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Designer Behind Those Extravagant Costumes On 'The Masked Singer' Is Now Helping Make PPE For Healthcare Workers
06 May 2020
PA Media - 3DCrowd UK
The costume designer behind the disguises on "The Masked Singer" has turned his talents to making personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS workers on the front line.
<p>Tim Simpson nearly died from pneumonia in his 20s, so he knows the havoc diseases respiratory can reap on people's lungs.</p><p>So when lockdown was imposed, he took his 3D printer home from work and set about making face shields for healthcare workers, alongside volunteers from all over the country.</p><p>Now he is part of a network of 8,000 people across the UK making and distributing PPE equipment.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi8zZWFjNDg0OTU4MzU4ZTZmYTQxZGEzNmFmMTIwMTA0ZVkyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRnNE9EUTJOekV4LzIuNTM2NDUwMzYuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTM0OTQyNX0.44YZcpfwbk6mkzWnDp9SWhJkHdgbr3O4dZOd02Am1r8/img.jpg" id="a14f2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="13191f85d533c6e4e4ef021191929b21" alt="Coronavirus \u2013 Wed May 6, 2020"><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">A costume design for The Masked Singer (Tim Simpson/Plunge Creations/PA)</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="add photo credit...">PA Media - Tim Simpson/Plunge Creations</small></p><p>He runs production company Plunge Creations and designed all the masks for the hugely popular "The Masked Singer" UK, which was won by former Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts.</p><p>“It has been amazing. I have never been involved in anything like this," Simpson said.</p><p><div id="insticator-container" class="embedid-c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"><div id="div-insticator-ad-1"></div><div id="insticator-embed"></div><div id="div-insticator-ad-2"></div><script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript">Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-1");Insticator.ad.loadAd("div-insticator-ad-2");Insticator.load("em",{id : "c230ccfe-b34e-4c23-8bb0-aaf80e33dfdf"})</script></div></p><p>“There's this sort of network of people who have never met face to face who are all working frantically to try and fulfill this need around the country."</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi8zZGQ1YWFlYzBjZDkyMDNiNzkzYjcwNjg5ZDM1MDAxM1kyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRnNE9EUTJOelE1LzIuNTM2NDUwMzkuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNjE3MjQ0Nn0.oLcpSP0gCtqCFvtZv9wElU5apprMIAzM9Wp84-rgQCQ/img.jpg" id="e73f9" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b6f04ed5351890f911670579cdaddb09" alt="Coronavirus \u2013 Wed May 6, 2020"><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Tim Simpson working on a costume design (Tim Simpson/Plunge Creations/PA)</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="add photo credit...">PA Media - Tim Simpson/Plunge Creations</small></p><p>So far the organization has supplied 100,000 face shields to over 160 NHS trusts.</p><p>Simpson says there remains a huge demand, with orders placed for 600,000 masks in total.</p><p>“There are people working in hospitals who are being told that PPE is coming and yet they are coming to us because they are scared," he added.</p><p>“We have frontline workers who are just unbelievably grateful."</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi8yYTMzZTZlNzEyNDZiZWNmZGJjODkxMWZiMDUyZTVjNVkyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRnNE9EUTJOemMwLzIuNTM2NDUwNDMuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3NDk5ODk0OH0.j7lV5b5E6iR4PgJfbGfqaXUABFf0R3hdeJtRBgwKkwY/img.jpg" id="4c28c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9c2df98c344b74088f0fa97c5d6e6fe2" alt="Coronavirus \u2013 Wed May 6, 2020"><small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">A face shield made by Tim Simpson (3DCrowd UK/PA)</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="add photo credit...">PA Media - 3DCrowd UK</small></p><p>Simpson spoke about how he spent days in hospital in Newcastle due to his bout of pneumonia, and how the thought of going through a respiratory disease again scares him.</p><p>“It's a disease that gives me the willies because I know that I might not fair too well if it does get me," he said.</p><p>“I have just got to keep going, making sure other people are going to be alright."</p><p>To donate to 3DCrowd UK, visit <a href="https://uk.gofundme.com/f/3dcrowd-emergency-3d-printed-face-shields" target="_blank">https://uk.gofundme.com/f/3dcrowd-emergency-3d-pri...</a></p>
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