18 June 2007

Professor Georgina Follett has been awarded an OBE

Professor Georgina Follett, Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, has been awarded an OBE for her Services to Design and to Higher Education.

She is also a Deputy Principal of the University of Dundee and a contemporary visual craft practitioner of 40 years standing, specialising in plique-a-jour enamelling. Born in London, she is a graduate of the Royal College of Art. Her practitioner portfolio specialises in plique-a-jour enamelled jewellery in precious metals- a system of using enamel within jewellery to give a stained glass effect- the only practitioner of this way of working in the UK and one of a handful in Europe. Her work is held in many private collections as well as the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Roy Strong collection and the National Museums of Scotland.

Georgina has experience working with jewellery manufacturing companies and has worked collaboratively on a number of projects and consultancies with industry, including the establishing of Dundee by Design and IDEAS (Industry Design, Education Action Scotland). Chair of the ‘New Craft - Future Voices’ conference and exhibition to be held in 2007, she has also supervised and examined a number of PhD students in the visual disciplines.

Professor Follett was delighted to be awarded her OBE and said, "This is really for Duncan of Jordanstone. It is for all the staff and students of the most wonderful college in Scotland."

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