Repairing and salvaging is not a new concept, in fact it is quite common. The concept has become more mainstream in the U.S. over recent decades in response to a culture and economy overwhelmed by growth.
The title is a nod to:
1. the people and communities who work with second hand things, the dirt and dust of consumption
2. the attitude with which I approached sourcing and valuing C&D waste and tools based on availabilty and cooperates with non-standardized materials
3. the coordination required for community engagement.
Through the framework of repair, reuse, and sistering, the project recognizes the body’s capacity, labor, and performativity in the design process. I embrace the workshop format as a recursive research and learning strategy. The project responds with and facilitates a series of events that gather around play intended to familiarize individuals with tools and to delight in the tactility of working with scrap. At the same time, connecting participants with communities doing similar work and suggesting other reuse oriented workshops for others to adopt.
LILY’S PARAMETERS & PROJECT CONSTRAINTS
The container, the body, the car, the availability, the desk as a work metric.
JOURNAL
A messy, detour ridden approach to thesis
A messy, detour ridden approach to thesis
Wednesday, March 27th
I’ve known for a few years that Auntie Martha’s house, like my own, was also on a decluttering journey. It just so happened that my thesis process and her personal goals aligned.
The decluttering process is both a material sourcing opportunity and inherently an act of service for someone who felt weighed down by stuff.
TOOLS & SIDEKICKS
Containers and storage that accompany me to workshops. A mix of found and repurposed materials.
THE WORKSHOP
Acts of playful construction and structured tinkering taking delight in the tactility of architectural scrap materials and the aesthetics of improvisation.
Participants shape the workshop intentions and outcomes.
All skills can come into play.
Learn from experimentation, fail, and proudly present works in progress.
All skills can come into play.
Learn from experimentation, fail, and proudly present works in progress.
APRIL 11
A workshop on binding with St. Mary Academy Bay View K-12 all-girls school in East Providence.
Visited on March 18 to discuss research and workshop intentions with students
APRIL 27
A workshop on How To: Meet Up with RISD students and faculty, members of PVD Things, PVD Bike Collective, and the Nest in the Repair Atelier.
Exercise #1: String, Rope, and Cord
Exercise #2: Turning a Corner
Exercise #3: Containers
Exercise #2: Turning a Corner
Exercise #3: Containers
REUSE NETWORK
A rolodex address book of people interested in second hand things, collecting, repairing, educating, making, and learning new skills!
FUTURES IN SISTERING
Thesis partner Megan Holzrichter and I joined forces to build a shared exhibition wall constructed from soil and concrete footings and my stock and tools.
Sistered beams = a term used in construction referring to the structural interdependence with what already exists,
They are stronger together!
Sistered beams = a term used in construction referring to the structural interdependence with what already exists,
They are stronger together!