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Paying forward - The new lights press model supporting artists’ books and print-based communities (2025)
Journal Article

NewLights Press was founded by artist Aaron Cohick in 2000 in Baltimore, USA as a means of publishing his own practice - artists' books and experimental printmaking, as well as works by other artists and writers, all printed and bound by hand in hous... Read More about Paying forward - The new lights press model supporting artists’ books and print-based communities.

Statistical or embodied? Comparing colorseeing, colorblind, painters, and large language models in their processing of color metaphors (2025)
Journal Article

AbstractCan metaphorical reasoning involving embodied experience—such as color perception—be learned from the statistics of language alone? Recent work finds that colorblind individuals robustly understand and reason abstractly about color, implying... Read More about Statistical or embodied? Comparing colorseeing, colorblind, painters, and large language models in their processing of color metaphors.

Erase all the maps for: Mapping Australia’s artists book histories: A group effort (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Invited presentation: I have had the absolute pleasure of learning about the history and development of the artist's book in Australia through the work of individuals such as Helen Cole, Des Cowley, Marian Crawford, Caren Florance, Noreen Grahame, Ro... Read More about Erase all the maps for: Mapping Australia’s artists book histories: A group effort.

Collegiality as a critical professional concern among preservice art teachers in England (2025)
Journal Article

In this paper, a case is made for the value critical communities of learning practice can provide for preservice art teachers in England. Developing collegiality among this demographic is viewed as urgent, particularly in contexts such as England, wh... Read More about Collegiality as a critical professional concern among preservice art teachers in England.

Care companions: Co-design and adoption of the HUG soft therapeutic comforter across a health board (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

HUG by LAUGH is a specialized therapeutic comforter that was co-designed for individuals with dementia, featuring weighted limbs, soft body, simulated heartbeat and built-in music player programmed with favourite songs. Extensive research and develop... Read More about Care companions: Co-design and adoption of the HUG soft therapeutic comforter across a health board.

What pollen knows (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation identifies a series of experimental human and more-than-human archetypes as colluding research partners. Developed within a critical alternative photographic practice, this research takes place in a landscape dominated by rapidity,... Read More about What pollen knows.

Citizen scientists’ motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK (2025)
Journal Article

Citizen scientists have become integral participants in biodiversity monitoring, and the demand for effective surveying efforts has sparked interest in utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) for species monitoring, drawing volunteers into survey planning... Read More about Citizen scientists’ motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK.

Designing a learner-centred & contemporary curriculum (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

State of the nation: an insight into art, craft and design education across the UK.

Beyond the display case: New methods for documenting and accessing historic textile collections (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research project introduces new methods for documenting and engaging with historic textiles, focusing on the unique challenges of Stuart embroideries. By combining advanced imaging techniques that capture detailed 3D shapes and surface textures... Read More about Beyond the display case: New methods for documenting and accessing historic textile collections.

Matching the stitch: Autonomous classification of embroidery techniques for replication (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Creating physical replicas of historic embroideries is crucial for studying heritage production techniques, producing "as new" copies of damaged or degraded pieces, and providing tactile experiences for experts and the public with less fragile artifa... Read More about Matching the stitch: Autonomous classification of embroidery techniques for replication.

In the Chinks of the Wyndham Machine (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

‘Good farming’ in a polycrisis: What could arts‐led research offer? (2025)
Journal Article

What does ‘good farming’ look like in a context of climatic, technological, socio‐economic, regulatory, and geopolitical upheaval? In this commentary, we highlight the opportunities presented by arts‐led research to complement the existing STEM‐centr... Read More about ‘Good farming’ in a polycrisis: What could arts‐led research offer?.

FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA (2025)
Exhibition / Performance

CURATOR Ania Gilmore.

FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA is a response to crises and ongoing global conflicts humanity is facing today. Artists were invited to speak up on issues related to human rights, war, violence, social and racial injustice. The missio... Read More about FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA.

Colouring In: An attempt at polyvocal publishing (2025)
Journal Article

Many writers and academics (including Teal Triggs, Rick Poynor and Michele Bogart) have commented on the relative paucity of theoretically grounded writing in illustration over the past decades. Recently a number of new platforms and initiatives have... Read More about Colouring In: An attempt at polyvocal publishing.

Unpacking the university-creative economy assemblage: The discourses, dynamics and possibilities of creative R&D programmes (2025)
Journal Article

The UK government's Creative Industries Sector Vision identifies the creative industries as a growth engine, supporting the state's ambition for the UK to be a global innovation hub and foregrounding the role of universities ‘to champion spin-outs’ a... Read More about Unpacking the university-creative economy assemblage: The discourses, dynamics and possibilities of creative R&D programmes.

Wild stories: Stalking story design principles that move participative audiences through animate worlds (2025)
Thesis

An experiential framework for participative stories that animate interrelated audiences through playful worlds.

Wild stories, as a form, are an experiential framework designed from an ontological foundation of aliveness. They take into account our... Read More about Wild stories: Stalking story design principles that move participative audiences through animate worlds.

Trust, privacy and energy data governance: Understanding UK consumer perspectives in smart home energy device adoption (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Ink For Printmakers (2025)
Book

Inks have remained a fundamental aspect of the printing process for thousands of years. In this comprehensive and accessible guide, Stephen Hoskins and Michael Craine trace the development of inks from ancient China, through the Middle Ages and the i... Read More about Ink For Printmakers.

Neo-gemstones: An alchemical jeweller’s exploration of lab-grown crystals and related technologies, proposing innovations whilst challenging context, terminology, and underlying assumptions (2025)
Thesis

With crystal growing techniques having been around since the 19th century, man-made crystals now drive innovations in various industries. However, this has not fully translated into the jewellery industry, where efforts to de-value them have limited... Read More about Neo-gemstones: An alchemical jeweller’s exploration of lab-grown crystals and related technologies, proposing innovations whilst challenging context, terminology, and underlying assumptions.

Ink for Printmaking (2025)
Book

The ultimate guide to printing inks and processes, from the pigment to the printmaker.

Since printing's invention in the sixth century, inks have remained a fundamental aspect of the printing process. In this comprehensive and accessible guide, St... Read More about Ink for Printmaking.