Craft and Design Practice from an Embodied Perspective

Preface

Introduction: making as reflecting through interaction with the material environment

Camilla Groth and Nithikul Nimkulrat

PART I: CRAFT AS EMBODIED MAKING AND LEARNING

Part I Introduction

1.           Dynamic affordances in human-material “dialogues”

Camilla Groth and Michael Kimmel

2.           Craft thinking: a relational approach to making and design

Ingar Brinck

3.         Becoming with glass: medium and materiality in embodied knowledge

Erin O’Connor

4.           Feeling how: MET and embodied cognition in the learning of pottery skills

Catherine O’Brien and Lambros Malafouris

5.           Embodied craft practices: mindful flow, creativity, and collaboration as drivers for wellbeing

Kristina Niedderer and Katherine Townsend

PART II: MATERIALITY OF MATERIALS AND NON-MATERIALS IN CRAFT 

Part II Introduction

6.           Embodied knowledge integrated into robotic wire cutting of clay

Flemming Tvede Hansen

7.           Making, playing, crafting – connecting embodied practices in play, game design, and hybrid making

Michael Nitsche and Jihan Sherman

8.           Hand Thought: hybrid practices and a digital craft ethos

Justin Marshall

9.           Grasping materiality – digitalization in light of educational arts and crafts practice

Lovise Søyland

PART III: ARTEFACTS AS MATERIAL EXTENSIONS OF CRAFT EXPERIENCE

Part III Introduction

10.       Traces of craft experience in artefacts

       Nithikul Nimkulrat

11.       Scaffolding visualization and mental rotation in designing and crafting  

Marte S. Gulliksen and Camilla Groth

12.       Making bumps and jumping hurdles: understanding resistance in the processes of raising aluminium from a novice’s perspective

Anniken Randers-Pehrson

13.       Making sense with things in participatory design

Jelle van Dijk

14.       Interactive connected smart (ICS) materials experience: collaborative embodied knowledge through material tinkering

Stefano Parisi, Venere Ferraro, and Valentina Rognoli

Afterword

Tim Ingold

Biography

Nithikul Nimkulrat is Associate Professor at OCAD University, Canada.

Camilla Groth is Associate Professor at University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.

“This splendid collection advances our understanding of embodied cognition and experiential knowledge in craftwork and sets the pace for future theory. Its multidisciplinary cast of authors deliver unique insights into human–material interactions, skilled situated practice and the dynamics of thinking through making – both in traditional crafts and the emerging digital and virtual realms.”

Trevor H. J. Marchand, SOAS, University of London

“This book shines a light on the nature and value of embodied experiences within the spheres of making and materiality. The various chapters bring ideas around becoming, feeling, well-being, interconnection and relationality to the fore, which are all critical aspects of craft and design practices that seek to counter dominate modes of production and affect positive change. I would recommend this book to those who wish to establish, understand, and champion such practice.”

Faith Kane, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, Massey University