Drummond Masterton

Head of Architecture and Design

Drummond trained as a 3D designer, at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen and at postgraduate level at the Royal College of Art in London. His digitally designed and manufactured craft pieces have been selected for a number of major European and UK exhibitions, including Languages, 2006; Jerwood Contemporary Makers, 2008; Matter1, Dovecott, 2010; Labcraft, Crafts Council, 2010-12, Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London 2009-13. His work is represented by the Wills Lane Gallery in St Ives. He also has several key pieces of work in national collections, including the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Crafts Council, London, Shipley Museum, Tyne and Wear, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Shropshire.

 

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Contact details

Telephone 01326 370489
Email drummond.masterton@falmouth.ac.uk

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    2000 MA by project, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Royal College of Art, London
    1998 BA (Hons) Design and Craft (First Class) Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

    Honors and awards

    Year Description
    2013

    Winner of the Artfund, awarded by the Crafts Council
    2012

    Winner of the Friends of Aberdeen Silver Commission
    2011

    Shortlisted for the design of the Olympic and Paralympic Medals for the 2012 Games
    2008

    Shortlisted for National Metalwork Design Award, Sheffield
    2008

    Selected for Jerwood Contemporary Makers
    2007

    Selected as one of five craft practitioners for the largest AHRC funded project in the crafts, 'Past Present and Future Craft Practice', University of Dundee
    2005

    Shortlisted for National Collecting Scheme for Scotland
    2003

    Contemporary Art Society, piece purchased for collection
    2000

    Deutsche Bank, 'Pyramid Award for Art', winner
    1999

    Royal Mint, open medal category, winner

    Research Interests

    Research centre and group affiliations

    Autonomatic

    Research Topics

    • 3d Cad
    • Cnc Milling
    • Craft/crafting
    • Digital Making
    • Metal Work
    • Rapid Prototyping

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    Conference or Workshop Item

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2016) Make:Shift, Crafts Council Conference, 2016. In: Make:Shift, November 10th - 11th 2016, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2015) Making the Future. In: Exploiting Digital, July 17th 2015, Falmouth University, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK..
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 and Andrews, Simon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-8158 (2015) Innovation across the design curriculum: Embedding sustainable design. In: Envisioning sustainable design and eco-design in Welsh universities, 17th April 2015, Pierhead, c/o The National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2013) Mindful Digital Practice. In: The World Beyond The Things, 12th - 14th March, 2014, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg - Klarissenplatz - 90402 Nürnberg.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2007) Deconstructing the Digital. In: New Craft Future Voices, 4 July 2007, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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    Artwork

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2019) Near Net Fab: Establishing a method to produce silver artifacts at scale from digitally designed data using 3D printing and CNC milling. [Artwork] (Unpublished) Item availability may be restricted.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2015) DPA. [Artwork] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2015) Unobtainium. [Artwork] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2013) Grand Galibier. [Artwork]

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2012) Etive. [Artwork] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2012) KOM. [Artwork]
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2009) Campionissimo. [Artwork]

    Exhibition

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2010) 5D- Space Filling Polyhedra. [Exhibition] Item not available from this repository.

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2007) Star Tessellation. [Exhibition]
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    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2005) Terrain cup. [Exhibition]
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    Design

    Masterton, Drummond ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-9494 (2016) The World in our Hands. [Design] Item availability may be restricted.
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    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • 3D Design
    • Goldsmithing
    • Jewellery
    • Metalwork
    • Silversmithing
    • Sustainable Product Design

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons) Sustainable Product Design

    Professional Engagement

    Independent professional practice

    Work in Collections
    Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Telford, 2013
    Dundee University Collection, Dundee, 2013
    Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 2012
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, 2012
    Crafts Council, London, 2011
    National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2009
    Permanent work on display at the Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, 2009 - present
    The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 2005
    Houses of Parliament metalwork collection, London, 2004

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