ABOUT THE TREE PROJECT: LIFE & LEGACY OF DOROTHY HOGG

The Glasgow School Of Art is delighted to host the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust 'Tree Project' podcast archive. The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust podcast series highlights the impact and legacy of the late Dorothy Hogg MBE and her influential time at Edinburgh College of Art. Alumni from ECA who studied Jewellery & Silversmithing under Dorothy at Edinburgh College of Art between 1989 and 2008, and these interviewees were selected by Dorothy herself alongside Curator Amanda Game.

During her time as Head of Jewellery & Silversmithing at Edinburgh College of Art, renowned jeweller and educator and GSA graduate Dorothy Hogg MBE inspired students in the workshop and beyond.

For more information on Dorothy Hogg, the project and participants, visit: www.scottishgoldsmithstrust.org/tree-project

Julia Keyte is a very experienced designer and academic, whose career has encompassed teaching, leadership, research and practice. She oversees the Architecture, Interior Design and Product and Furniture Design programmes at Bath Spa University, leading a group of talented designers embedding inventive, collaborative curriculums grounded in active and hands-on learning.

She has been leading and teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in design and craft since 2004, including BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design at Bath Spa University, and BA (Hons) Jewellery and Metalwork at Sheffield Hallam University.

Julia graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1998. She also has an MFA in Product Design from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (2003), from a department that embraced cross-disciplinary design. During this period her work was nominated for the first Dutch Design Prize.

See her full profile at https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/julia-keyte/