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Dr. Nicholas Bastin is a Lecturer in the School of Art at RMIT University (City Campus, Australia). His research focuses on contemporary jewellery, miniature objects, and intersections between art, mythology, and cultural landscapes. He supervises Masters/PhD research in areas like 'Incomplete Beauty' in jewellery, forest phenomenology, and kintsugi metaphors. Teaching interests include time travel narratives, hero archetypes, and the habitat of action figures.
Research outputs include creative works exhibited globally, such as jewellery reimagining botanical specimens (2013) and neo-plastic artefacts (2010). His practice bridges craft traditions with contemporary critical discourse.
Notable supervision topics explore affective spaces, multi-sensory installations, and socio-cultural dimensions of creative practices. While no awards are listed, his work emphasizes innovative approaches to material culture and artistic process.
