This paper examines how digital technology impacts on an individual’s practice in jewellery and medal design, creating a hybrid practice of Art, Design and Craft. Realisation of work, whether by 2D image manipulation software, by 3D modelling hardware or by hand is informed by knowledge of production techniques in jewellery, small-scale sculpture and photography. Within the practice, the ‘craft...

At the present time several hundred hydrofoil craft are in service throughout the world. The upsurge in the use of these craft did not really begin until the late 1950s, although fascination with the idea of supporting small boats with underwater wings dates well back into the nineteenth century. About he turn of the century, hydrofoil flight was achieved, to be followed in a few years by Bell ...

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...