Dissertation: How Can Repetative Craft Techniques Improve Well-Being

Dissertation: How Can Repetative Craft Techniques Improve Well-Being

I found writing my dissertation very difficult, in the beginning I struggled to narrow down my topic into a relevant question. At  the beginning of my research I had rough idea of what I wanted to do and why I wanted to look at the subject of well-being. I have had mental health issues over the years and also…

Body Project

Body Project

For this project I wanted to look at the brain, in particular how to visualise OCD, I wanted to show non sufferers how OCD thoughts can feel. I wanted to explore this in fibre, for this project I chose to work with ‘non standard’ fibres, viscose, milk protein, silk noil, angelina fibre using  wool (Swaledale) to blend the…

Woolly Well-Being Workshop

Woolly Well-Being Workshop

To support my research for my dissertation I decided to facilitate a Woolly Well- Being Workshop, creating a large piece of knitting that would enable a large group of knitters to knit from the same piece of knitting all at the same time. I created a piece of machine knitting with multiple legs that would…