An Aesthetic of Survival
(Final Major Project, MA 2009)

Like many people in the current financial climate, I have begun to think about the value of the things that surround me, value that goes beyond the monetary.

This project uses crafts that have been gradually been disappearing within the domestic setting to bring to light the value of unpaid chores that happen in that sphere. I wish to illustrate that when little value is placed on the unpaid work of the household, it restricts our creativity in that setting. This has evolved from a more general interest in craft, and the role it plays in my own practice as a graphic designer, and the value placed on the act of craft in the contemporary creative setting.