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NICOLA WOOD

Discourse Through Making: The role of the Journeyman in Designing Interactive Media to Support the Learning of Craft Skills

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Nicola Wood is an interactive media designer and researcher investigating applications for multimedia in learning practical skills with a specialised interest in traditional rural crafts. Her current research is an investigation into the tacit knowledge of craft practitioners and the design of interactive media to support learning of tacit skills. Grace Horne is a practice based researcher with an interest in contemporary knives and edged tools. Her current area of research is solid state diffusion bonded Damascus steel and its role in contemporary knifemaking