Arts and Design Research Students
Current
Michele Allan Photography PhD - Year Started: 2006 Title of Thesis: A practical investigation into the common ground between subjective documentary practice and non-gallery arts practice with reference to the Locus+ archive Supervisors: John Kippin, Carol McKay Jennifer Allinson Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Sculpture as an extension of the body: Exploring form, function and materialitySupervisors: Brian Thompson, Kevin Petrie Tony Baldwinson Photography PhD - Year Started: 2004 Title of Thesis: History of photography and disabled people: unacknowledged records. Supervisors: Carol McKay, Arabella Plouviez & Alan Roulstone Malgorzata Bialek Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Creating an additional space in sculpture using reflective, transparent and semi-transparent materials, predominantly glass Supervisors: Jack Dawson, Sylva Petrova Eleanor Bird Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Glass in sacred and contemplative spaces Supervisors: Cate Watkinson, Peter Davies Victoria Bradbury Photography PhD - Year Started: 2011 Title of Thesis: CRUMB - Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss Supervisors: Beryl Graham,Sarah Cook Juliet Chenery-Robson Photography PhD - Year Started: 2010 Title of Thesis: The Visualisation of the Invisible Illness ME through the Production of Contemporary Photographic Practice in Collaboration with Sufferers, Carers and Medical Researchers Supervisors: Alexandra Moschovi, Carol McKay, Arabella Plouviez David Cushway Glass &Ceramics PhD - Year started: 2010 Title of Thesis: Body and Artifact: clay, performance, and new media towards an expanded field Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Tim Brennan Peter Davies Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Development of contemporary Visual Arts Practice in the Northern region. Supervisors: Brian Thompson & Kevin Petrie Julie Denton Glass & Ceramcis Mphil - Year Started: 2011 Title of Thesis:Investigation towards the integration of sandcast and flameworked glass Supervisors: Colin Rennie, Kevin Petrie, Sylva Petrova Erin Dickson Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2011 Title of Thesis: Looking through glass: The manipulation of light through digital design and manufacture in studio glass practice Supervisors: Cate Watkinson, Sylva Petrova, Jeffrey Sarmiento Neil Ewins Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Decline of the Staffordshire ceramic industries and it's production relocation to the Far East. Supervisors: Peter Davies, Jack Dawson & Andrew Livingstone Gemli Ferguson Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2008 Title of Thesis: Why clay? Minesis and domestic identity in creative ceramic practice Supervisors: Andrew Livingtone & Jack Dawson Joel Fisher Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2011 Supervisor: Brian Thompson Sarah Gee Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009
Title of Thesis: A place for impermanence in contemporary ceramic art practice Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Jack Dawson Marialaura Ghinini Photography PhD - Year Started: 2011 Title of Thesis: Curating art: Online practices, offline spaces Supervisors: Beryl Graham, Sarah Cook
Donna Grant Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2008 Title of Thesis: The 'gendered' ceramic object - a creative investigation. Supervisors: Andrew Livinstone & Carol McKay Jennifer Grant Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2006 Title of Thesis: Glass and Drawing - the theory, development and use of drawing in studio glass practice. Supervisors: Brian Thompson & Andrew Livingstone
Harry Hall Photography PhD - year staarted: 2009 Title of Thesis: The Manifestation of Change: a practice based investigation that creates a relevant photographic work in order to visually articulate the process fo change within an isolated rural community Supervisors: John Kippin, Carol McKay Jeremy Matthew Hearn Photography PhD - Year Started: 2006 Title of Thesis: A case-study exploration of the emergence of non-gallery-based practices in the context of the Locus+ archive focusing on the critical and creative issues that arise in translating the experience of live, ephemeral and site-related practices. Supervisors: Carol McKay & John Kippin Roddy Hunter Photography PhD - Year Started: 2011 Title of Thesis: Curating the Eternal Network in an Era of Globalisation Supervisors: Sarah Cook, Beryl Graham Ting Jiang Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2010 Title of Thesis: Chinese Influences on Western Glass Jewellery Design Supervisors: Manny Ling, Sylva Petrova Hyo-Sun Kim Glass & Ceramics PhD - year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Risk and possibility: Technique, Aesthetic and the Unexpected: explored within Korean and UK Ceramics Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Jack Dawson June Kingsbury Glass & Ceramics - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: How Might Glass Communicate a Sense of Place? Supervisors: Sylva Petrova, Peter Davies Tord Kjellstrom Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Exploration of hidden aptterns in coloured interlocking glass elements by repetitive fusing and waterjet cutting Supervisors: Sylva Petriova, Cate Watkinson Eileen Margaret Leatherland Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2005 Title of Thesis: The manipulation of coatings on specialist float glass with particular reference to low-emissivity glass for creative application in arthitectural contexts. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie Chris McHugh Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2010 Title of thesis: Towards a Sunderland Ware for the 21st Century: Using Ceramics to Monumentalise and Materialise Identity and Narrative in the Post-Industrial Age Supervisors: Kevin Petrie, Andrew Livingstone, Shaunna Gregg Joanne Mitchell Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: The Creative Possibilities of the Ariel Technique Within Kiln-Formed Multi-Layers in Glass Supervisors: Jack Dawson, Colin Rennie Kathleen Moroney Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: Presence and Absence: An Awareness of time and motion articulated through the practice of contemporary ceramics Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Jack Dawson Jungwon Park Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2010 Title of Thesis: A reformulation of 20c space and perspective through Korean ceramic practice: creating objects using line, rhythm and repetition Supervisors: Jack Dawson, Andrew Livingstone Yi Peng Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: An critical analysis of the potential for using traditional Chinese lampworking form Beijing and Boshan in contemporary glass art projects Supervisors: Sylva Petrova, Manny Ling Paris Petridis Photography PhD - Year Started: 2008 Title of Thesis: Landscape as 'Manscape'. Supervisors: Arabella Plouviez & Tim Brennan Anthony Pollock Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2006 Title of Thesis: The extension of possible forms in studio glass casting through the adoption of industrial approaches. Supervisors: Brian Thompson, Sylva Petrova & David Taylor Megan Randall Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title fo Thesis: Installation: An investigation into ceramics and site specifity Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Peter Davies Diana Raw Glasss & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis:The creation, contextualisation and investigation of autobiographically inspired artworks, primarily in ceramics, glass and bronze, which intend to promote dialogue with a feminist perspective Supervisors:Jack Dawson, Sylva Petrova Nick Renshaw Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: The standing, nature, potentials and significance of international cross-cultural ceramic art residencies Supervisors: Andrew Livingstone, Peter Davies Andrew Richardson Design PhD - Year Started: 2004 Title of Thesis: An investigation into the role of computer programming within creative, digital design. Supervisors: Beryl Graham, Neil Ewins & John Tait Dominic Smith CRUMB PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Open source software practice, and collaborative art practice. Supervisors: Beryl Graham & Sarah Cook Jeffrey Sarmiento Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Ethno-Graphic glass colonial glass practice. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie, Andrew Livingstone & Peter Davies Ayako Tani Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2009 Title of Thesis: A study of multidimensional line drawing with glass through the development of studio lampworking and print. Supervisors: Sylva Petrova & Kevin Petrie Margareth Troli Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Glass and waterjet cutting: kiln forming from micro to macro and from two to three dimensions. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie Adinda van't Klooster CRUMB PhD Student - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Audio-visual art using programming and bio-feedback. Supervisors: Beryl Graham & Lieselotte Van Leeuwen Kathryn Wightman Glass & Ceramics PhD - Year Started: 2007 Title of Thesis: Blown glass and print: development and creative use of innovative printing techniques for studio practice. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & Colin Rennie
Completed
Anne Douglas PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 1992 Title of Thesis: Structure and improvisation: the making aspect of sculpture. Supervisors: Colin Gill, Raf Fulcher & Brian Thompson Peter James Quinn PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 1997 Title of Thesis: Picturing locality: art and regional identity in the North East of England, 1822-1900. Supervisors: Jack Dawson & Coliin Trodd Laura Johnston PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 1997 Title of Thesis: Innovative application of the coated glass surface in architecture. Supervisors: Peter Davies & Brian Thompson C E Beryl Graham PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 1997 Title of Thesis: A study of audience relationships with interactive computer-based visual artworks. Supervisors: Peter Davies, Deborah Thomas & Brian Thompson Jan Hogarth PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 1999 Title of Thesis: Dislocated landscapes: a sculptor's response to contemporary issues within the British landscape. Supervisors: Raf Fulcher, John Tate & Brian Thompson Carole Baker PhD in Photography - Year Finished: 2001 Title of Thesis: Representations of the animal investigated through creative photographic practice. Supervisors: Ken Giles & Brian Thompson Susan Marks PhD in Art - Year Finished: 2006 Title of Thesis: Textiles Supervisors: Jack Dawson & Brian Thompson John Darwell PhD in Photography - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: 'A black dog came calling:' A Visualization of Depression through contemporary photography. Supervisors: John Kippin & Arabella Plouviez Debby Akam PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 2004 Title of Thesis: The use of digital media in artworks that demonstrate contemporary cultural engagements with the rural environment. Supervisors: Brian Thompson & Beryl Graham Sarah Cook PhD in CRUMB - Year Finished: 2004 Title of Thesis: The search for a third way of curating new media art: Supervisors: Beryl Graham & Carol McKay Vanessa Cutler PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2006 Title of Thesis: Investigating the creative uses of waterjet cutting for the glass artist's studio. Supervisor: Peter Davies Carol Metcalf PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2007 Title of Thesis: The development of ash glazes from arable crop waste. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & David Taylor Delia Whitbread PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Reconfiguring the rose. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & Lynne Hall Manny Ling PhD in Design - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Calligraphy and digital media (Theory/Art practice). Supervisors: Beryl Graham, Jack Dawson & Ewan Clayton Eleanor Carpenter PhD in CRUMB - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Socially engaged art practice and net art activism. Supervisors: Beryl Graham, Carol McKay & Tim Brennan Tim Brennan PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Discursive performance. Supervisors: Beryl Graham & David Taylor Mike Golding PhD in Photography - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Digital interventionsin history, the archive and memory: Supervisors: Arabella Plouviez, Alexandra Moschovi & Brian Thompson Wayne Strattman PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2008 Title of Thesis: Contibutions of the advancement of the neon arts. Supervisor: Peter Davies Jack Dawson PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2009 Title of Thesis: The role of art and the artist in industry: Finnish and Swedish glass in the twentieth century. Supervisor: Peter Davies Jennifer Antonio PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2009 Title of Thesis: The development of new methods of working to create a greater integration of form and image in glass through the exploration of applied and residual surface coatings. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & Sylva Petrova Jessamy Rachel Kelly PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2007 Title of Thesis: Inherent material luminosity: the juxtaposition of glass, ceramics and light as a means of artistic expression. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie, Brian Thompson & Sylva Petrova Fiona Thompson MPhil in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2009 Title of Thesis: Representations of tourism expressed through creative ceramic practice: and an emphasis on the printed photographic image. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & Kevin Hannam Anna Vesele PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2009 Title of Thesis: Baltic glass: the development of new artworks based on historical and contemporary contexualisation. Supervisors: Sylva Petrova, Peter Davies & Jack Dawson Michael David Collier PhD in Fine Art - Year Finished: 2010 Title of Thesis: Developments of Arts PracticeYear Started: 2000 Supervisors: Brian Thompson & Carol McKay Michael Pickard PhD in Design - Year Finished: 2010 Title of Thesis: How the workings of the eye and brain impact on art and design. Supervisors: Gurpreet Singh & Gilbert Cockton Carol Robertson PhD in Glass & Ceramics - Year Finished: 2010 Title of Thesis: Screenprinting and intaglio: the development of coherent, user and environmentally friendlier systems. Supervisors: Kevin Petrie & Peter Davies Tony Brooks PhD in PAS - Year Finished: 2010 Title of Thesis: Soundscapes: The Evolution of a Concept, Apparatus and Method where Ludic Engagement in Virtual Interactve Space is a Supplemental Tool for Therapeutic Motivation Supervisors: Professor Phil EllisWithin this area
