Dear Alison

thank you so much for your warm response. I have had such positive 
feedback for
this enquiry. You mention Manchester School of Design, I wonder if you are in
touch with Tim Dunbar who lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University? I
have mentioned this project to him and invited him to help me with it, as fine
artist. He is also involved in the establishing of sketchbooks as PDP evidence
for students of art and design.

I am definitely interested in keeping in touch with you and would love to see
the database. I find the whole subject of sketchbooks/journals 
fascinating, not
only from  a jewellery point of view but also from other disciplines. I am
currently doing a PhD in laser processing and my supervisor who is an 
engineer keeps a sketchbook too, so you never know what goes on out 
there!

Thanks you for your interest and I will get back to you in due time, i need to
take in all the information that is arriving and start curating this one !!

All the best and look forward to working with you.

Sarah


Quoting Alison Mountain <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear Sarah
> I am employed at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and 
> have for the past 2 years been working with sketchbooks from across 
> the board, including jewellery sketchbooks. I have been in contact 
> with Medlock Primary School in Manchester who are using sketchbooks 
> as thinking tools in an amazingly creative way, and I have also made 
> contact with a member of the School of Design in Manchester about 
> developing sketchbooks.
> I have a huge database of sketchbook imagery as well as access to 
> superb books from all areas of the art school here, and the 
> collection is constantly expanding.
> I would be very interested in contributing to any exhibition you 
> might stage, and would welcome any further information from you.
> At the moment we are trying to write the use of sketchbooks as cross 
> curricular thinking tools into the Curriculum for Excellence in 
> Scotland.
> Please do get in touch
> Very best wishes
>



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