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From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design (2024)
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Morgan, L., & Heywood, R. (2024, June). From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design. Paper presented at BioColours 2024: Sustainable Value Chain for Colour, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

The textile industry is a global giant whose environmental consequences are severe. Textile processing accounts for 51% of a textile's overall carbon footprint (WRAP, 2022) and is estimated to contribute up to 20% of global industrial water pollution... Read More about From logwood to lasers: Bio-digital textile dyeing and design.

RTI-photogrammetry integration for planar surfaces capture (2024)
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Aure Calvet, X. (2024, May). RTI-photogrammetry integration for planar surfaces capture. Presented at 2and3D Photography - Practice and Prophecies, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The presentation will discuss the development and use of an automated 3D scanning system, providing an affordable and efficient method for the digitisation of cultural heritage artifacts. By integrating photogrammetry with Reflectance Transformation... Read More about RTI-photogrammetry integration for planar surfaces capture.

Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence (2024)
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Bodman, S. (2024, March). Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence. Paper presented at Książka artystyczna Obecność i nieobecność

Some of the ways that absence has been expressed through artists’ books - the loss of biodiversity, memory, relationships and culture. Examples include works by Roelof Bakker, Caren Florance, Ben Jenner, Gracia & Louise, Essence Press, Sophie Loss, E... Read More about Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence.

The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023, September). The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections. Presented at Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig, Kristiansand Kunsthall and Library Rådhusgata 11, 4611 Kristiansand, Norway

A short talk by Sarah Bodman about UK libraries and collections practices with artists' books for the seminar panel at: Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig (Nordic Artists' Books). The seminar at Kristiansand folkebibliotek focuses on artist's books an... Read More about The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections.

Printing structural colour (2023)
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Parraman, C. (2023, July). Printing structural colour. Presented at Colour Conference 2023, University of Leeds

RGB printing or structural colour printing is an intriguing method that transforms everything we know about CMYK subtractive printing by combining additive print methods and RGB pigments that can radically change the appearance of the printed image.... Read More about Printing structural colour.

To the library… where artists and books want to be (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023, July). To the library… where artists and books want to be. Presented at GENERATIVE SPACES The Creative Powers of the Art Library, ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference, Norwich

Sarah Bodman looks at some of the ways artist interact with the library as a creative catalyst for researching, making and exhibiting artists' books as well as making works in response to libraries. From installations by Guy Bigland, Leslie Mutchler... Read More about To the library… where artists and books want to be.

Extrusion of ceramic matrix composites (2023)
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Jorgensen, T., & Lightfoot, S. (2023, July). Extrusion of ceramic matrix composites. Paper presented at EcerS 2023, Lyon France

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) have been gaining increasing attention as an exceptionally useful material for challenging environments such as high temperature applications in Aerospace. However, their production has so far been limited to particul... Read More about Extrusion of ceramic matrix composites.

Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing (2023)
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Jorgensen, T., Lightfoot, S., Farzadnia, F., White, M., & Joyce-Badea, M. (2023, July). Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing. Paper presented at EcerS 2023, Lyon France

3D printing with polymer-based mediums is ubiquitous in many sectors with a broad range of technologies maturing and providing a very good level choice both in terms of cost and quality. However, with the ceramic medium some challenges still remain t... Read More about Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing.

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it (2023)
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Bodman, S., & Bakker, R. (2023, June). The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it. Presented at PROOF! 23 Symposium, UWE Bristol

Artists' talk for PROOF! Symposium Sarah Bodman and Roelof Bakker are undertaking a mail art collaboration to produce a body of work for exhibition / artist's book. Along the way we will document and reflect upon our practice to produce written text... Read More about The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

RGB colour printing and halftoning for the reproduction of structural colour images (2023)
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Parraman, C., Klein, S., Vazquez, A., & Fuller, H. (2023, June). RGB colour printing and halftoning for the reproduction of structural colour images. Presented at Color Impact 2023, Rochester Institute of Technology

Commercial CMYK halftone printing involves additive and subtractive colour mixing that requires the optical mixing of primary colour hues using different-sized dots to obtain variations in reflected colour. Structural colour, as seen in nature, such... Read More about RGB colour printing and halftoning for the reproduction of structural colour images.

Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds (2023)
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Bolouri, A., Jorgensen, T., Khayatzadeh, S., Soe, S., Leon, M., Lightfoot, S., …Farzadnia, F. (2023, June). Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds

This paper presentation outlines early-stage, ongoing research into novel approaches with Additive Layer Manufacturing for the direct manufacture of ceramic shell investment casting moulds. The research is focused on the use of 3D printing with refra... Read More about Novel use of robotic 3D paste printing technology for the creation of ceramic shell investment casting moulds.

The secret lives of books (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023, March). The secret lives of books

A free public talk for the Paper Ink Print Festival, Saturday 18th March 2023: If you are new to artists' books Sarah will show some examples from the CFPR Archive of what they might be: from literature inspired book objects and wordplay to works... Read More about The secret lives of books.

What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night (2023)
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Bodman, S. (2023, February). What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night. Presented at Printmaking to Book: Artist's Book in academic theory and practice/artists' talks/miscellanea, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław, Poland

Sarah Bodman explores the visual history of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project which has evolved over the last 13 years from a collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an international, participatory celebratio... Read More about What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night.

Meet me at the edge of infinity (2022)
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Ho, W. (2022, September). Meet me at the edge of infinity. Paper presented at IMPACT 12 Printmaking Conference, UWE Bristol

Colourful rainbow rolls, subtle blends, smoky à la poupée and shimmering bokashi appear in many types of print. These colour gradients are a continuous and gradual transformation from one colour to another, with no clear boundaries. They are a visual... Read More about Meet me at the edge of infinity.

Maxwell's disappointment and Sutton's accident (2022)
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Klein, S. (2022, May). Maxwell's disappointment and Sutton's accident. Paper presented at Print in Art, Industry and Science, Online

It has almost become somewhat of an urban legend or internet myth that James Clerk Maxwell created the first colour image and had demonstrated this at the Royal Institution in London in May 1861. He did present something, but what? In ‘The scientific... Read More about Maxwell's disappointment and Sutton's accident.

New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion (2022)
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Jorgensen, T., Fraser, S., & Lightfoot, S. (2022, March). New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion

This paper and presentation concern the development of new methods with ceramic profile extrusion with the aim of expanding the creative exploration of architectural ceramic components. The project has established fast tooling workflows for the creat... Read More about New approaches with ceramic profile extrusion.

Maxwell’s Disappointment / Sutton’s Accident (2022)
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Klein, S. (2022, March). Maxwell’s Disappointment / Sutton’s Accident. Presented at IfM Buns Talk, Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge

It has almost become somewhat of an urban legend or internet myth that James Clerk Maxwell created the first colour image and had demonstrated this at the Royal Institution in London in May 1861. He did present something, but what? In ‘The scientific... Read More about Maxwell’s Disappointment / Sutton’s Accident.

Niamh Fahy - Printmaking contemporary practice - Visiting lecturer Limerick School of Art and Design (2022)
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Fahy, N. (2022, March). Niamh Fahy - Printmaking contemporary practice - Visiting lecturer Limerick School of Art and Design. Presented at Limerick School of Art & Design, Ireland, Limerick School of Art & Design, Ireland

Print Contemporary Practice (PCP) programme is delighted to invite all students to an online talk to be delivered by the PCP Alumni and Ph.D. student Niamh Fahy on Friday, March 11th, at 10:00 am to talk about her artistic and academic journey since... Read More about Niamh Fahy - Printmaking contemporary practice - Visiting lecturer Limerick School of Art and Design.

Man-made crystals: A review of their historic and contemporary context and use (2022)
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Boons, S. (2022, January). Man-made crystals: A review of their historic and contemporary context and use. Paper presented at 16th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, University of Newcastle, Australia

This paper reports on the history and use of man-made crystals for jewellery in a contemporary context. The cross-disciplinary contextual review traces human fascination with gemstones back centuries, and covers key developments in their ‘imitation’.... Read More about Man-made crystals: A review of their historic and contemporary context and use.