Atoms to Art 2
Speakers
This conference is the culmination of the two year research project – Artists and Scientists working in the field of ceramics and glass will share current interests and investigations.
The programme will include the following presentations:
Wednesday, 27th June 2007
10.00
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
10.45
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
11.00
ALASDAIR BREMNER & DAVID BINNS
University of Central Lancashire
Art, Industry and Architecture: A Collaborative Research Project
11.30
ALASTAIR CORMACK
School of Engineering, Alfred University Alfred, NY
Understanding the structure of glass by simulation studies
12.00
VANESSA CUTLER
University of Sunderland
Creative Waterjet Glass
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
BILL LEE
Department of Materials, Imperial College, London
Radioactive waste immobilisation in ceramics, glasses and cement
14.00
JESS KELLY
University of Sunderland
The combination of glass and ceramics in studio practice
14.30
B. VAIDHYANATHAN
Loughborough University
Materials Processing with Microwaves: The Art of the Possible
15.00
COFFEE
15.30
MOHAN EDIRISINGHE
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London
Deposition of Advanced Materials by Novel Methods: The Art and the Science
16.00
JENNY BEAVAN
Working with Water – Transmutation: state to state and place-to-place
16.20
BRIDGIT CONNOLLY
Trace Elements
16.40
JULIAN EVANS & S.F. YANG
Department of Materials, Queen Mary, University of London
From Music to Sand-Painting
17.10
DISCUSSION
17.30
WINE RECEPTION
Thursday, 28th June 2007
9.30
KEVIN KNOWLES
University of Cambridge
Microscopy and Microanalysis of Crystalline Glazes
10.00
KATE MALONE
Kate Malone Ceramics, Paris and London
Ceramic Crystalline Glazes and the Life Force
10.45
COFFEE
11.15
INA BERG
Department of Archaeology, University of Manchester
Shaping Up: Understanding forming techniques through X-radiography
11.45
ANDY SMITH
Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, UK
The Science of Lustre
12.15
DISCUSSION
12.30
LUNCH
13.30
TAVS JORGENSEN
Autonomatic, University College Falmouth
Conducting Form
14.00
MAREK CECULA
Modus Design, New York and Keilce, Poland
Mass production is an inspiration for originality
14.30
TAMSIN VAN ESSEN
Medical Heirlooms
14.50
DISCUSSION
15.00
COFFEE
15.30
TONY QUINN
Pierced (Cookware and Tableware – Reverse engineering towards new markets)
15.50
PEER-BJARNE MOEN
Akershus University College, Lillestron, Norway
A Humanistic Approach to New Form Technology
16.20
ROB KESSELER
Central St Martins
Hortus in Vitro – Works in Progress
16.50
DISCUSSION
17.00
CLOSE
Friday, 29th June 2007
9.15
NEIL ALFORD
Department of Materials, Imperial College, London
Ceramics for communications and other applications
9.45
HEIKE BRACHLOW
Royal College of Art, London
Shaping Colour: Density, Light and Form in Solid Glass Sculpture
10.05
ROBERT FRITH
Superblue Design Ltd
Ceramic Environments: Creating reactive ceramics for public spaces, a long term view
10.25
STEPHEN RAW
John Rylands Library – Clay Tablet Commission
10.45
COFFEE
11.15
RICHARD CATLOW
Department of Chemistry, University College London
Modelling Ceramics at the Atomic Level
11:45
WILL LEVI MARSHALL
The Open Ended Hypothesis – How the creative process mirrors scientific methodology
12.15
BILL CARTY & JOHN GILL
School of Engineering, Alfred University Alfred, NY
The Placemat: The Intersection of Art and Science
12.50
DISCUSSION
13.00
LUNCH AND CLOSE OF MEETING
A conference at
University College London
Wednesday 27th –
Friday 29th June 2007
How to register
REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE. You’ll receive details of the conference location when you register.
Registration for Atoms to Art 2 is just £30 – this includes a Wine Reception on Wednesday 27th June 2007.
Download
Registration form
as pdf to print out and fax/post back.
Registration form
as excel spreadsheet to fill in and e-mail back.
Credit Card payment form
The official University of Manchester form for paying your registration by credit card.
Registration Contact
Completed registration forms and any questions should go to:
Ms Naomi Hyde,
The University of Manchester
School of Materials,
Materials Science Centre (D20)
Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HS, UK
Tel: (+44) 0161 306 2258
Fax: (+44) 0161 306 8840
