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217 Dr. Jessamy Kelly Dr. Jessamy Kelly is a glass artist and educator based in Edinburgh. She is a Lecturer in Glass, within the Design School at Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She achieved her B.A. in Glass & Ceramics (2001) from the University of Sunderland, her M. Des. in Glass Design (2002) from Edinburgh College of Art, and her Ph.D. in Glass & Ceramics (2009) from the University of Sunderland. Her master’s degree involved an Industrial placement at Edinburgh Crystal where she worked as an in-house glass designer until 2006. She has run her own studio glass business since graduating. Her glass work has been exhibited widely throughout the UK as well as internationally throughout Europe and the United States. Jessamy joined Edinburgh College of Art in 2012 and is currently the Programme Director of the Glass Master’s degree, she has taken on numerous roles at ECA including Director of Postgraduate and Convenor of Postgraduate studies. Jessamy is guest editor of the MDPI Arts journal collection Topical Collection focused on Contemporary Glass Art: Materiality and Digital Technologies. Her research interests focus on materiality and making through material intersections, sustainable craft materials, new digital technologies and their relationship with analogue craft processes. Her creative practice examines the qualities of glass as an artistic, sustainable material and its ability to imitate or intersect with other materials. Her research outputs include a range of national and international exhibitions and peer-reviewed papers. She has collaborated on a number of interdisciplinary research projects and as a design facilitator and co-curator for museum-led design projects and exhibitions. She is the vice chair of the RAFT research group which explores the changing identity of craft practices and a Trustee of North Lands Creative and the Scottish Stained-Glass Trust.