Beyond the Bench: Extending the Jeweller's Studio
- Submitting institution
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Royal College of Art(The)
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Boyd3
- Type
- L - Artefact
- Location
- Glasgow/London/Dundee/Kansas City, MO/Little Rock, AR
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of production
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- Year of production
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This output consists of a series of artworks including finished pieces of jewellery supported by short film documentaries. The research innovates via the use of photogrammetry as a mobile tool for creating site-specific work/jewellery.
Photogrammetry is occasionally used in jewellery production, however the claim to originality within this research is the use of this method as a mobile and intuitive practice creating a distinct attachment between place and artefact. For each artwork, testing and a rigorous iterative process was essential to find the correct or desirable quality of mesh for the intended outcome. Documenting film, essential for the researcher's reflective analysis, was exhibited alongside the artworks.
Jewellery and place are interlinked, often inseparable. In this project jewellery serves as a communication tool speaking of the environment it inhabits, the regional and cultural influences of the wearer and wider society. The mobility of photogrammetry facilitated an exploration of the urban environment and the use, and elevation, of everyday objects to design for fine jewellery.
Capturing the process on film was integral part of reflection within the project and these films were shown alongside the jewellery in exhibitions, including Blooming Jewels at Contemporary Applied Arts in London, Connected (a group exhibition which toured internationally in Copenhagen, Munich and Glasgow) and Unnamed Collaboration Project with artist Euan McKenzie at the Briggait in Glasgow.
The project received significant coverage. Many of the objects are now in permanent collections in the USA (Nelson Atkins Museum and Little Rock Arkansas Arts Centre) and the UK (Goldsmiths Company Collection and V&A Dundee). The research process was explained in presentations given at The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Glasgow School of Art, and University of the Arts London (2017, 2018). A new work using the same approach is in the process of being commissioned for the V&A in 2021.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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