Shawn Lovell metalwork sculptor/designer

I have spotted some very gorgeous one off pieces of furniture from Californian based artist Shawn Lovell. The tree and birds nest bed and the scroll fireplace screen are my favourites.

Shawn specializes in making one-of-kind and commissioned work both commercial and residential using both traditional and modern forging techniques. Her work has ranged from large scale railings, gates, and arbors to fire screens and surrounds, lighting, furniture, hardware and much more.

If you are interested in reading about Blacksmithing in the UK then (if you are a registered UWIC staff or student member)-go to the Learning Portal>Electronic Library>Databases> select Design and Applied Arts Index and search for blacksmithing :UK. Your search results will bring up references to 8 journal articles (mostly from Crafts Magazine) . Howard Gardens has back copies of Crafts Magazine going back to 1973.

Three new electronic journals

The library has subscribed to three new E-journals

·     Design and Culture

      'Design and Culture probes design's relation to other academic disciplines, including marketing, management, cultural studies, anthropology, material culture, geography, visual culture and political economy'.  

      

·     Design Journal

      'The Design Journal is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design'.

.    Fashion Practice

      'Fashion Practice is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to cover the full range of contemporary design and  manufacture within the context of the fashion industry'.

UWIC staff and students can access these journals from
Learning Portal>Electronic Library>Journals A-Z

New York City Graffiti & Street Art Project

From the same people at Lewis and Clark College that gave us AccessCeramics the image database of contemporary ceramics, we now have the New York City Graffitti & Street Art Project. You can search for images of graffitti and street art by location (using their Google map), by technique, by work type and by subject as well as by support (which includes vehicles).

Product information for architecture and construction

Just added to the Subject Guide for Architecture and Construction on the UWIC Learning portal (for staff  and students at UWIC only) are links to two websites offering free product information for architects and the construction industry.
These are the websites (everyone can view these)

• RIBA Product Selector offers a  database with information about building products , NBS specification information and RIBA CPD providers with free access to product catalogues, technical documents and contact information of 10261 UK manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, trade associations and construction service providers.
• Barbour Product Search  offers an extensive and up-to-date database of manufacturer and product profiles, with images, case studies, technical data and catalogues.

Mission Gallery website launch

If you go to the Mission gallery in Swansea between 11am – 5pm on Saturday 19^th March 2011 you can join in celebrating the launch of its brand new website designed by Cardiff based company Spindogs.

http://www.missiongallery.co.uk/

There will be light refreshments and also a last chance to view the exhibition ‘Hawk and Helicopter’ by Osi Rhys Osmond.

The new website contains information and images on exhibitions past, present and future, the artist residency scheme, events, education outreach and the craft space exhibition area.

Mission Gallery

Gloucester Place

Maritime Quarter

Swansea SA1 1TY

 01792 652016

The BBC Archive contains the equivalent to 600,000 hours of TV and about 350,000 hours of radio-nearly a million hours of material, and a record of the BBC's websites are being added to a New Media archive. The archive is organised into 'Collections' here. The Art and Artists Collection includes archival material on British Sculpture that has recently been augmented with a selection of programmes on major British sculptors such as Epstein Moore and Whiteread- prefect timing for the interest that will be generated by the Royal Academy show on British Sculpture which opened 22nd January . The archive also offers print archival material. Read the history of Dr Who through audience reports, Radio Times interviews and BBC memos in the Collection entitled 'The Changing Face of Doctor Who | How to regenerate a Time Lord'.

Ecobuild-the future of design,construction and the built environment

Ecobuild is the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. Starting today and running until 3 March the conference features more than 600 speakers, 1300 exhibitors, 130 seminars and a packed programme of live demonstrations. If you can't make it to this free event (it's at the ExCeL exhibition and conference centre at the heart of the new Green Enterprise District in London’s Docklands) you can still explore the website and read the  Ecobuild blog on which  a panel of leading thinkers and doers, from around the industry share their views on the latest news and events every week.