Dr Phillip Blacklow , Phillip Blacklow (Studio Furniture 2018)

Dr Phillip Blacklow manages the woodwork shop and digital fabrication facility at the Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania. His career began in 1971 working as a furniture maker after completing apprenticeships in cabinetmaking and woodturning. In 1988 he began as a wood skills lecturer and technician at the Tasmanian School of Art, Univ. Tasmania, and later gained a Master’s Degree in Fine Art and Design in 2008 from the Tasmanian School of Art. Phillip graduated in 2016 with a PhD in Fine Art and Philosophy from the Tasmanian College of the Arts, majoring in Furniture Design, targeting plantation eucalypt as a furniture timber. His work has featured in numerous exhibitions and is represented in permanent art collections, including the V&A Museum (London), Parliament House and Prime Minister’s office Canberra and the University of Tasmania Art collection. He manages a research facility, liaising with industry to integrate designs into production (Centre for Furniture Design UTAS). He has also undertaken postdoctoral research into hydrowood, thermal modification of plantation eucalypt and minor species to improve their acoustic properties.

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