astronomy

Stuart Devlin

Stuart Devlin is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Stuart Devlin rather than just read about it. In short: Stuart Leslie Devlin (9 October 1931 — 12 April 2018) was an Australian artist and metalworker who specialised in gold and silver. He designed coins for countries around the world, and he became especially well known as a London-based designer of collector's items in the 1970s and 1980s.

Key takeaways

Stuart Devlin belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Stuart Devlin to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Stuart Devlin from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Stuart Leslie Devlin (9 October 1931 — 12 April 2018) was an Australian artist and metalworker who specialised in gold and silver. He designed coins for countries around the world, and he became especially well known as a London-based designer of collector's items in the 1970s and 1980s.

Early life and education Devlin was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, to Jessie (nee Manly), a housemaid, and Richard, a painter and decorator. After an apprenticeship in ecclesiastical brass, he trained in art education and taught at Wangaratta Technical College between 1951 and 1955, specialising in gold- and silversmithing. In 1957, he obtained a post at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and studied for a Diploma of Art in gold and silversmithing. He was awarded scholarships to study at the Royal College of Art in London in 1958, and he was awarded a Harkness Fellowship by the Commonwealth Fund. He spent the two-year fellowship at Columbia University in New York City where he met and married his first wife, Kim Hose, in 1962.

Career

Devlin returned to teach in Melbourne and subsequently became an inspector of art schools. He rose to fame when, in 1964, he won a competition to design the first decimal coinage for Australia. In 1965, he moved to London and opened a small workshop. This marked the beginning of Devlin's own style, which often took the form of limited editions, the most popular being Easter eggs and Christmas boxes, now collector's items. He adapted and devised new techniques to produce a wide variety of textures and filigree forms, and became well known in London's West End, producing a new collection each year and employed 60 craftsmen at the height of his career. He had a prestigious showroom in Conduit Street from 1979 until 1985. In 1966, a Stuart Devlin fine silver sculpture was commissioned by Ford of Britain to celebrate the release of the new Mk IV Ford Zephyr and Zodiac range of motor vehicles. He designed furniture, interiors, jewellery, and commissioned pieces of all types, including trophies, clocks, centrepieces, goblets, candelabra, bowls, and insignia. Among his most popular commissions, Devlin designed coins and medals for 36 countries throughout the world, including precious coins for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the medals for the founding awards of the Australian honours system in 1975: the Order of Australia, the Australian Bravery Decorations and the National Medal. In 1982, Devlin was granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Goldsmith and Jeweller to Her Majesty the Queen. He married his second wife, Carole Hedley-Saunders, in 1986. He was Prime Warden of the Goldsmith's Company 1996–97. After he stepped down from that role, he continued to work with the Goldsmiths, and particularly involved in the developing of a new institute for future Goldsmiths, and also with various other aspects which involve opportunities for up-and-coming jewellers and goldsmiths, including a summer school and "getting started" course.

Retirement Having closed his London workshop, Devlin retired to Littlehampton in West Sussex. In his Littlehampton studio, he was one of the first artists to use computer-aided design. By 1992, he purchased an Intergraph workstation running I/Design 3D solid modelling software to design finely detailed jewellery in 3D with photorealistic animations and output to a 3D printer. He had not yet retired. He ceased drawing after he suffered a stroke in 2014. Devlin died on 12 April 2018 at the age of 86.

Honours 1980: Devlin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1980 Birthday Honours for Services to Design. 1982: appointed Goldsmith and Jeweller to Queen Elizabeth II. 1988: Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1988 Australia Day Honours in recognition of service to the craftsmanship as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer. 1996–97: appointed Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company in London, the first creative goldsmith in that role since its first Royal Charter in 1327. 2000: Honorary Doctorate RMIT University Australia for his work in design and education 2009: RMIT Alumnus of the year 2009: Lifetime Achievement Award of the Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council, London 2011: Australian of the Year in the U.K. by the Australia Day Foundation

References

External links Profile at RMIT University

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Stuart Devlin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Stuart Devlin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Stuart Devlin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Stuart Devlin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Stuart Devlin

In research: Stuart Devlin appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Stuart Devlin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Stuart Devlin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1931 births, 2018 deaths, Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Stuart Devlin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Stuart Devlin in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Stuart Devlin means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Stuart Devlin out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does Stuart Devlin matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Stuart Devlin?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Stuart Devlin.