Embodied craft practices: mindful flow, creativity, and collaboration as drivers for wellbeing

Townsend, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-2212-2511 and Niedderer, K., 2024. Embodied craft practices: mindful flow, creativity, and collaboration as drivers for wellbeing. In: N. Nimkulrat and C. Groth, eds., Craft and design practice from an embodied perspective. London: Routledge, pp. 66-79. ISBN 9781032356815

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Abstract

The experience of practising craft has become increasingly recognized for its relationship with, and contribution to, mindfulness and wellbeing. In this chapter, we argue that craft activities facilitate makers’ wellbeing in three ways through (a) sensorial material engagement, (b) the creative act of making, and (c) the social nature of craft. The chapter introduces the notion of mindfulness and elucidates it through examples from our individual practices of metalwork and textiles, demonstrating how wellbeing may arise from mindful interaction with materials. The discussion is expanded through selected examples from the field of craft to further explore how material, making, and co-creation practices can help support mindfulness and wellbeing.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Description:	Chapter 5
Creators:	Townsend, K. and Niedderer, K.
Publisher:	Routledge
Place of Publication:	London
Date:	30 July 2024
ISBN:	9781032356815
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.4324/9781003328018-8 DOI 1915864 Other
Rights:	The Open Access version of this book has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license, with support from the University of South-Eastern Norway, Lund University, Northumbria University, and University of Twente.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	22 Jul 2024 09:55
Last Modified:	22 Jul 2024 09:55
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51797

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