The development of 2.5D printing for appearance re-creation: Exploring ancient Mexican artwork through European archives (2024)
Thesis
Trujillo Vazquez, A. The development of 2.5D printing for appearance re-creation: Exploring ancient Mexican artwork through European archives. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11147755

This thesis investigates the capabilities of printing technology in producing 2.5D prints and utilises these findings to recreate the appearance of artwork from ancient Mexico, focusing on two types of artwork: damaged pre-Hispanic wall stucco relief... Read More about The development of 2.5D printing for appearance re-creation: Exploring ancient Mexican artwork through European archives.

An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes (2023)
Thesis
Gooby, B. An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8704673

Digital printing technology has had a major impact for the textile designer. Their design process now enables them to create complicated multi-layered digital designs incorporating photographic images and intricate detail. Artwork is no longer restri... Read More about An exploratory study of methodologies for digital colour printing in textile design, through an understanding of interwar historical colour palettes.

An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware (2023)
Thesis
Sheppy, L. An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9238193

Underglaze tissue transfer printing, termed transferware, is a genre of industrial printmaking on ceramics. This genre was practiced inside the factory and is described in my doctoral study as an industrial craft. Much of the knowledge surrounding th... Read More about An industrial craft reinstated: A printmaker's perspective on tissue transferware.

Model, print, shoot, repeat: An investigation into the impact of 3D printing as a tool in the stop-motion animation industries (2023)
Thesis
Cowley, L. Model, print, shoot, repeat: An investigation into the impact of 3D printing as a tool in the stop-motion animation industries. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8812119

This thesis investigates the use of 3D printing as a digital tool within the stop-motion animation industries, uncovering how this technology has affected and continues to affect the animation processes and those working with them. This is achieved b... Read More about Model, print, shoot, repeat: An investigation into the impact of 3D printing as a tool in the stop-motion animation industries.

Patterns of creative worker migration across the lifespan: The migration and occupation paths of Bristol designers, 1950-2018 (2021)
Thesis
Hughes, E. Patterns of creative worker migration across the lifespan: The migration and occupation paths of Bristol designers, 1950-2018. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6635214

Creative workers are theorised as autonomous and highly mobile, migrating away from their family of origin and childhood friends, breaking away from inherited values and expectations into independence. In contrast to theory, across Europe, including... Read More about Patterns of creative worker migration across the lifespan: The migration and occupation paths of Bristol designers, 1950-2018.

Of ligament and ligature: A practice-led investigation of letterpress printed artists’ books in the UK (2019)
Thesis
Butler, A. C. Of ligament and ligature: A practice-led investigation of letterpress printed artists’ books in the UK. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1492509

This thesis examines the practice of the contemporary maker of letterpress printed artists’ books in the UK. It focuses on individual and collaborative production of artists’ books with specific reference to utilisation of the letterpress process.... Read More about Of ligament and ligature: A practice-led investigation of letterpress printed artists’ books in the UK.

The application of 2.5D and 3D technologies for the conservation and presentation of surface texture in paintings (2018)
Thesis
Aure Calvet, X. The application of 2.5D and 3D technologies for the conservation and presentation of surface texture in paintings. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491140

This thesis investigates the use and potential applications of emerging 2.5D and 3D digital technologies applied to the study, conservation and presentation of the surface texture of paintings concentrating particularly on issues and applications r... Read More about The application of 2.5D and 3D technologies for the conservation and presentation of surface texture in paintings.

Towards a community of artists’ books: Extending international knowledge and debate in the field of artists’ books through practice-research (2018)
Thesis
Bodman, S. Towards a community of artists’ books: Extending international knowledge and debate in the field of artists’ books through practice-research. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/862355

ABSTRACT Towards a community of artists’ books: extending international knowledge and debate in the field of artists’ books through practice-research The field of activity in artists’ books – artworks in the form of a book - has evolved over the... Read More about Towards a community of artists’ books: Extending international knowledge and debate in the field of artists’ books through practice-research.

3D printed, self-glazed ceramics: An investigation inspired by Egyptian faience (2018)
Thesis
Nash, K. J. 3D printed, self-glazed ceramics: An investigation inspired by Egyptian faience. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/875312

This thesis investigates the potential for developing 3D printable ceramic materials inspired by an ancient Egyptian ware known as faience. Faience was produced in Egypt and the near east from the 4th millennium BC and was the first glazed ceramic ma... Read More about 3D printed, self-glazed ceramics: An investigation inspired by Egyptian faience.

The development of methods for the reproduction in continuous tone of digitally printed colour artworks (2017)
Thesis
McCallion, P. The development of methods for the reproduction in continuous tone of digitally printed colour artworks. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/879992

Advances in printing technologies in the late 19th century led to the development of half-toning techniques enabling the economical reproduction of photographic images in print. Whilst undoubtedly successful in low cost high volume image reproduction... Read More about The development of methods for the reproduction in continuous tone of digitally printed colour artworks.

The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications (2017)
Thesis
Olen, M. K. The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/885830

This thesis contributes to the defence of the practitioner perspective as a means of undertaking problems addressed predominantly in the field of colour science. Whilst artists have been exploring the use of colour for centuries through their persona... Read More about The development of multi-channel inkjet printing methodologies for fine art applications.

The performance of the print (2016)
Thesis
Moseley, P. The performance of the print. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/906786

The physical presence of contemporary photographs – whether as magazine, hoarding, wet chemistry, museum displays, inkjet prints or on-screen displays – is subordinate to the content of the image. However, resurgence of interest in the autographic o... Read More about The performance of the print.

An honourable practice: The artist’s print as a strategy for social engagement (2016)
Thesis
Frimodig, K. E. An honourable practice: The artist’s print as a strategy for social engagement. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914046

An Honourable Practice is a cohesive study of the operative and ethical framework around the role of the artist and printmaker. The research project uses the artist’s prints as a strategy for social engagement, drawing on the dynamic between a person... Read More about An honourable practice: The artist’s print as a strategy for social engagement.