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Re:presenting making: the integration of new technology into ceramic designer-maker practice. (1998)
Thesis
BUNNELL, K. 1998. Re:presenting making: the integration of new technology into ceramic designer-maker practice. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The aim of the research is to integrate computer technologies and environmentally - sensitive materials and processes into the practice of the ceramic designer-maker, in order to assess the impact of new technologies on practice. A critical contextua... Read More about Re:presenting making: the integration of new technology into ceramic designer-maker practice..

Environmentally sensitive printmaking: a framework for safe practice. (1997)
Thesis
PENGELLY, J. 1997. Environmentally sensitive printmaking: a framework for safe practice. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research is concerned with establishing a rationale which will link safe printmaking practices with artists' individual and sustainable creative practices, by investigating the preconception that printmaking practices may be limited by adopting... Read More about Environmentally sensitive printmaking: a framework for safe practice..

Developing a research procedures programme for artists & designers. (1995)
Report
GRAY, C., DOUGLAS, A., LEAKE, I., MALINS, J. 1995. Developing a research procedures programme for artists & designers. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This paper builds on our earlier research concerned with describing a contextual framework for the development of artistic research procedures1, 2, and attempts to move forward from this somewhat philosophical stage into more practical territory. Ove... Read More about Developing a research procedures programme for artists & designers..

Research procedures/methodology for artists and designers. (1993)
Report
GRAY, C. and MALINS, J. 1993. Research procedures/methodology for artists and designers. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

This paper attempts to put into context the issues which surround the endeavours of researchers working in the field of Art and Design, in particular the philosophy and context of research procedures / methodologies. The introduction provides some de... Read More about Research procedures/methodology for artists and designers..

The monitoring and control of specialist ceramic kiln atmospheres and emissions. (1993)
Thesis
MALINS, J.P. 1993. The monitoring and control of specialist ceramic kiln atmospheres and emissions. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The ceramic glazing techniques of vapour glazing, reduction lustre, Raku and fuming all require specialised firing conditions with the use of potentially hazardous kiln atmospheres and specialist kiln designs for their successful execution. The techn... Read More about The monitoring and control of specialist ceramic kiln atmospheres and emissions..

An exploration of the principle of chance as a stimulus to the creative activity known as sculpture. (1992)
Thesis
WATSON, A. 1992. An exploration of the principle of chance as a stimulus to the creative activity known as sculpture. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research is concerned with the utilization of chance as a stimulus to encourage experiment and discovery in sculpture. The aims of this research project were: to examine the role of chance within the creative process and previous artists' use of... Read More about An exploration of the principle of chance as a stimulus to the creative activity known as sculpture..

The hope of something different.
Digital Artefact
FREMANTLE, C. 2015. The hope of something different. Posted on A restless art: thinking about community and participatory art [online]. 17 December 2015. Available from: https://arestlessart.com/2015/12/17/chris-fremantle-the-hope-of-something-different/

Participatory art is a rich and diverse practice. Much of its energy comes from the creative tensions between different theories and visions, as may be seen from some of the reaction to the Turner Prize jury's choice. But art is not only intellectual... Read More about The hope of something different..

Maakin Lab [online].
Digital Artefact
MAAKIN LAB. 2004. Maakin Lab [online]. Available from: http://www.maakinlab.org/

The Maakin Lab project was developed in partnership with the Shetland College Department of Textiles and Design, On the Edge research and artist Susan Benn of PAL. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was how to revalue tradition... Read More about Maakin Lab [online]..

Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online].
Digital Artefact
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2005. Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/about-phase-1/

Five project partners responsible for cultural development in remote rural places offered their particular challenges, opportunities, expertise and experience to a shared learning space developed by the researchers who were also artists. For example,... Read More about Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online]..

Working in public: art, practice and policy [online].
Digital Artefact
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Working in public: art, practice and policy [online]. Available from http://www.workinginpublicseminars.org/

The partners for this project were Suzanne Lacy, Public Art Resource + Research Scotland, the Scottish Arts Council and On the Edge together with the four venues in the four major Scottish cities, The Foyer (Aberdeen), CCA (Glasgow), University of th... Read More about Working in public: art, practice and policy [online]..

Lion thief.
Digital Artefact
CRANSTON, A. 2005. Lion thief. [Video recording]

Drawings relating to, and a still from "Lion Thief": a video commissioned by The Beta Band (EMI) to accompany the track of the same name, for a compilation called "The Best of the Beta Band 2005", which also included artwork in an accompanying bookle... Read More about Lion thief..

Strangeland.
Digital Artefact
KOKOLI, A.M. 2006. Strangeland. Posted on the F-word: contemporary UK feminism [online]. 4 June 2006. Available from: https://thefword.org.uk/2006/06/strangeland/

Alexandra Kokoli reviews Tracy Emin's Strangeland, which contains autobiographical writings touching on rape, abortion and marginalization.

Born digital: new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking.
Digital Artefact
THOMPSON, P. (ed.) 2011. Born digital: new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking. [Catalogue of digital prints]

The 'Born Digital - New Materialities' print portfolio is the result of a digitally mediated open call exchange survey, examining the notion of printmaking 2.0. It is part of research examining the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical pr... Read More about Born digital: new materialities: a survey mini-print exchange of contemporary digitally mediated printmaking..

Feminist manifesto and social art practice archive. [Website]
Digital Artefact
GAUSDEN, C. 2016. Feminist manifesto and social art practice archive. [Website]. Available from: http://feministmanifesto.co.uk/index.html

Welcome to the Feminist Manifesto and Social Art Practice Archive. The archive has been compiled over a period of three years as part of Caroline Gausden’s practice based curatorial PhD research. The research examines the politics and poetics of the... Read More about Feminist manifesto and social art practice archive. [Website].

EWVA: European women's video art. [Website]
Digital Artefact
SHEMILT, E., PARTRIDGE, S., LEUZZI, L. and LOCKHART, A. 2015. EWVA: European women's video art. [Website]. Available from: http://www.ewva.ac.uk

This is the project website for "European Women's Video Art in the 70s and 80s (EWVA)". This project aims to recover and reassess the seminal contribution of women artists to early video art in Europe, and more generally to the development and evolut... Read More about EWVA: European women's video art. [Website].

REWIND Italia. [Website]
Digital Artefact
PARTRIDGE, S., NOTARO, A., CUBITT, S., LEUZZI, L. and LOCKHART, A. 2012. REWIND Italia. [Website]. Hosted on REWIND: artists' video [online]. Available from: https://rewind.ac.uk/rewind-italia/

This webpage provides a summary of the REWIND Italia project, which ran from 2011-2014. This was an AHRC funded research project, based at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. The research project aimed to retrac... Read More about REWIND Italia. [Website].

Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film]
Digital Artefact
KELLIE, C. 2020. Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film]. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWfCebO5AVA

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the adaptation of Gray's School of Art annual degree show into a digital format. This short film uses interviews with staff, students and other key stakeholders who lived through that experience to explore... Read More about Building a virtual degree show: Gray's School of Art. [Film].