Jewellery and Metalwork
Challenge and expand your creative thinking through making in the context of social and cultural concerns. Develop the skills to become a contemporary jeweller/metalwork creator.
Design (Interaction)
Tackle local, global, societal and environmental issues creatively and ethically – advancing your specialist design and research practice in a collaborative environment.
Design (Design for Health)
Tackle local, global, societal and environmental issues creatively and ethically – advancing your specialist design and research practice in a collaborative environment.
Jewellery as Prostheses
In the collective search for improvement, ultimate functionality, beauty and perfection, the body has been commodified, becoming the subject of design, a luxury item.
Amal Al-Ismaili: Interpreting the Traditional Jewellery of Bedouin in Oman through Contemporary Jewellery Practice
Research project exploring the subjective value of traditional Omani jewellery
Re:mains
Re:mains is a collection of jewellery artefacts which form a multi-component output. This research, developed through iterative practice-based processes, explores the extent to which jewellery, created predominately using food waste, could serve as tools which enable the wearer to reflect on the everyday act of eating.
Rachael Colley
Rachael Colley is a senior lecturer in jewellery and metalwork, based at the Sheffield Institute of Arts. She is a member of the Art and Design Research Centre (ADRC), based within the College of Business, Technology and Engineering.
Maria Hanson
Maria is subject tutor for Metalwork and Jewellery students on the MA Design Course, and contributes to lectures and seminars for postgraduate students across all design disciplines
Why Should Jewellers Care about the Digital?
In the journal paper ‘Why Should Jewellers care about the Digital’ Koulidou discusses digital jewellery practice from a jeweller’s perspective.