mark Edgoose

Biography

"Mark Edgoose is the co-ordinator of undergraduate studies, Gold and Silversmithing, at the School of Art, RMIT.Mark Edgoose has been contributing to research and education in Australian Jewellery and Object making since 1989, firstly at Monash University and then at Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. Mark has now returned to RMIT to where his academic life began, initially as an undergraduate student and later on, as a post-graduate student. He completed a Masters by Research, RMIT, Melbourne in 1997; titled - Explore the aesthetic and technological potential offered by refractory materials associated with the aerospace industry and integrate this into the discipline of holloware production. His extensive experience in academic leadership has been as coordinator of Jewellery and Silversmithing at Monash University, coordinator of Object Art and Design at Sydney University and as Foundation project director and coordinator also at Sydney University. In this role he was instrumental in realising of the Foundation Year as an independent program within a discipline based studio program that provided an inclusive and nurturing experience for first year study at the Sydney College of the Arts."

Research Interest

Material production