Loom Orientation explores the potential of materials as time capsules of knowledge from which to cultivate engagement and understanding of what something is made from, including people, planet, and process. By orientating myself from the object of a loom, an ancient device to weave cloth and tapestry, and through the process of learning a new craft and working with the material sheep’s wool, I have worked with the concept of past knowledges as a drive for sustainable futures. Situated in a Swedish context, the design project has worked with collaborators from Småland and Skåne through an autoethnographic approach in which place-specific knowledge and weaving were brought together. Building from multidisciplinary practices, methods, and theories of metadesign, art and craft, object orientation, multispecies relation, touch, and storytelling the artistic articulation of the project was presented through a zine and a digital exhibition in spring 2022. Focusing on sustainability and design as a change agent I have engaged myself in the unpicking of both personal and societal levels of material experiences to acknowledge multiple narratives and interconnections between material and place to contribute to change on a paradigm level of how to re-imagine material values and relate to the materials surrounding us.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-116233 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Karlsson, Cajsa |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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