Shifting between boundaries: ‘Contextual Examples’ as boundary objects in a Jeweller - Visual Artist distributed collaboration

Cross-disciplinary collaborations are prevalent in craft and design, during which artists draw from or apply knowledge from outside their primary field. In such creative processes, boundary objects are often present. This paper proposes the '’Contextual Examples' as a new type of boundary object and traces its emer-gence through the analysis of data from the ‘Data-Music-Jewellery’ project - a distributed collaboration between a UK-based jeweller and a US-based visual art-ist. Through an initial review, 37 boundary objects, clustered into 8 types, were identified. This paper focuses on how the ‘Contextual Examples’ as a novel type of boundary object seemed to supported the emergence of cross-disciplinary jewellery practice. By offering a nuanced perspective on the roles of 'Contextual Example objectss' in this project, the paper contributes to the understanding of communication, knowledge flow, and the evolution of cross-disciplinary jewel-lery in collaborative settings, expanding the concept of boundary objects with-in design and creative practice.