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A practice led case study documenting the production of Clean-Up Workers (Deluxe Series) mixed media sculpture. Auto ethnographic narratives are explored through the lens of waste, value and abjection.

Type

Journal article

Keywords

Corporeal Materiality Narrative Value Waste

Research Group

Making Futures

Publication

Clean Up Workers (Deluxe Series): The Embodiment of Waste Values and Aesthetics

Publish Date

September 18, 2023

A reflective case study of practice-led research, this paper illustrates a realignment in creative methodology from a craft-based kiln-formed glass practitioner, to a mixed media sculptor exploring personal narratives.