PhDs

CURRENT

PhD Practice-Based:

• Jenny Antonio
  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.
• Susan Carr
  "Fusing Art and Nature" - Creative opportunities of combining glass and rock using heat and surface treatments.
• Jennifer Grant
  Glass and Drawing- The theory, development and use of drawing in studio glass practice.
• Jessamy Kelly
  Inherent material luminosity: The juxtaposition of glass, ceramics and light as a means of artistic expression.
• Antony Pollock
  The extension of possible forms in studio glass casting through the adoption of industrial approaches.
• Jeffrey Sarmiento
  Ethno-Graphic glass post colonial glass practice.
• Margareth Troli
  Glass and Water Jet in designer maker practice; from 2D to 3D.
• Anna Vesele
  Baltic glass: The development of new artworks based on historical and contemporary contextualisation.
• Ayako Tani
  Multidimensional line drawing with glass through the development of studio lampworking and print.
• Fiona Thompson
  Representations of tourism expressed through creative ceramic practice, with an emphasis on the printed photographic image.
• Kathryn Wightman
  Blown glass and print: Development and creative use of innovative printing techniques for studio practice.
• Gemli Ferguson
  Why Clay? Mimesis and domestic identity in creative ceramic practice.   

PhD by Existing Published Work

• Scott Chaseling
  Construction of narratives through painted and formalist constructions in glass.
• Peter Davies
  Development of contemporary Visual Arts practice in the Northern region.
• Jack Dawson
  The role of 'Art in Industry' 20th century Finnish and Swedish glass.
• Wayne Strattman
  Neon techniques.

MPhil

• Eileen Leatherland
  The manipulation of coatings on specialist float glass with particular reference to low-emissivity glass for creative application in architectural contexts.  

COMPLETED PhDs

• Delia Whitbread
  Stained glass and digital design/collaborative practice (Art practice-based).
• Vanessa Cutler (2006)
  Investigating the creative uses of waterjet cutting for the glass artist's studio.
• Laura Johnston (1997)
  Innovative Application of the Coated Glass Surface in Architecture.