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.

International MA Design student Divya Potluri plans to set up for own design studio back home in India using both contemporary and traditional practices.

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.

Sheffield Hallam University's Design Futures team bagged two UK Packaging Awards

Based on 7 years of research and development the ‘Green to Gold’ project brings together work that spans material development, process development, product design, fashion design, jewellery and metal work along with designers, makers, retailers and consumers

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.

KeyPiece was a combined public exhibition and research event bringing together leading metalworking practitioners and their work in November 2009.

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.

A Sheffield hallmark

Lecturer on the BA(Hons) Fashion Management and Communication degree course at Sheffield Hallam University