Material Symphysis

Material Symphysis was a collaborative project between staff teaching crafts at University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Tokyo University of the Arts. It comprised an exhibition, catalogue and symposium. The exhibition was shown in the Foyer gallery of UCA and the Crafts Study Centre. Speakers at the symposium were Hiroshi Kato, Professor Simon Olding, Professor Lesley Millar, Risa Ohgi, Catherine Slade-Brooking, Satoshi Mizushiro, Rebecca Skeels, Debra Allman and Christopher Jones. Speakers beyond craft-based practice (Catherine Slade-Brooking, Graphic Communications and Christopher Jones, Library Learning and Support) were included in order to extend the aims of wider educational practice and support of learning