Beneath the Skin
Beneath the Skin was an exhibition that brought together eight academic researchers working within the field of contemporary metalwork and jewellery in order to reveal the research that underpins the object.
Friction stirred mokume gane
Mokume gane is a high value, decorative laminate material used in the jewellery industry. Production of mokume gane is difficult and expensive at both small scale and industrial levels.
Helping Indonesian artisans think like designers
In Indonesia, craft has become an unsustainable industry. We’re helping build cooperation and fair trade into every design.
Making Links: Craft Value Chain
This collection of jewellery artefacts made from recycled glass and metal are the outcome of an enquiry which explored how the application of co-creative design thinking strategies within a rural Indonesian community can provide creative agency for artisan craftmakers
Jeff Durber
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Sheffield Institute of Arts where I teach on the BA (Hons) Jewellery and Metalwork course
Sheffield Assay Office
Since June 2007 a team of academics from MERI has been analyzing, studying and deliberating the current manufacturing process at the English Assay jewellery office.
“I want to set up my own design studio at home in India using both contemporary and traditional practices.”
International MA Design student Divya Potluri plans to set up for own design studio back home in India using both contemporary and traditional practices.
Chris Knight
I joined the jewellery and metalwork team at Sheffield Hallam in 2003. Having graduated Sheffield City Polytechnic in 1987, I worked as a designer goldsmith in the USA for three years followed by a master’s degree at the Royal College of Art. Graduating in 1992, I established my first studio in London which I relocated to Sheffield in 1996. I have been teaching in higher education since 1993 and am currently a part–time Senior Lecturer at SHU, independent silversmith and Director of Si Applied Ltd.
Cóilín O'Dubhghaill
Cóilín Ó'Dubhghaill is a silversmith based in Sheffield, who trained at Grennan Mill craft school and Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1996. He subsequently worked as a designer for industry in India, the Philippines, and the UK, and set up a workshop in Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1998, he moved to Tokyo, to study in the metalwork department at the National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), receiving a doctorate in 2005.