Cloud Dare
(they/them)
+44 79852 70782
@someonepleaseholdme
someonepleaseholdme@gmail.com
London, United Kingdom
About the Director:
Cloud Dare is a Queer multidisciplinary creative working from London in community organisation regarding climate emergency. Their history as a professional tailor provided unique insight into human-object relationships whilst undertaking Critical Practice for Fashion Media and Communications at London College of Fashion for their undergraduate study. The culmination of their BA research is in Scavenger-Crafting as an actionable methodology for forging relationship-oriented modes of living within a dying planet. Their work activating this field branches broadly, seeping into as many access points as possible, including performance art, academic text, personal essay, teaching, facilitating workshops, event organisation, poetry, film and Drag.
In Progress
(Master of Arts) Sociology with Inventive Urban Planning
Goldsmiths, University of London
2024
(Bachelor of Arts with Honours) Critical Practice for Fashion Media and Communications
London Collage of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Estimated Result: First
2021
(Certificate of Higher Education) Internation Preparation for Fashion
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Result: Pass with Specialisation in Fashion Media
2019
South Australian Certificate of Education
Scotch College, Adelaide
SACE: Completed Atar: 99.25 Merit(s): English
Critical Practice for Fashion Media and Communication Course Leader at LCF
s.barr@fashion.arts.ac.uk
Deborah Curtis
Creative Director for the Great Imagining
deborah@houseoffairytales.org
May 2025
Workshop Assistant
Reuse & Repair Fair @artillery_arts
Helping members of the public mend clothing.
April 2025
Workshop Facilitator
London College of Fashion @lcflondon_
Leading workshops regarding fashion waste cultures with 6th form students.
June 2024 – present
Teacher
Cheeky Handmades @cheekyhandmades
Writing and running beginner sewing courses for children 7+.
February – March 2024
Workshop Leader, Imagineer
The Great Imagining Cannock Chase @thegreatimagining
Writing and running workshops regarding symbiotic biology, craft, and fashion industry damage for primary and secondary school children in schools in the West Midlands.
March – September 2020
Tutor
Scotch College Adelaide
Personal tutor for students ages 14-17 in subjects of Mathematics, Specialist Mathematics, English, Design and Technology, and university preparation.
Community Event Organisation:March 2024 – present
Organiser/Director
Craftanoon X The Great Imagining at The London LGBTQ+ Centre @ldnlgbtqcentre
Running free sustainable crafts days for Queer families with very young children.
January 2024 – present
Organiser/Director
Craftanoon X The Great Imagining
Running sustainable craft stall at The Great Imagining events in London and the West Midlands.
May – July 2023
Organiser/Director
Craftanoon at Dalsten Squat @the.away.place
Running weekly free, sober, sustainable crafts event for the Queer rave community in London.
April - July 2023
Stock Assistant
Free Shop @the_friendly.society
Scavenging, sourcing, cleaning, and organising stock.
January – September 2020
Store Assistant
Harvey Seeker
In store and online marketing design, social media director, manufacturing assistant.
Writting Career:April 2024
Speaker
Symposium on Fashion Communications for Socio-Ecological Development @fashion_studies_at_aup
Presenting on the consumer residue, the abundance of usabe rubbish in metropolitan areas, and scavenger-craft.
October 2022
Writer
CYBERUS @cyberus.world
Writing short stories for cyber-feminist zine CYBERUS.
September 2021 – November 2022
Writer, Editor & Publisher
HOLD ME
Editing, producing, writing for, and binding a Queer collaborative multimedia book themed on post-humanism, intimacy, residue, identity, faith and technology.
Creative Career:
November 2022 – October 2023
Performer
Smiler Nights @smiler_ltd
Interactive poetry & personal essay performance art.
October 2022
January – September 2020
Stock Production
Adelaide Vintage @adelaidevintage
Producing collections from second hand fabrics and materials to be sold at local vintage store Adelaide Vintage.
February 2018 – January 2020
Tailor
Self-Employed
Small business producing formalwear commissions, alterations, and tailoring services.
• Adobe Photo Shop
• Adobe Premier Pro
• Adobe InDesign
• Photography/Film Tech
Writing Skills:
• Academic Essay
• Emotive Essay/Poetry
• Critical Research and Analysis
• Public/Performed Speech
• Organising Community events
• Facilitating Workshops
• Lesson Plans
Physical/Craft/Hand Skills:
• Garment Construction
• Garment Alteration
• Pattern Cutting
• Weaving
• Knitting
• Embroidery
• Beading
• Book Binding
• Paper Engineering (Pop- up)
• Tattooing
Personal/Interpersonal Skills:
• Infectious enthusiasm
• Commitment to role
• Leadership
• Honesty in practice
• Hardworking
• Problem solving
• Intuitive
• Determined
• Energetic
• Approachable
• Self-Disciplined