An mm affiliate! work in conversation and dialogue with the Material Matters team - individual projects and material explorations conducted in our labs as well as contributions to group research projects as an mm Research Assistant.

Pablo Mariano (Author)

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Graduate Studies (Degree Granting Institution)

Hélène Day Fraser (Thesis Supervisor)

Crafts (art genres, Design, Professional practice, Metalworking, Woodwork

Abstract: This practice-based research addresses my crafts practice to redirect through design my professional activity as a woodworker and metalworker. The thesis documents and reflects on my work and findings over the course of a one-and-a-half-year process of engaging with reflective practice and practice-based research. The work approaches creative and expressive-related concerns through thematic forms, repetition, and reinterpretation, and inquiries about the affordances and distinct mindsets of designing and making through productive perspectives as contrasting as lo-fi hand-making and the use of digital means for designing and fabricating. The design outcomes range from small objects produced in domestic settings as part of weekly assignments, to months-long, self-driven projects producing big pieces of furniture at the shops in the university.

Link to thesis