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Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Morrissey, S. Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia. Exhibited at Frome, Somerset. 22 March 2014 - 4 May 2014. (Unpublished)

Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia featured new artworks made especially for Frome by Simon & Tom Bloor, Peter Liversidge and Ruth Proctor. The project explored how we can make ordinary life and the places we live in that little bit more special, an... Read More about Instructions for an Ordinary Utopia.

Glass mold innovation through collaborative research (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T., & Matthias, G. (2014, March). Glass mold innovation through collaborative research. Presented at Glass Art Society 43rd Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Collaborations between practitioners with different skills and knowledge bases can be a great driver for innovation. Over the last 4 years we have been working together to combine our knowledge bases to develop a new approach in making glass casting... Read More about Glass mold innovation through collaborative research.

A very English process: Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to reappraise 19th century printing skills (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hoskins, S. (2014, March). A very English process: Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to reappraise 19th century printing skills. Paper presented at Material World, NCECA’s 48th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

The standard text regarding Blue and White underglaze ceramic transfer printing ‘Penny Plain and Twopence coloured’ begins: ‘Transfer printing is a particularly English form of ceramic decoration’(1). Underglaze tissue ceramic transfer printing fir... Read More about A very English process: Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to reappraise 19th century printing skills.

RUKSSIAN artists' books (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., Pogarsky, M., Vlasov, V., & Lukin, V. (2014). RUKSSIAN artists' books. 13 March 2014 - 18 May 2014. (Unpublished)

Curated by Sarah Bodman, Mikhail Pogarsky, Vasily Vlasov, Viktor Lukin. Artists' books speak the international language of art. These books can be understood in almost any corner of the world. Artists, who work in the genre of the artist's book profe... Read More about RUKSSIAN artists' books.

Illustration Forum 2014 - Witness: Reportage & Documentary (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gary, E., & Braund, S. (2014, March). Illustration Forum 2014 - Witness: Reportage & Documentary. Presented at Witness Reportage and documentary, Falmouth University, Falmouth, England

Six internationally renowned illustrators visited Falmouth University last week to present at the 12th annual Illustration Forum, 'Witness.' The event was chaired by Gary Embury, senior lecturer at the University of the West of England. Each year... Read More about Illustration Forum 2014 - Witness: Reportage & Documentary.

Reproducing the old masters: Applying colour mixing and painting methodologies to inkjet printing (2014)
Journal Article
Parraman, C., Olen, M., & Padfield, J. (2014). Reproducing the old masters: Applying colour mixing and painting methodologies to inkjet printing. Proceedings of SPIE, 9015, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040647

This research investigates multi-channel inkjet printing methods, which deviate from standard colour management workflows by reflecting on art historical processes, including the construction of colour in old master works, to reproduce specific colou... Read More about Reproducing the old masters: Applying colour mixing and painting methodologies to inkjet printing.

Warm-Cold Contrast (2014)
Physical Artefact
Webb, R. Warm-Cold Contrast. [Oil]. LARQ, Queenstown, Tasmania

60 relief prints concerned with seven different warm-cold contrasts of yellows against blue-greens and blues called Thoughts in Search of a Thinker. This was exhibited at Celia Lendis Contemporary in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in February 2014... Read More about Warm-Cold Contrast.

Continuous tone printing in silicone from CNC milled matrices (2014)
Journal Article
Hoskins, S., & McCallion, P. (2014). Continuous tone printing in silicone from CNC milled matrices. Proceedings of SPIE, 9018, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043123

Current research at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, is exploring the potential of creating coloured pictorial imagery from a continuous tone relief surface. To create the printing matrices... Read More about Continuous tone printing in silicone from CNC milled matrices.

Talking prints (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2014, February). Talking prints. Presented at Artlab Contemporary Print, Preston, UK

Based at the University of the West of England, Bristol, the book arts forms a small part of the Centre for Fine Print Research, where the research focus is on the production and investigation of the physical artefact, primarily predicated in print.... Read More about Talking prints.

Reflectance, illumination, and appearance in color constancy (2014)
Journal Article
McCann, J. J., Parraman, C., & Rizzi, A. (2014). Reflectance, illumination, and appearance in color constancy. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00005

We studied color constancy using a pair of identical 3-D Color Mondrian displays. We viewed one 3-D Mondrian in nearly uniform illumination, and the other in directional, nonuniform illumination. We used the three dimensional structures to modulate t... Read More about Reflectance, illumination, and appearance in color constancy.

Beyond Blue (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hoskins, S., Huson, D., Halfpenny, P., Baskeyfield, J., Hodes, C., Scott, P., …Orr, C. (2014, January). Beyond Blue. Presented at Beyond Blue Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

This symposium led by Professor Stephen Hoskins and David Huson brought together leading academic researchers, industry experts and artists to discuss underglaze tissue ceramic printing.

Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module (2014)
Journal Article
Assaf, T., Conn, A., Rossiter, J., Walters, P., & Pearson, M. (2014). Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module. Proceedings of SPIE, 9056, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044763

The article presents a working whisker structure based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs). This preliminary work aims to exploit the features of the dielectric elastomer technology for use in an effective and reliable robotic application whilst... Read More about Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module.

Illumination through illustration: Positioning illustration as practice-led research (2014)
Thesis
Black, S. Illumination through illustration: Positioning illustration as practice-led research. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/823169

This thesis represents a practice-led enquiry into contemporary illustration from a UK perspective. This thesis argues for illustration to be recognised as an inductive practice-led research process, within both education and developing criticism. Th... Read More about Illumination through illustration: Positioning illustration as practice-led research.

How to be a book artist (2014)
Journal Article
Sowden, T. (2014). How to be a book artist

Tom Sowden is an artist and a lecturer on the MA Multi-disciplinary Printmaking course at the University of the West of England. Commissioned by Artquest to shed some light into the complexities of working with book art, this article is a vital compe... Read More about How to be a book artist.

Blueprints for colour mixing: Towards 2.5D textural printing (2014)
Book Chapter
Parraman, C. (2014). Blueprints for colour mixing: Towards 2.5D textural printing. In P. L. Harrison, E. Shemilt, & A. Watson (Eds.), Borders and Crossings: The Artist as Explorer (180-185). Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee

As a result of the current advances in inkjet colour management and halftoning the significant impact of inkjet printing has meant that the artist can now take for granted high-quality colour and resolution in their printed images. Now that the digit... Read More about Blueprints for colour mixing: Towards 2.5D textural printing.

Estimating neugebauer primaries for multi-channel spectral printing modeling (2014)
Journal Article
Olen, M., Slavuj, R., Coppel, L. G., & Hardeberg, J. Y. (2014). Estimating neugebauer primaries for multi-channel spectral printing modeling. Proceedings of SPIE, 9018, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044041

Multichannel printer modeling has been an active area of research in the field of spectral printing. The most commonly used models for characterization of such systems are the spectral Neugebauer (SN) and its extensions. This work addresses issues th... Read More about Estimating neugebauer primaries for multi-channel spectral printing modeling.

The visual appearance and surface texture of materials according to the old masters (2014)
Journal Article
Parraman, C. (2014). The visual appearance and surface texture of materials according to the old masters. Proceedings of SPIE, 9018, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041216

Primary components in the colour reproduction of textured materials are firstly, the accurate rendering of the appearance of texture, and secondly the ability to print a surface topology that moves towards 2.5D printing. However, in order to render s... Read More about The visual appearance and surface texture of materials according to the old masters.