Abstract
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 'Contextual Examples' as a new type of boundary object and traces its emergence through the analysis of data from the ‘Data-Music-Jewellery’ project - a distributed collaboration between a UK-based jeweller and a US-based visual artist. Through an initial review, 37 boundary objects, clustered into 8 types, were identified. This paper focuses on how ‘Contextual Examples’ as a novel type of boundary object seemed to support the emergence of cross-disciplinary jewellery practice. By offering a nuanced perspective on the roles of 'Contextual Examples' in this project, the paper contributes to the understanding of communication, knowledge flow, and the evolution of cross-disciplinary jewellery in collaborative settings, expanding the concept of boundary objects within design and creative practice.
Keywords
jewellery; cross-disciplinary jewellery; cross-disciplinary making; cross-disciplinary research; collaboration; distributed collaboration; boundary objects; contextual example
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1109
Citation
Ding, D., and Kettley, S. (2024) Shifting between boundaries: ‘Contextual Examples’ as boundary objects in a Jeweller - Visual Artist distributed collaboration, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.1109
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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 'Contextual Examples' as a new type of boundary object and traces its emergence through the analysis of data from the ‘Data-Music-Jewellery’ project - a distributed collaboration between a UK-based jeweller and a US-based visual artist. Through an initial review, 37 boundary objects, clustered into 8 types, were identified. This paper focuses on how ‘Contextual Examples’ as a novel type of boundary object seemed to support the emergence of cross-disciplinary jewellery practice. By offering a nuanced perspective on the roles of 'Contextual Examples' in this project, the paper contributes to the understanding of communication, knowledge flow, and the evolution of cross-disciplinary jewellery in collaborative settings, expanding the concept of boundary objects within design and creative practice.