We are published!
‘Uncovering an Occupational Folklore of Ceramics: The Potential of Small Stories Found in the Spaces Between Word, Gesture and Clay’
– co-authored by Natasha Mayo, Kim Norton and Sam Lucas in RUUKUU: Studies in Artistic Research, Issue 23. Re-Imagining’
…a taster from the abstract:
The term ‘Occupational Folklore’ refers to the social expressions of people, linked to the work that they do. This exposition explores the possibility of there being a common language of clay, a vernacular that can be used to story-tell, and how stories arise from the studio, from the intersection of making, thinking/talking and clay.
Comprising three discrete projects, we move from a study of the materiality of voice to establishing a vocabulary of clay to a narrative collection of embodied experiences. Their combined knowledge leads to a fourth project, in the form of conversations held whilst making around a studio table. Passages from the exchange are filmed and analysed from the perspective of ‘small stories’, an oral history methodology that gives focus to the speculative, iterative and nuanced decisions often overlooked in a conventional account of a conversation.
When applied to the making process, it begins to uncover a deeper understanding of the processual and implicit decisions that take place through the interaction of making, thinking and material properties. The passages allow us to witness the very emergence of storytelling taking place, the moment at which life experiences intersect with formations in clay…
Gosh we brought our respective projects together almost two years ago now
@sam____lucas &
@kimnortondesign it’s so good to know how this research has grown! thank you
@pjwe111 for encouragement in spurring our collaboration along for the 'Performing Object' and
@cardiffmetcsad for funding & ethics clearance!
RUUKUU is a HUGE and vibrant site dedicated to hosting interdisciplinary artistic research. it is currently in the process of being updated so we will soon be on an even shinier site! thank you
@priskafalin et al for your extraordinary vision!
LINK: https://ruukku.journal.fi/issue/view/13176
