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Making colour break, bend and bounce (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ho, W. (2021, December). Making colour break, bend and bounce. Paper presented at International Mokuhanga Conference Sumi-Fusion, Nara, Japan

Goma-zuri is a printing technique in Japanese woodblock which is characterised by specks of pigment that form a spotty rather than a flat layer of colour. Sometimes regarded as a beginner’s mistake, the Sosaku-hanga (creative print) movement of artis... Read More about Making colour break, bend and bounce.

The practice of multispecies relations in urban space and its potentialities for new legal imaginaries (2021)
Journal Article
Dillon, T. (2021). The practice of multispecies relations in urban space and its potentialities for new legal imaginaries. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 12(Special Issue), 148-161. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2021.00.07

This article explores what it means to enact multispecies relations in urban space. This exploration is rooted in contemporary art practices that create living frameworks through which encounters with non-human animal cultures, histories, rituals and... Read More about The practice of multispecies relations in urban space and its potentialities for new legal imaginaries.

Drawing at art school (2021)
Physical Artefact
Ward, L., Embury, G., & Mercier, A. Drawing at art school. [Paper book publication]

Drawing at Art School was a symposium that took place in November 2019, with speakers discussing their experiences and views on the role and value of drawing within the Art School. The Symposium was organised by UWE Drawing Research.

Journeys: The Healing Arts Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Embury, G. Journeys: The Healing Arts Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. [Pencil and drawing media]. 24 November 2021 - 13 January 2022. (Unpublished)

As part of the Drawn in Residence II project at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, Reportage artists Olivier Kugler, Tim King, Emily Thomas and University of the West of England Drawing research group members, Anouk Mercier, Lucy Ward and Gary Embu... Read More about Journeys: The Healing Arts Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.

Interdisciplinary thinking and creativity (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ho, W. (2021, November). Interdisciplinary thinking and creativity. Presented at International Conference on Innovation in Visual Arts (ICIVA'21), Amity University, Delhi, India

Various life experiences can feed creativity. My professional training as a veterinarian was an unusual foundation for lateral thinking and creative improvisation. A lucky scholarship to study printmaking in Japan developed my technical ability. Shar... Read More about Interdisciplinary thinking and creativity.

Interdisciplinary practice and creativity thinking in visual arts (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ho, W. (2021, November). Interdisciplinary practice and creativity thinking in visual arts. Presented at International Conference on Innovation in Visual Arts (ICIVA'21), Amity University, Delhi

Various life experiences can feed creativity. My professional training as a veterinarian was an unusual foundation for lateral thinking and creative improvisation. A lucky scholarship to study printmaking in Japan developed my technical ability. Shar... Read More about Interdisciplinary practice and creativity thinking in visual arts.

Violent impressions - an investigation of slow violence through a printmaking and photography practice (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Fahy, N. (2021, November). Violent impressions - an investigation of slow violence through a printmaking and photography practice. Paper presented at Violence: The fourth Biennial PARSE Research Conference, (Online) Faculty of Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg

The human actions that create waste and initiate slow violence do not climax with the death and destruction of environment. Other-than-human life will continually and non-coherently assert agency over the future forms and adaptions of that waste (Hir... Read More about Violent impressions - an investigation of slow violence through a printmaking and photography practice.

Charging surface (2021)
Patent
Worgan, P., Collett, M., Omirou, T., & Sutton, M. (in press). Charging surface. GB2549135A. Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

This patent relates to a charging surface capable of charging multiple portable electronic devices with an internal energy store. Today we are using multiple portable electronic devices, such as smartphones and smartwatches, each of which require... Read More about Charging surface.

Hockney to Himid - 60 years of British printmaking (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Chamberlain, I. Hockney to Himid - 60 years of British printmaking. [Printmaking]. 13 November 2021 - 24 April 2022. (Unpublished)

Including works by Edward Bawden, Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Chris Ofili, Grayson Perry and Rachel Whiteread, amongst others, this extraordinary exhibition features over 100 prints by 90 different artists. From wood e... Read More about Hockney to Himid - 60 years of British printmaking.

From literaturewurst to looped (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2021, November). From literaturewurst to looped. Presented at Spineless Wonders - Small Press Artists Books; The Global Book; Materials, Materiality and Process conference, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London

Sarah Bodman explores how we might interact with books through non-linear reading; appropriated texts from books repurposed as 3D artefacts; collaborative and participatory projects that explore books, reading and memory.

Man-made crystals: A review of their historic and contemporary context and use (2021)
Journal Article
Boons, S. (2021). Man-made crystals: A review of their historic and contemporary context and use. International Journal of Design in Society, 15(2), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1328/cgp/v15i02/63-71

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

Trinity Buoy wharf Drawing prize 2022 (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Chamberlain, I. Trinity Buoy wharf Drawing prize 2022. [Works on paper]. 1 November 2021 - 5 March 2022. (Unpublished)

Texture to screen and back again: Exploring the manuscript as material landscape (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Aure Calvet, X., & De Filippo, A. (2021, October). Texture to screen and back again: Exploring the manuscript as material landscape. Presented at Unbound: Exploring Accessibility in Book Exhibitions

The textures and materialities of the pages of a manuscript are often concealed by conventional modes of display, which tend to present a manuscript as a static two-dimensional surface. Yet, if we can reveal the page of a manuscript as a physical env... Read More about Texture to screen and back again: Exploring the manuscript as material landscape.

Man-made crystals (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2021, October). Man-made crystals

As a self-proclaimed alchemical jeweller Sofie Boons will trace her practice and obsession with scents, substances and science followed by an insight into her current PhD investigation into the design implications, possibilities, and limits of utilis... Read More about Man-made crystals.

Robust and flexible optically active 2D membranes based on encapsulation of liquid crystals in graphene oxide pockets (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, M., Goh, S. M., Yang, K., Nikitina, A. A., Chen, S., Leng, X., …Andreeva, D. V. (2021). Robust and flexible optically active 2D membranes based on encapsulation of liquid crystals in graphene oxide pockets. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(22), Article 2101432. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101432

Design and engineering of novel low dimensional metamaterials allow for new applications in membrane technology, aerospace and automotive industries, architecture, robotics, medicine, and textiles. Such materials can be strong, flexible, transparent,... Read More about Robust and flexible optically active 2D membranes based on encapsulation of liquid crystals in graphene oxide pockets.

Maxwell’s disappointment / Sutton’s accident (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Klein, S., Elter, P., Trujillo Vazquez, A., & Fahy, N. (2021, October). Maxwell’s disappointment / Sutton’s accident. Presented at Colour Fever, 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 / Sutton’s accident.

The light fantastic: Laser technology for textile surface coloration and patterning (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Morgan, L., Shen, J., Kane, F., & Tyrer, J. The light fantastic: Laser technology for textile surface coloration and patterning. [Textile]. Exhibited at UK Pavillion, Dubai, UAE. 21 October 2021 - 23 October 2021. (Unpublished)

The consumption of water and energy used in current dyeing and finishing processes in the textile industry poses significant environmental concern. By offering alternative solutions to traditional textile wet processing through dry laser technology,... Read More about The light fantastic: Laser technology for textile surface coloration and patterning.

Can you handle it? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2021, October). Can you handle it?. Paper presented at Materiality, Space and Embodiment | Illuminating the Non-Representable, Istanbul, Turkey

Sarah will explore some aspects of our engagement with materiality through books we feel we must handle, may not want to touch, or books which make us complicit in their narrative through turning or interacting with the pages. Showing examples of art... Read More about Can you handle it?.