Strange Utensils: An investigation into creativity using the utensil as a vehicle

Grant McCaig

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Abstract / Description of output

Reconsidering Archaeologies of Creativity

The geologist Charles Lyell conceptualised, ‘The key to the past is in the present.’
Everyday we are surrounded by a geography of objects that are familiar and yet strange. Familiar in that they are part of our everyday vocabulary and strange in that their origins have become detached from their present forms.
We use form as a way of establishing a reality, of marking where we are and our progress.
Using these commonly held perceptions I would like to make a series of objects based around a recognizable theme, “utensils”.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventSHA 2013: 46th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology - Leicester, United Kingdom
Duration: 9 Jan 201312 Jan 2013

Conference

ConferenceSHA 2013: 46th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLeicester
Period9/01/1312/01/13

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  • Conference, Making, Investigation,

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  • The New Silver

    McCaig, G., 15 Dec 2012

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