BA (Hons) Jewellery and ObjectThe School of Art and Design at the University of Lincoln is immensely proud to be able to offer a new BA (Hons) programme in Jewellery and Object, starting in September 2010. This programme is one of very few in the subject nationally,
and aims to explore the creation of contemporary jewellery and
artefacts. The programme is designed to provide a specialist
process and materials-based education in what is considered one
of the most exciting areas of modern art and design. |
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The programme will be headed by Neil Simpson, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader previously for BA (Hons) Furniture and also for BA (Hons) Contemporary Decorative Crafts. Neil brings a wealth of design experience to this new programme from his years at Lincoln running the above courses and from his own work.
"Detail" woven silver © Professor Norman Cherry;
photo © David Widdicombe
Careers
The programme is designed to provide graduates with a high
level of specialist craft and design skills required to prepare
them for an exciting and successful career within the field of
jewellery and object design. Whether your aim is to work for an
international design house or a high street supplier, or
something else entirely, the career possibilities are vast.
Career possibilities include:
- Jewellery Designer
- Jewellery Artist
- Accessories Designer
- Buyer
- Marketing / Promotion
- Teaching
- Art Education
- Museum Services
- Gallery Work
Vessel, pattinated copper ©
Professor Norman Cherry; photo © David Widdicombe
Facilities
The course is based in the new eco-building ‘The Think Tank’, which is located on the University of Lincoln’s stunning Brayford Campus. Here students will find a range of distinctive facilities and studio environments designed to support their specific learning needs and allow them to learn and develop throughout their time at the University of Lincoln.
Earrings, silver with silk © Jan Hinchliffe-McCutcheon; photo © Joel Degen
Meet the staff
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Professor Norman Cherry ncherry@lincoln.ac.uk The Dean of Faculty, Professor Norman Cherry, is fully supportive of this exciting new programme. An internationally recognised expert in the field, prior to his appointment to Lincoln in 2008, Professor Cherry was Head of the well renowned Birmingham School of Jewellery. He has been closely involved in the planning and development of the course and is looking forward very much to welcoming the first cohort of Jewellery and Object students to the Faculty in September. His own work has been extensively exhibited internationally and many of his pieces are held in private and public collections throughout the world. Most recently one of his medals was purchased by the British Museum for their contemporary collection. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences and has undertaken consultancies in several countries, including South Africa, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and Jordan. His particular research interests include: the application of textiles techniques to metals, surface patination, and extreme body modification. He is currently also a Visiting Professor at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. |
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Neil Simpson Originally from Kew in Surrey, Neil spent the years immediately after leaving school in a variety of jobs, ranging from display artist and antique dealer to a three year period in the Conservation Dept of the Tate Gallery in London. He went on to work in Argentina, initially as a free-lance consultant to the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, then forming a company specialising in mounting and lighting exhibitions, theatrical productions and contemporary dance events. On his return to England he started a furniture-making and restoration studio in West London before eventually moving to North Lincolnshire. Neil first became involved in teaching part time in Lincoln before he was appointed as Course Leader for the then newly-validated BA (Hons) Contemporary Decorative Crafts. He was later to be instrumental in validating a new undergraduate degree course in furniture design and practice. Whilst Neil is primarily a furniture designer and maker, he has a wealth of experience in the design of objects in many different media including wood, glass, ceramic, paper and metal. He has work in a number of collections both here and abroad. His research interests range from the history of inlaid furniture to the use of papier-mâché as a construction material. He is currently researching the use of CAD and new technologies in the design and manufacture of objects. |
All images have been supplied by the kind permission of Professor Norman Cherry and are examples of the kind of work students on this programme may aspire to producing.
More about this course
www.lincoln.ac.uk/lsad/_courses/undergraduate/jewellery_and_object