Find an Expert in Art & Design

Eight out of the eleven subject areas we submitted to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise contained world leading research. Find out more about our research staff and their specific expertise in art and design below.

Ceramics

Professor Julian Malins

Areas of Expertise:

  • Design & innovation for business
  • Creative problem solving
  • Design methods
  • Research methods for art & design
  • Advanced technologies for supporting learning in art & design
  • Research supervision in art & design
  • Ceramics & kiln design
  • Special atmospheres for firing ceramics

T: 01224 216087

E: j.malins@rgu.ac.uk

Computer Design Work

Gordon Burnett

Areas of Expertise:

  • Computer-aided design & manufacture
  • Precious & non-precious metalwork
  • Commissioning process consultation for civic & commercial bodies
  • Conference convening

T: 01224 263691

E: g.burnett@rgu.ac.uk

 

Libby Curtis

Areas of Expertise:

  • Jewellery design
  • Mixed media & fine metal fabrication
  • Patination of metals
  • Computer-aided design for craft production
  • Design studies

T: 01224 263643

E: e.curtis@rgu.ac.uk

Fashion, Jewellery and Accessory Design

Libby Curtis

Areas of Expertise:

  • Jewellery design
  • Mixed media & fine metal fabrication
  • Patination of metals
  • Computer-aided design for craft production
  • Design studies

T: 01224 263643

E: e.curtis@rgu.ac.uk

 

Kim Eason

Areas of Expertise:

  • Fashion & accessory design with particular reference to women's wear
  • Working with recycled materials; producing new treasures from old
  • The art of deconstructed fashion
  • Fabric manipulation, embellishment & cutting techniques

T: 01224 263622

E: k.d.eason@rgu.ac.uk

 

Leonard Smith

Areas of Expertise:

  • Contemporary jewellery design & manufacture
  • Precious metals fabrication
  • Rapid manufacturing processes
  • Impact of contemporary manufacturing technologies on 3D visual language

T: 01224 263616

E: l.smith@rgu.ac.uk

Metal Work

Libby Curtis

Areas of Expertise:

  • Jewellery design
  • Mixed media & fine metal fabrication
  • Patination of metals
  • Computer-aided design for craft production
  • Design studies

T: 01224 263643

E: e.curtis@rgu.ac.uk

 

Leonard Smith

Areas of Expertise:

  • Contemporary jewellery design & manufacture
  • Precious metals fabrication
  • Rapid manufacturing processes
  • Impact of contemporary manufacturing technologies on 3D visual language

T: 01224 263616

E: l.smith@rgu.ac.uk

Teaching, Learning and Research

Cameron Campbell

Areas of Expertise:

  • Visual communications
  • Geographic information systems
  • Inter-relationship of 2/3D images
  • Continuing professional development
  • Maps/cartography
  • European arts education

T: 01224 263607

E: c.campbell@rgu.ac.uk

 

Professor Julian Malins

Areas of Expertise:

  • Design & innovation for business
  • Creative problem solving
  • Design methods
  • Research methods for art & design
  • Advanced technologies for supporting learning in art & design
  • Research supervision in art & design
  • Ceramics & kiln design
  • Special atmospheres for firing ceramics

T: 01224 216087

E: j.malins@rgu.ac.uk

Visual Arts

Cameron Campbell

Areas of Expertise:

  • Visual communications
  • Geographic information systems
  • Inter-relationship of 2/3D images
  • Continuing professional development
  • Maps/cartography
  • European arts education

T: 01224 263607

E: c.campbell@rgu.ac.uk

 

Professor Anne Douglas

Areas of Expertise:

  • Practice-led research in visual arts
  • Visual arts practice in specific cultural contexts
  • Critical writing on visual art practice
  • Arts project evaluation
  • Sculpture & drawing
  • Public art practice

T: 01224 263647

E: a.douglas@rgu.ac.uk

Events

  1. 11, May, 2012 Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment End of Year Show

    The final showcase in the students' year for those studying Architecture and Architectural Technology  

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