Material Empathy in the Manufacture of a Multi-block Printed Wallcovering
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https://doi.org/10.54632/22.8.IMPJ14Abstract
This paper reflects on the interconnection between studio and factory production as the merging and metamorphosis of my printmaking practice. Specifically, the ‘process of correspondence’ (Ingold, 2013) in the making of multi-block matrices prior to factory printing. In 2020, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo funded my artistic research, to embody ‘material empathy as the physicality of craft’ (Shales, 2017) in the manufacture of a multi-block printed wallcovering. How did first-hand knowledge of factory production impact my studio practice? What new insights into printmaking were revealed through the delimitations of manufacturing? Material Empathy in the Manufacture of a Multi-block Printed Wallcovering