David,s Resume

DAVID JOHN BURGESS

WOODWORKS

New York,NY,10128.

917 763 2744

davecherub@hotmail.com

http://www.hugh-harrison.co.uk/

PROFILE

As a formally trained, experienced carpenter, joiner, and conservation restoration expert,

I am seeking work in which I can contribute my skills as a craftsman.  My strengths

Include:  detail- and quality-orientation; diligence and reliability in meeting deadlines;

Track record of exceeding expectations of discerning clients; ability to work

Independently and as a strong team member.

EDUCATION

1984 – Graduated from Exmouth Community College, Exmouth, UK

  • Three-year course of study in woodworking skills; completed the course with the
  • Highest grade possible on the comprehensive final exam
  • EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
  • 1984-1985 – Youth Training Program, Exeter, Devon, UK
  • Program year included intensive training in antique restoration and theatrical
  • Scenery building
  • EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
  • Major projects have included (chronological order)

,    For the last year and a half I have been an employee for a restoration company in NYC working on some historical buildings. 2018-2020.

  • Building and Installing Custom closet CA 2018
  • Building custom Entrance way CA 2018
  • Building Windmill CA 2017
  • Building Custom furniture CA 2017
  • Kings college Cambridge University UK Organ Case Restoration UK 2016 http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/organ/restoration-2016/project-updates.html
  • Building Cabinets and Installing for Coastal colors CA 2014-2018
  • Contracting my conservation and cabinet skill Alongside ZMK construction CA 2015-2017
  • Building custom doors for kitchen in Le Mesa, CA 2014
  • Building kitchen cabinets for Local paint finisher, Carlsbad, CA 2014
  • Making drawers for Kitchen, Carlsbad, CA 2014
  • Installing stair spindles near Solana beach. 2014
  • Making and installing Arbor in Manhattan Penthouse NYC Apt 2013
  • Making and installing custom made cabinets 72nd street NYC 2013
  • Restoring 19th Century house Long Island 2013
  • . Conservation work on Trinity Gates Cambridge University UK 2012
  • http://www.thecambridgetourcompany.co.uk/?p=541. Conservation work On the Cafe Royal Regents street, London, UK, 2012
  • . Installing new floors and reinstating church pews, Corn worthy church UK 2012
  • Making bespoke furniture for BK Antiques, New York City 2012 http://bkantiques.com.
  • Restoring and building Window Shutters, Westhampton, LI, NY 2011
  • Making custom table, NY 2011
  • Built in cabinets Perry street, NY, 2010
  • Renovating two rooms in a private home Greenwich, CT 2010
  • Restoring 19TH Century home, Quogue, NY, 2009
  • Restoring old dock on lake for private home, Cutchogue, NY, 2009
  • Fabricating and installing screens in private home, Westhampton Beach, NY, 2009
  • Fabricating bathrooms in private home, Westhampton Beach, NY, 2009

Restoring antique window in private home, Quogue, NY, 2009

  • Building and installing new bell tower screen, West Anstey Church, Devon, UK,

2009

  • Removing, restoring, and conserving Rochester Cathedral gates, Rochester, Kent,

UK, 2009

  • Rebuilding of Jacobean staircase after severe fire damage, Bentley Hall,

Derbyshire, UK, 2008

  • Surveying Kensington Palace wall paneling, London, UK, 2007
  • Conserving Chapel screen, Spalding Church, Lincolnshire, UK, 2007
  • Conserving Angels on ceiling, Pinchbeck Church, Lincolnshire, UK, 2007
  • Conserving 15th Century Bayntun ceiling (personally thanked by Prince Charles

And Camilla Parker Bowles), St. Nicholas Church, Bromham Village, Wiltshire,

UK, 2006-2007

  • Restoring Church ceiling after smoke damage, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK, 2007
  • Repairing and conserving arch door, St. Cross Hospital & Almshouse of Noble

Poverty, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 2007

  • Paneling Eton College Library, Eton, Berkshire, UK, 2006
  • Removing, restoring, and rehanging Georgian Decalogue, St. Mary Church

Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, UK, 2005

  • Removing Grinlin Gibbon’s Reredos carving and screen and rehanging, St. James

Church, London, UK, 2005

  • Restoring Bishop’s Court House, Exeter, Devon, UK, 2006
  • Restoring Peterborough Cathedral Gates (national monument), Peterborough,

Cambridgeshire, UK, 2005

  • Helping to Build the cloisters for Lattingtown Church, Locust Valley, NY, 2004 https://hugh-harrison.co.uk/portfolio-items/st-john-of-lattingtown-long-island-new-york-cloister-front/
  • 1986-1990 – Company Quay Joinery, Exeter, Devon, UK
  • Built cabinetry, made windows and doors, fabricated cases for the British Museum
  • London, UK, exhibition for Museum of Mankind London, UK, and exhibition for
  • N.E.C Olympia, London, UK.
  • 1990-2002 – Exeter Cathedral
  • Assistant carpenter and joiner – projects included creating and repairing louvers,

Windows, doors, donation boxes, carving, cathedral roofing, turning, and

Exhibitions for royalty

  • 2002-Present – self-employed woodwork specialist
  • HONORS/AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS
  • The Guild of Master Craftsmen – an organization that supports and promotes

Excellence in more than 400 trades, including antique restorers, carpenters, and furniture

  • Makers, with a rigorous selection process to ensure the highest standards

Accepted as a member in 2005

REFERENCES

Available upon request

Fine woodworking