Professor Jack Cunningham

Position: Head of School
Email: Jack.cunningham@bcu.ac.uk
Website: www.jackcunningham.co.uk

Professor Jack Cunningham is the Head of the School; responsible for all of the School’s programmes and the Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre. He is a contemporary studio jeweller whose particular interest is narrative jewellery, being that which tells a story or makes a statement through visual imagery.

He completed his practice-based Ph.D at The Glasgow School of Art in 2007, researching the synergy between ethnographic factors and the creative outcomes of contemporary narrative jewellers. He investigated the significance and influence of environment on the creative individual and how these factors impact on the creative process.