models, pattern building and finishing, coordinating and presenting to manufacturers and prospective clients, exhibit design for booth in ICFF 2002, Coordinate branding and promotional materials. Architecture and Interiors: Design, site visits, construction documents, construction details, fast track scheduling, budgeting. Gretel Schwartzott gretel@levelarch.com 9176136602

10,000 sq ft set shop. Duties included Color Mixing, Color Matching & Layout from Set of Drawings

Hired for the Hasbro Toy Fair Expo

Apprenticed under Master Paint maker Richard Frumass learning the trade of mixing and milling traditional encaustic paint and in development of a newer medium Pigment Sticks. Studying the inherent qualities of pigments and binders.

Running Adult Workshops on Encaustic Paint and Pigment Stick Techniques

Seasonal Employee for the NY State Art PArk

Assisted internationally Acclaimed artists who recieved grants from NY State during their residencies. Small and large scale projects including welding, glassblowing, ceramics, fiber arts, jewelry and more.

Taught various Art Workshops to Children, Adults and Disabled students including Enameling, Pottery (wheel), Papermaking, Glassblowing and Bronze Casting