GuildWorks Senior Design Team:

Marc Ricketts -  a.k.a.  MAR
Founder-Director  /  Air Architect   /  Tension Structure Designer

With a background in architecture, geometry/morphology, and tension/ tensegrity structures, Marc has applied
himself to “Architecture of  the Air”. He is the founder of GuildWorks an art, performance and  design-science
based firm producing large scale installations that transform space using fiber-based  
architectural structures.

Marc is also known around the world for his kite designs. Zero wind kites which fly indoors, propelled only by
the movement of a dancer,  his designs push the limits of flight performance and beauty, taking “Art of the Air”
to the theater. Marc’s recent work with advanced design, composite materials, pneumatic structures and other  
new technologies are producing kinetic, floating and anatomic props new to the theater experience.

Marc’s design work and GuildWorks space-transforming Environments can be seen at special events, in
museums, galleries, and art centers and as permanent installation both in the US and internationally.


Key Youra - Design ‘Eye’
Creative Director for Sculptural and Fine Art Installations

A member of GuildWorks senior design team, Key has a diverse and extensive background including professional
degrees in both Fine Art and the Sciences.  Her refined visual comprehension of diverse artistic styles and mediums
make her the perfect  ‘Design Eye’ for GuildWorks.

Miss Youra also comes to GuildWorks with a background in corporate management.  She has hired and managed
teams of over 100 personnel.   Key uses this skill set to form and harmonize the GuildWorks team building and
cooperative culture.

As an artist and designer, Key is passionate about bringing the Art of Science and the Science of Art into every
GuildWorks project.



Spyder Carneol
Performance Design Director

Her eclectic background includes a BS degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
owned and operated an agriculturally based food manufacturing business for 10 years, and has been an experiential
education facilitator for over 10 years. She is a certified Shiatsu (based in Traditional Oriental Medicine)therapist, and
has been the producer of a large scale youth performance event in Madison WI since 2005.

Spyder began training in aerial dance in 1997, and has been a performance kite flyer with GuildWorks since 2000.
She began developing kite based performance art pieces for GuildWorks in 2001, and was the education and outreach
director creating kite based educational programming for youth from 2001-2005.

Through her experience in these movement forms she developed the term "tethered dance" and produces performance
art pieces and full scale theatrical productions involving kite flying, and prop manipulation, aerial dance, video projections
with kinetic screens, and puppetry.