All Outputs (37)

Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Fahy, N. (2021, December). Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Presented at Visual Culture Research Group, (Online) Visual Culture Research Group, University of the West of England, UK

The purpose of this presentation is to examine the cyclical methodologies of field work, deep mapping and printmaking employed to investigate the changing land use of the Slieve Aughty Mountains located in the West of Ireland. Landscapes subjected to... Read More about Slow violence and the Slieve Aughty Mountains.

Creative exploitation of laser processing: A new toolbox for textile design (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Morgan, L. (2021, December). Creative exploitation of laser processing: A new toolbox for textile design. Paper presented at Print in Art, Industry and Science, Institute of Physics

In this talk, Laura will discuss her design-led research on innovative digitally-driven surface treatments for colouration, 3D finishing and surface design of materials. She has developed multiple new opportunities to harness infrared laser irradiati... Read More about Creative exploitation of laser processing: A new toolbox for textile design.

Man-made crystals for jewellery (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2021, December). Man-made crystals for jewellery. Presented at Future Materials Conference, Birmingham

With crystal growing techniques having been around for many years, bespoke man-made crystals now drive innovations in a range of industries. This has however not translated into the jewellery industry, where innovations with man-made crystals have re... Read More about Man-made crystals for jewellery.

Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T. (2021, December). Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process. Paper presented at Touch, virtual

The presentation provides reflections on an ongoing research enquiry which explores the clay extrusion process. A particular challenge in the project is the handling of the soft extruded shapes. The presentation outlines the challenges of minimising... Read More about Touch: Reflections on handling but not touching during the making process.

Man-made gems: An investigation into the design implications, possibilities and limitations of utilising man-made gems for jewellery (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2021, December). Man-made gems: An investigation into the design implications, possibilities and limitations of utilising man-made gems for jewellery. Paper presented at IASDR 2021: The ninth Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

With crystal growing techniques having been around for many years, bespoke man-made gems now drive innovations in a range of industries. This has however not translated into the jewellery industry, where innovations with man-made gems have remained l... Read More about Man-made gems: An investigation into the design implications, possibilities and limitations of utilising man-made gems for jewellery.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?.

The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T., & Lightfoot, S. (2021, October). The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds. Paper presented at Print4Fab 2021 : Printing for Fabrication Online 2021, Online

This paper presentation outlines early-stage results from research into the use of low-cost 3D printing to create foundry patterns for Aluminum metal casting with oil bonded sand molds. The paper outlines findings and observations in relation to the... Read More about The use of 3D printed foundry patterns for aluminum casting with oil bonded sand molds.

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

Sofie Boons, Research Associate and Craft Council Research Fellow of the UWE Bristol will start our discussions about stones by presenting her PhD research project next Wednesday in our first roundtabel. Sofie Boons is investigating the design impli... Read More about Man-made crystals.

Touch: Reflections on making - a crafted digital event (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S., Fahy, N., & Ho, W. (2021, September). Touch: Reflections on making - a crafted digital event. Paper presented at The Image, Twelfth International Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

This paper reports on the online symposium titled Touch: Reflections on Making developed between the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England and the UK Crafts Council in December 2020. The event addressed the th... Read More about Touch: Reflections on making - a crafted digital event.

One and many: Wet-Collodion and Woodburytype (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Klein, S., & Elter, P. (2021, September). One and many: Wet-Collodion and Woodburytype. Paper presented at Don’t Press Print Conference 02 – De/Reconstructing Photomechanical Reproduction, RPS Bristol

The invention of photography in the 19th century changed our perception of reality for ever. Without the interpretation of an artist, an image could be recorded within minutes representing 'unfiltered' reality. Besides the scientific challenge how to... Read More about One and many: Wet-Collodion and Woodburytype.

Fast and furious: Photolithography (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Klein, S., & Fuller, H. (2021, September). Fast and furious: Photolithography. Paper presented at Don't Press Print: De/Reconstructing Photomechanical Reproduction, Online

A short history Photolithography, as we know it today in printmaking, has many origins. All were invented with speed of production in mind. It all started with a missed deadline. Alois Senefelder, a trained layer with more love for the theatre than f... Read More about Fast and furious: Photolithography.

Man-made crystals (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2021, August). Man-made crystals. Paper presented at Nordes 2021: Matters of Scale, Kolding

With crystal growing techniques having been around for many years, bespoke man-made crystals now drive innovations in a range of industries. This has however not translated into the jewellery industry, where innovations with man-made crystals have re... Read More about Man-made crystals.