Object Meaning - University of South Wales

Together with artist Eve Bradshaw, Sarah and Eve led a workshop that explored objects through drawing and clay. MA students (Arts, Health and Wellbeing cohort) were invited to bring in an object which they felt comforted/supported/nourished by. The workshop explored notions of body and mind connection through sensory observations and object meaning through mark making, methods of making and use of material.

Through materials and methods of making they explored what contribution our hands make in in how we relate to objects by sense of touch and exploring the unknown. Drawing up on methods of making such as kneading, rubbing and smoothing? Elbrecht, C discusses an intuitive knowing the hands hold, through rhythmic repetition (2013 p62). This quote form Elbrecht, encapsulates this theory,  ‘Follow your hands! Your hands know the way; in your head you will just stay in the known; in order to explore the unknown and find new ground, you need to trust your hands and follow the impulses in them’ (Elbrecht, C 2013 p24).