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After graduating with a Diploma in Art and Design at Salford College of Technology and working as a graphic designer, Stella then took an extended studies course in Silversmithing and Jewellery at the John Cass Faculty at the University of London from 1984 to 1985. In 1984 she won first prize for chasing in the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths/Craft Council Awards, the first of many awards and exhibitions in a distinguished career. Based in Oxford, her work can be found in many private and public collections and she has received a number of commissions from Oxford Colleges and the University Church, St Mary the Virgin.

Dominique Campistron graduated in Communication Design from The Glasgow School of Art in 2017. In 2017 she was awarded the inaugural Kerry Aylin Prize for Distinction in Print.

GSA alumna. Degree show in 1994. Possibly working for Bracknell Forest Council.

Agnes Bennett Cant was born on the 1st of December 1894. She enrolled at The Glasgow School of Art for one year only in 1918-1919 to follow an unspecified evening class. Her occupation is given as a teacher and her home address is listed as 10 Weirwood Park, Ballieston.

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Christine Cant studied at GSA in the 1970s and is credited with the make up for the 1978 fashion show.

Christine has worked in hair and make-up for film and television for over 35 years and in 2016 received the BAFTA for Outstanding Contribution to Craft.

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Major General, 7th Division.

David McAusland Carlile was born in Paisley on the 2nd February 1885 to James Carlile, a spirit merchant, and Helen Polson Carlile (née McAusland), a powerloom weaver. He studied architecture at The Glasgow School of Art from 1905 to 1910. He later emigrated to Canada where he worked as an architect. In 1915 he enlisted with the Canadian Oversees Expeditionary Forces, and fought oversees in the Canadian Royal Highlanders regiment. He died in Montreal on the 4th December 1970, age 85. David McAusland Carlile is listed on The Glasgow School of Art's World War One Roll of Honour.

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Mrs Elsie May Carlisle was born on the 20th of October 1882. She enrolled for the 1916-1917 session at The Glasgow School of Art as a day student studying Life Drawing. Her address is listed as 144 Cambridge Drive, Kelvinside. In the column used to record her local authority, the entry reads 'England'. This is rare, as of the 585 students who attended the School in 1916-1917 only four came from England and Wales. In the same year there were three Belgian students, a reflection of the number of Belgian refugees in Britain at that time. Elsie's married status and the fact she was older than the majority of contemporary students would also have caused her to stand out from the crowd.

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Shimara Carlow completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Jewellery and Silversmithing) at Glasgow School of Art in 2001. She then undertook a two year silversmithing and jewellery residency at the P&O Makower Trust Workshops at Bishopsland, Oxfordshire.

After establishing her career in London, with numerous national and international exhibitions, including The V&A (London), Saatchi Gallery (London), Aaron Faber Gallery (New York), and Alternatives Gallery (Rome), Shimara moved to Melbourne in 2008, where she set up a studio.

Shimara now has numerous collections throughout Australia and continues to exhibit her work extensively in Europe.

William Carlyle was born in New Galloway, Kirkcudbright on the 13th of April 1896. He was the middle son of Joseph, a Jeweller and Watchmaker born in 1848 and Agnes (nee Lockerbie). He first enrolled at The Glasgow School of Art as an evening student studying Design in 1915 with a registration number of 231. The student registers record his occupation as "silver engraver" and his Glasgow address as c/o Stirling, 82 Alexandra Parade. A second address, High Street, New Galloway, was the family home and possibly also the business address of his father. He enrolled again for the next two years. In 1916-1917 he studied an evening class in Drawing and Painting with a registration number of 18. In 1917-1918 he studied Life Drawing with a registration number of 315. For both years, he continued to give Alexandra Parade as his Glasgow address. After a year's break, he returned in 1919-1920 to study Drawing and Painting again, but had moved to c/o Miss Fisher, 58 Buccleuch Street. He married Grace Young Louden on the 17th of January 1935 in Glasgow and died in Perth on the 3rd of September 1952.

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Catherine Carmichael studied at The Glasgow School of Art during the 1980s.

David Arthur Carmichael was born in Greenock on 5th June 1890, one of seven children of Nina Jane Isabella Carmichael (nee Arthur) and Thomas Carmichael, a shipowner underwriter. Carmichael, an architect's apprentice, attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1909 to 1914 as a student of architecture and was taught by Professor Bourdon and Professor McGibbon. According to the Dictionary of Scottish Architects, he served his apprenticeship at Salmon, Son & Gillespie in Greenock. He then worked as a draughtsman and was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1915. During the First World War, Lieutenant Carmichael served in the 7th and 9th battalions and 25th battalion Machine Gun Corps of the Royal Fusiliers. He was reported killed in action at Croix du Bac (Armentières) in April 1918. Carmichael is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour and at Tyne Cot Memorial Cemetery in Belgium.

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Sources: Scotland's People: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.co.uk; Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org; Dictionary of Scottish Architects: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk; Inverclyde's Great War: http://www.inverclydeww1.org.

Bruce Carnie studied Embroidery and Woven Textiles at GSA from 1975 and designed garments for the 1978 fashion show. He was awarded a maintenance scholarship for a further four terms at Glasgow and the Royal Society of Arts Industrial Bursary for Furnishing Textiles, in session 1978-79.
He then received a Masters of Art (Textiles and Fashion) from Manchester Metropolitan University and a PhD in Design (Design Management) from the University of South New Wales (Sydney). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Bruce has worked as a teacher in several countries including Australia and as a textile designer. As at July 2017, he is a lecturer and programme leader in Textile Design, in the School of Design at the University of Leeds.

Elizabeth S Carrick was born on 3 February, 1895. She enrolled at the Art School in 1915-1916 studying design (reg. 342) and took the same course the following year (reg. 464). For both years, her address was recorded as 13 Crosbie Street, Maryhill. Her occupation was given as 'teacher'. In 1915, 165 students at the School were either art teachers or student teachers in training.

James Andrew Carrick was born on 22 April 1911, the son of James Carrick, architect, of Ayr and his wife Susan Cunningham. He attended Ayr Academy. He commenced his studies at the Glasgow School of Architecture in 1928 and served his apprenticeship with James Miller. In 1930 he spent a month touring England to study ecclesiastical architecture, and in the following year he won the Alexander Thomson travelling studentship in 1931, which he used for a three-month study tour of Rome and Northern Italy two years later; and in 1932 he was runner-up for the Grissell Medal. He obtained his diploma and passed the professional practice exam in summer 1933, enabling him to be admitted ARIBA on 4 December that year, his proposers being Andrew Graham Henderson, John Keppie and James Archibald Morris, an old friend of his father's. By that time he had been assisting in his father's office for over a year. In 1934 he was taken into partnership, the firm's name changing to J & J A Carrick, and in the same year he spent a month studying Greek buildings in Sicily and Southern Italy as Bourdon Memorial Student. The elder Carrick was an excellent Arts and Crafts architect, mainly in an English Tudor-Jacobean idiom close in style to Miller's work. In the younger Carrick's hands the direction of the practice quickly changed, although traditional Arts and Crafts could still be provided according to the tastes of the client. The son was a significant modernist, as can be seen at Gourock and Rothesay Pavilions and to a lesser degree at Ayr Ice Rink, but his career was curtailed by the Second World War. The elder Carrick died in 1940. The younger Carrick served as an officer with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and resumed practice after the war. He was elected FRIBA in 1953, proposed by Andrew Graham Henderson, William James Smith and William McCrea, at which time he was still practising from Wellington Chambers. He served as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects from 1958-60 and as President of the RIAS from 1969-71. He retired in 1981 enabling him to spend more time on his leisure pursuits, fishing, golf and gardening. He had a position with the River Doon Fisheries Board, was a keen Rotarian and served for a spell as President of the Ayr Rotary Club as well as being Captain of the Turnberry Golf Club in 1985 and 1986. The practice continued operating in central and southern Scotland until 1982 when it merged with Cowie Torry and Partners and became Carrick Cowie and Torry. The new partnership took over the practice of T K Irving and Partners of Stranraer in 1985 and in 1999 changed its name to Carricks, James Andrew Carrick having died on 23 November 1989 in Ayr County Hospital. He was survived by his wife, Christiana Margaret Waddell, and his son and daughter. He was described by his obituarist as a 'kind man and a good practitioner'.

Brian Carroll studied at GSA in the 1980s. He did the Graphic Design for the 1986 fashion show and was involved in its filming. He was awarded the Tom Campbell Memorial Prize for Graphic Design in session 1984-85.
As at July 2017, Brian is a photographer based in Cardiff, with his own company Crimzn. He has won three BAFTA Cymru Awards.

Jane Carroll studied Textiles at GSA from 1976, and designed garments for the 1978 fashion show.

As at July 2017, she is a director of Design is Central graphics design company, and Spot Specific, which develops mobile apps.

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Colin Carruthers studied Graphic Design at GSA in the 1970s and was a cameraman for the 1978 fashion show. He was awarded a maintenance scholarship for a further year at Glasgow in session 1978-79.

Andrew Carson enrolled for two years at the Art School from 1914-15 (reg.28 and 69), studying Drawing and Painting as an evening student. Born on 15 May 1895, his address was listed as 161 West Shamrock Street (very near the Art School) and his occupation, estimating engineer. There is no record of any work he produced.

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Catherine Roxburgh Carswell (née Macfarlane) was a Scottish author, biographer and journalist Her work is now considered an integral part of Scottish women's writing of the early 20th century.

The daughter of a Glasgow merchant, Carswell was educated at the Park School. From 1901 to 1903 she attended classes in English Literature at Glasgow University. She went on to study music at the Schumann Conservatorium in Frankfurt before becoming a reviewer and drama critic at the Glasgow Herald from 1907 until 1915. She then became assistant theatre critic for the Observer.

Carswell married Herbert Jackson in 1903, though this was annulled in 1908. Jackson was a Second Boer War veteran and an artist who suffered paranoid delusions. Thinking he was sterile, he accused Carswell of betraying him when he heard news of her pregnancy and in March 1905 threatened to kill her. He was placed in a mental institution for the rest of his life, being considered too dangerous for release. In 1915 she married Donald Carswell, a colleague from the Glasgow Herald.

Carswell’s first novel, "Open the Door," was published in 1920 and won her a 250-guinea Andrew Melrose Prize. Though not strictly autobiographical, the story of Joanna Bannerman, struggling against the conventions of her evangelical, genteel family in Edwardian Glasgow does resonate with the writers’ own upbringing. Joanna studies at the Art School, and some of the characters in the book appear to be drawn from GSA staff. Carswell would have known many of them; her friend Phyllis Clay was an art student, Carswell attended evening classes there and went on to have relationship with Maurice Grieffenhagen, then Head of Life Classes.

Another novel, "The Camomile" followed two years later then a notable biography, "The Life of Robert Burns" in 1930 which upset many Burns traditionalists. She was a close friend of DH Lawrence, and in 1932 she published, "The Savage Pilgrimage: a Narrative of DH Lawrence". She went on to work with Lady Tweedsmuir, widow of John Buchan, producing a two volume biography of the author.

Carswell died of pleurisy aged 66. Her son John edited her fragmentary autobiographical texts and published them in 1950 as "Lying Awake: An Unfinished Autobiography".

John Jamieson Carswell (known as Jack) was born on 12th April 1889 in Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow to Flora (nee McDougall) and John Carswell senior, a physician and surgeon. John was the youngest of three children, with an older brother and sister, Donald and Isabella. The family later moved to Royal Crescent in Glasgow. In 1909, Carswell commenced his studies at The Glasgow School of Art, taking evening classes in architecture whilst working as an architectural apprentice. In February 1913, he was listed as a passenger on the White Star ship, the Baltic, returning to Liverpool from Africa. During WW1, Carswell served as Second Lieutenant with Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion which was formed at Hamilton in September 1914 and came under orders of the 46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division. After initial billeting in the south of England, the Division landed in Boulogne on 10 July 1915. The 15th (Scottish) Division served with distinction on the Western Front, taking part in most of the significant actions, including the Battle of Loos in 1915 where Carswell was killed in action on 25 September 1915. The Battle of Loos was the first large scale British offensive of WW1, with an attack of six Divisions and at the time was referred to as the big push. The battle is also known for the first recorded British use of poison gas. On 25th September, the day Carswell was killed, it is recorded that the 15th Division had only 200 yards to cross to the German trenches. Gas and smoke gave them cover for the first 40 yards but when they emerged the advancing line was hit by German machine guns causing many casualties. Carswell was posthumously awarded the Victory Medal, the British Medal and the 14-15 Star and is commemorated at Loos Memorial. Jack J. Carswell is also commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour. Also appears on the Glasgow Institute of Architects Roll of Honour (Student).

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Jean M Carswell was born on 7 February, 1901 and enrolled for the 1917-18 session (reg. 461), giving her home adddress as Auchinloch Farm, Auchinloch by Bonnybridge. She attended as a day student studying Design and her entry shows that one of her teachers was Mr Nicholas, Assistant Professor, who took the Preparatory Design class. In 1918-19 she followed the same course (reg 215) but a '3' is recorded against her entry for day attendance - possibly she only attended for three days a week.

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Cassells, Mary J, born 29 May 1901. First enrolled (no. 265) at the Art School for the 1918 – 19 session as a day student studying Drawing and Painting. Her address was given as 56 Glencairn Drive in Pollokshields, where she continued to live throughout the rest of her Art School Career. The following year she returned as a day student studying Design , 'needle' recorded against her entry. In 1920 – 21 she enrolled for the Design course again, but a note against her course suggests she attended mornings only. In 1921-22 (student no. 461) she again studied needlework, but afternoons only. It may be that she followed this course as preparation towards qualifying as a Drawing and Craft teacher.

Catterns was Secretary and Treasurer at The Glasgow School of Art between 1873-1908.

Studied from 1977–79 at Paris National Jewellery School, Paris, France and was a lecturer in jewellery and object design at the Design Centre Enmore, TAFE Institute, Australia from 1999-2023. Chair of the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia NSW in 1992. He has work held in a number of significant national and international collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the museum of Arts and Design New York, USA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, USA and the Imperial War Museum London, UK.

Born in Brentford, Cayley Robinson was the son of a stockbroker and studied at St John's Wood Academy, the Royal Academy Schools and then the Académie Julian in Paris from 1890 to 1892. He lived for several years in Florence, where he studied the art of Giotto, Mantegna and Michelangelo, and took up painting in tempera.

A member of the Society of Painters in Tempera, the New English Art Club and the Royal Watercolour Society, Cayley Robinson exhibited regularly at the RA, the Old Water-Colour Society, The Royal Society of British Artists and the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

Apart from his easel paintings, Cayley Robinson was highly regarded as a mural painter. Perhaps his finest works in this field are a series of four enormous oil paintings on canvas collectively known as The Acts of Mercy. Painted for the entrance hall of Middlesex Hospital in London, they were commissioned from the artist in 1910 and painted between 1915 and 1920. He also designed sets and costumes for the theatre and produced illustrations.

From 1914 he lived in London in a block of studios in Lansdowne Road which also housed the artists Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon, Glyn Philpot and James Pryde. This remained his home until his death, although he spent three months every year until 1924 in Glasgow, as Professor (Drawing & Painting) Landscape and figure composition: mural and decorative painting at the Glasgow School of Art. Letters from Francis H. Newbery, Director of Glasgow School of Art, 1885-1918, refer to this appointment - GSAA/DIR/5/17 and GSAA/DIR/5/31

Chalmers, Jean, born 11 May 1892. Her home address was listed throughout her Art School career as Williamfield, Stirling, with no term-time address given. Jean first enrolled for the 1909-10 session, studying Drawing and Painting as a day student (reg. no. 307). One of her teachers in her first year was Mr Jackson. The following year (reg. no.185) she studied with Mr Mainds and the entry for the 1911-12 session (reg.no. 107) lists Prof Griffenhagen, Prof. Artot and Prof Britten amongst her teachers. In total, she spent six years at the Art School studying Drawing and Painting, but switching to Design in her final year, 1915-16 (reg. no. 389). This was probably because, as the School Prospectus for that year notes, "Students who join the School with the intention of becoming Art Teachers are recommended to seriously study Design and to perfect themselves in at least one craft." Jean was listed in the 1916-17 Prospectus as one of the students , "awarded the School Diploma and having completed the course of professional training prescribed by the Provincial Committee (who)have received the special qualification granted by the Scottish Education Department to Teachers of Art." Jean was appointed as an Art Teacher at Rutherglen High School for the 1915-16 session and the Prospectus for the following year lists her appointment as Art Mistress at the Girls High School, Onslow Drive, Whitehill. To qualify as an Art Teacher in 1916 a student was expected to hold the Scottish Education Department's Intermediate Certificate (school certificate), to have completed the Diploma course in Drawing and Painting or one of the other sections of the Art School, and followed 'Training in Teaching,' as laid down by the Glasgow Provincial Committee. The curriculum set out by the Provincial Committee was quite comprehensive. Students were instructed in hygiene, physical training, psychology, and voice training, with each of these subjects studied for ten hours. Education merited twenty hours and 'Methods and Practice' two hundred hours. Following completion of the teaching course, and two years probationary service, the students were granted the Special Certificate for teachers of Art, as awarded by the Scottish Education Department.

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Jeannie McG Chalmers was born on 14 June, 1885 to George, a 'Hoch Broker' (possibly a pawnbroker) who was from Glasgow and his wife Jessie who was from Ireland. She was the second eldest of five daughters and one son. At the time of the 1901 Census, the family lived at 13 Hamilton Crescent in Partick. This was still her address when she enrolled at the Art School in 1917, a year after her younger sister Jessie. Like her sister, she listed her occupation as 'teacher', and enrolled as an evening student, studying Design, in 1917-18. She is listed in the School Register again, studying Design in 1818-19, but "left at Xmas" has been entered against her name in red ink.

Jessie May Chalmers was born on 15 August, 1892 to George, a 'Hoch Broker' (possibly a pawnbroker) who was from Glasgow and his wife Jessie who was from Ireland. At the time of the 1901 Census, the family lived at 13 Hamilton Crescent in Partick. This was still Jessie's address when she enrolled at the Art School in 1916, giving her occupation as 'teacher'. She was an evening student of Drawing and Painting and was assigned to Ann MacBeth's class. Her elder sister, Jeannie, also studied at the Art School.

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Maud Vipont Chalmers was born on 10 March, 1895, the fourth daughter and youngest child of James Martin Chalmers, a locomotive engine fitter, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Wagner). Her address for the 1901 census, and home address while she attended the School of Art, was 46 Midton Street in Springburn. Both parents were born in Glasgow. Maud had three brothers; the two eldest were working at the time of the 1901 census, one as a clerk, the other as a tool shop fitter. Maud first enrolled as a day student for the 1917-18 session. A note against her Register entry reads 'out of door sketching class' and the number three is listed in the day column, suggesting she attended just three days a week. She was assigned to Miss Allan's class - Jessie R Allan was an instructress in watercolour at the School. Maud followed the same course the next year, then returned as a day student in the Drawing and Painting section in 1919-20, listing her occupation as art student.

If you have any more information, please get in touch. From 1920-22 she attended afternoon classes to study china painting.

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Chambers, Elizabeth Thomson Born on 15 January 1894, studied at GSoA for seven years from 1910, gaining her Diploma in Drawing and Painting in 1917. Throughout her studies, her home address was Prospect House, Uddingston. No term time address is given so it seems likely that she commuted the seven miles to Glasgow by rail. The Caledonian Railway company operated a frequent service into Glasgow at this time and many villages and towns developed as dormitory towns with new housing and services for some of the more prosperous families who chose to move out of the city. Her first teacher was Alexander Musgrove. A probationer teacher in 1910 and recent GSoA student himself, he taught Preparatory Painting. The following year she studied with Allan Mainds, Assistant Professor in the Drawing and Painting section. She continued as a day student studying Drawing and Painting, though the register entry for 1914-15 suggests she also attended Life drawing classes in the afternoon between 4 and 6 pm in that year.

Born in Tiawan. Graduated from London Metropolitan University with an MA in Silversmithing and Allied Crafts in 2002.

French sculptor.

Silversmith. Registered with the Edinburgh Assay Office with a special mark (SC within a variant of an oval shield) and produced work between 2001 and 2011.

John Chapman was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire on May 26th, 1895, one of three children of Agnes Anderson Chapman (nee Mitchell) and George Chapman, a master tailor. John attended the school for one year in 1911 as a full-time student in Drawing and Painting. During the First World War, John served in the Highland Light Infantry as a Sergeant. John Chapman is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Work produced during artist's time as a student at GSA

Studied needlework with Ann Macbeth during the 1917-1918 session. The School Register entry suggests she attended for one afternnon class each week. Her home address was given as Johnston House, Gartcosh. Her date of birth is not recorded.

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Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (1948-), was created 'Visitor' to the Glasgow School of Art on 01 Mar 1988 in recognition of his interest and concern for the disciplines of Fine Art, Design and Architecture. His role changed from 'Visitor' to 'Patron' of the School on 10 Jul 2001.

(David) Bruce McKenzie Charleson was born in South Leith, Edinburgh on the 4th April 1898 to Theresa Harriet (née Hogg) and Adam Bruce McKenzie Charleson, a marine engineer and light keeper. During the First World War, Charleson served as a Private in the Cameron Highlanders battalion. Charleson attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1923 as a full time student of drawing and painting. In 1931, he married his first wife Annetta McLetchie Marr who passed away after a year. In 1932, he became an art teacher in Glasgow. In 1937, Charleson married Jane (Jean) McCaws Lang in Glasgow. He died in Glasgow on the 25th March 1989, aged 90. Charleson is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Charmley, Elizabeth M (Mrs). Enrolled for one year as an evening student in the Drawing and Painting Department to study etching. Born on 24 February 1883, she was older than the majority of students at the time and her profession was recorded as 'Art Mistress'. Her home address was 25 Laird Street in Coatbridge.

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Edward Charnley was born in Coatbridge in January or February 1890, one of 8 children (Joseph, Colin, Agnes, Mary, James, Esther and Lizzie) of Jane (née Jamieson Mcphail) and Joseph, an iron worker. Charnley attended The Glasgow School of Art from 1911 to 1912 as an evening student of drawing and painting while working as a rivet maker. During the First World War, Charnley served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves with the Clyde division, as an ordinary/able seaman. Charnley is commemorated on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour.

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Mary-Ann Chatterton is a textile designer and an alumna of Glasgow School of Art.

Li-Sheng trained as a silversmith at Kent Institute of Art and then went on to Sheffield Hallam University. After graduating, she worked in Liverpool for a while before moving to Caversham, near Reading, where she has been based for over ten years. In 2007 she won two Goldsmiths' Company Craft and Design Council awards for her silverware.

Born on 2 February 1896, Agnes Cherry enrolled for one evening class during the 1918-1919 session when she studied needlework with Ann Macbeth. Her occupation is listed as typist and her home address, 6 Kinfauns Terrace, Ibrox. She may be the daughter of Robert Cherry (born 1867) a bootmaker from Dennistoun and his wife Robina, who was born in America.

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Born on 5 October, 1895, Ian Alec J Cheyne was the son of Forbes Cheyne of Macduff, Banff (born 1851) and his wife Florence Gertrude Cockshott (born ca. 1865 in England). The 1901 census records that Forbes worked for the Inland Revenue and the family lived at that time in Clevelands, Glenburn Road in Bearsden. This was Ian's home address throughout his time at the GSoA, where he first enrolled in 1911. Prior to this date he had been a pupil at The Glasgow Academy. In his first year, Ian studied Drawing and Painting with Alexander Jackson and David Forrester Wilson. He continued to enrol each year for the same course until the 1923-1924 session, studying for 13 years in total. Awarded his Diploma in 1917, he first exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1918 and continued to show work there regularly until 1955, the year of his death. He also exhibited at the RSA from 1910 to 1955. Early in his career, he exhibited mainly watercolours, but during the 1930s and 1940s, became particularly interested in coloured woodcuts. He was a founder member of the Society of Artist Printmakers and became very successful in this medium, exhibiting widely throughout the UK and also in Toronto and Chicago, where he was awarded one of the principal prizes. Influenced by Japanese woodcuts, it has been suggested that his work also shows a knowledge of the work of the French etcher and artist Jean-Emile Laboureur, and has an Art Deco quality. Examples of his work can be found in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the Hunterian and the City of Edinburgh Collection. In 1935, Ian Cheyne was a Visitor/Examiner at GSoA and an External Assessor for Commercial Art. He was joined in this role by his wife Jessie Isobel Cheyne (nee Garrow, born 1899), who was also a successful artist and engraver, RSA and GSoA alumni.

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Sources: ancestory.com; Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture; RSA Exhibitors 1828-1990; haji-b.blogspot.com