Ann Marie Shillito is a research fellow in the Department of Design and Applied Art at Edinburgh College of Art and manager and researcher for 'tacitus'. She is a designer maker in the fields of jewellery and metalwork and by maintaining an experimental approach, research has become an integral part of her work. Her current concerns are within the fields of computer-aided design and solid modelling for production methods such as laser cutting and layer manufacture and research is practice based. She is the project manager and researcher for 'Tacitus', a collaborative project to develop a user centred haptic computing system for applied artists.
Virtual model of coffee/occasional table (bird's eye view of top showing wire frame)
Vacuum cast coffee/occasional table designed using computer solid modelling, prototyped using the layer manufacturing techniques of LOM and Stereolithography
Three brooches in laser cut and anodised niobium and titanium. Design aided by computer
Patter in laser cut and formed stainless steel, 1999
Bangle with three rotating rings. Design aided by computer and prototyped in ABS plastic using layer manufacture technology. Finished using acrylic and gold leaf
Chain in stainless steel wire links with felt elements. This is the latest in a range of chains in titanium, steel or silver wire links started in 1995 with cast elements and developed incrementally to include others such as precious metal clay and anodised and dyed aluminium.