About Us
Pitstop Creations is a collaboration between artists Nick Tiernan and Sarah Oxley, combining their shared experience and skills to bring stories and ideas to life. We create environments, costumes, props and bespoke pieces. We have collaborated for over twelve years and find that our personalities and strengths compliment each other perfectly.
Nick Tiernan - standby props, set builder & prop maker
When Nick isn’t cooking (outdoors over an open fire if possible), in his veg patch or out walking and foraging in the woods somewhere, he can be found creating all manner of weird and wonderful things in his workshop.
Nick currently works in tv as standby props but previously worked as special effects tutor and an events company site manager for many years before moving into the art department for television and theatre.
Nick has been a prop maker, sculptor and set builder for over twenty years, creating everything from a life size elephant puppet and replica WW1 rifles to full prosthetic and foam sculptured costumes complete with armour and horns to creating a pair of human sized demon wings and building a huge Tower of London in a dry swimming pool.
His sets, sculptures and props have been seen by thousands of people in theatre productions, on tv and on parades such as Manchester Day, Manchester Diwali and Live Action Role Play events across the country.
Sarah Oxley - set & costume designer, production buyer, art director, set decorator
Sarah has always loved creating things and feels very fortunate to have had a career for over twenty years doing just that.
For television and film Sarah has worked with the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 amongst others as production designer, costume designer/head of wardrobe, production buyer, set decorator and art director. These involved working to strict deadlines, managing tight budgets & departments, prop and costume buying, managing set construction, instillation and set up/take down, working on location and in front of live studio audiences.
As a set and costume designer Sarah has worked with many theatres and production companies across the UK designing plays, musicals, ballet, pantomimes and theatre in education, developing a varied body of work, designing productions for the outdoors, site specific locations, in the round and promenade as well as traditional studios and theatres.
Sarah is also a community artist and maker. Having worked with Walk the Plank for the past twelve years on projects such as Manchester Day, Little Hulton Festival, The Darnhill Carnival, Diwali and Holi festivals Sarah has worked with a wide variety of groups of people nurturing their creativity and confidence to produce amazing pieces of art, parades, puppets and costumes.
Sarah has loved the journey her work has taken her on and having the pleasure to work with so many brilliant people, creating fantastic memories and stories together.
