Using wool’s agency to design and make felted artefacts

Bilge Merve Aktaş

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This exposition presents an explorative project that examines employing material as a reference point for designing and making an artefact. The material’s effects on designing and making have been elaborated upon from many angles. This exposition also examines how material affects designing and making processes from the perspective of material agency. This study argues that by observing a material’s behaviour from the perspective of agency, one can genuinely understand what the material does, and accordingly can find ways to collaborate with it in the process of designing and making artefacts. The discussion is articulated through a designer’s project in felting by employing a practice-led research approach that examined the decision-making processes through written reflections and visual documentation. This examination suggests that by including material as a reference point, design and making can reflect the ecology of the material in a way that combines human power with the activeness of the material.

type	research exposition
keywords	wool, felt making, creative practice, materiality, pattern design, practice-led research, material agency
date	31/03/2018
published	14/06/2019
last modified	14/06/2019
status	published
affiliation	Aalto University
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/453632/453633
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.453632
published in	RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
portal issue	10. Catalyses

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