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Biography
Professor Sandra Wilson has a personal chair in Ecological Metal Design. She is a contemporary jeweller, silversmith, researcher and educator and is passionate about the transformative power of making things. Her jewellery and metal design has won awards from the Scottish Arts Council, the Audi Foundation for Innovation, and the British European Designers Group. Her work is also in the collection of HRH Princess Anne.
Her research explores creating new surface finishes and alloys from precious metals such as gold and copper recovered from electronic waste. She collaborates with the Love Chemistry Group at Edinburgh University who have developed a new ligand that specifically targets gold. She is a co-investigator on the EPSRC funded Chemical recycling of electronic waste for sustainable livelihoods and material consumption in India with partners at Edinburgh University, the National Institute of Design, and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) in India. The project aims to generate a new metal supply chain for rural artisanal jewellers in India and to create a formalised e-waste system.
She has also researched the lesser known silversmithing technique ‘Dutch raising’ and was responsible for bringing the European Silversmiths Forum (Hammerclub) exhibition and symposium to Dundee in May 2019.
Previous funded research projects have included Pulse: The Stuff of Life exploring the beauty of 3D protein architecture and thoughtfully integrating traditional hand fabrication and new technologies such as 3D printing. From Pulse, work was included in three exhibitions, namely; Origin: Ur Sprung Schmuck – an international touring exhibition including Inhorgenta the worlds' largest jewellery fair in Munich; Nature Inspired Design – an AHRC/EPSRC national initiative - Design for the 21stCentury; and Design4science an international touring exhibition and symposium highlighting cutting edge design and science. Co-investigator on Imprints: Public Responses to Identity Management technologies and practices a major £1.9m EPSRC research project. This research was concerned with the way that new wearable technologies could empower the user to express their fluid identities rather than be used for surveillance.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
- Jewellery
- Metal
- Contemporary
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Open Design of Trusted Things (OpenDoTT) (Joint with MZ Denmark APS [Beneficiary] and the following Partner Organisations]; Officine Innesto SRL, Victoria and Albert Museum, Wevolver Ltd, ThinsCon e.V., Alexander von Humboldt Institut fur Internet und Gesellschaft gGm, Simply Secure, Quicksand Design Studio Pvt Ltd, STBY bv)
Rogers, J., Taylor, N., Thomas, P., Wilson, S. & Woods, M.
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Research output
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Digital Tooling and Hand Crafting
Wilson, S. & Dicken, K-A., 1 Dec 2021, Digital Meets Handmade: Jewelry Design and Manufacture and Art in the 21st Century. Youthers, W. & Capalleri, A. (eds.). New York: State University of New York Press, p. 51 67 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Drawing parallels in art science for collaborative learning: A case study
Westland, K., Wilcox, K. & Wilson, S., 30 Dec 2020, In: The STEAM Journal. 4, 2, 10 p., 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrochemical Replacement Plating: The value of a historical technique in addressing contemporary issues
Wilson, S., 11 Sep 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prizes
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Dundee Craft Makers Award
Wilson, Sandra (Recipient), 1 Nov 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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To keep the Hammers voice alive
Ferraro, Emilia (Recipient) & Wilson, Sandra (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Trustee of the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust
Wilson, Sandra (Recipient), 1 Dec 2021
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (External organisation)
Sandra Wilson (Chair)
11 Mar 2021Activity: Membership types › Other membership
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Flourish Jewellery Project
Sandra Wilson (Member)
8 Nov 2021Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
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Discovery Days 2021
Sue Dawson (Presenter), Karen Petrie (Presenter), Anthony Head (Presenter), Ian Robson (Presenter), Iris Grunwald (Presenter), Emily Jefferson (Presenter), Fiona Kumari Campbell (Presenter), Jonathan Knappett (Presenter), Maria Fusco (Presenter), Tania Kovats (Presenter), Graham Pullin (Presenter), Sandra Wilson (Presenter), Mohammad Islam (Presenter), Lauren Christie (Presenter), Michael Gratzke (Presenter), Ulrich Zachariae (Presenter), Mark Cutler (Presenter), Leanne Wallace (Organiser), John Rowan (Chair), Blair Grubb (Chair), Wendy Alexander (Chair), Julian Blow (Chair), Iain Gillespie (Chair) & Jonathan Urch (Organiser)
13 Jan 2021 → 15 Jan 2021Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Greywood Arts Process Residency Ireland
Sandra Wilson (Visiting researcher)
12 Jun 2021 → 12 Jul 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external institution - other
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Contemporary British Silversmiths (External organisation)
Sandra Wilson (Chair)
1 Jan 2020Activity: Membership types › Other membership
Press / Media
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Be better than Jeff Bezos: how to recycle your old electricals
27/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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I’m a bit of a modern-day alchemist, recovering gold from old mobile phones
21/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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