Photograph of biomaterials created by Arts University Plymouth MA Student Natalia Lombardi

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Slide presentation in person of practice-led research at University of Worcester, for Illustration Research cohort inc lecturers, related charities, students and professional creatives. The presentation was later published as a paper for the Journal of Illustration, by Intellect.

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Pedler, C., (2019) Illustrating Mental Health. [Practice Research] (2019). University of Worcester. DOI: 10.66992/QOIRu0
Publish Date
2019

Clean-Up-Workers (Deluxe Series) is a project positioned as autoethnographic, mixed-media, practice-led research situated within the field of contemporary glass art.

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Matthias. G., (2026). Clean-Up-Workers (Deluxe Series) [Research Practice] (2021 - 2026). Arts University Plymouth. DOI: 10.66992/plfvBT
Publish Date
2026

Conference paper examining fragility, material memory and feminist practices of care in contemporary art, tracing a shift from repair towards speculative methodologies of carrying and tending in response to ecological precarity.

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King, S., (2026). Soft Practices: Material Memory, Fragility and Speculative Futures. Proceedings of the 9th Memory, Forgetting and Creating International Interdisciplinary Conference, organised by InMind Support, Poland, 22–23 January 2026 (online conference). DOI: 10.66992/B1Gp9d
Publish Date
2026

A practice led case study documenting the production of Clean-Up Workers (Deluxe Series) mixed media sculpture. Auto ethnographic narratives are explored through the lens of waste, value and abjection.

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Matthias, G., (2023). Clean Up Workers (Deluxe Series): The Embodiment of Waste Values and Aesthetics. MDPI Arts. 12 (5) pp 204 - 223.
Publish Date
2023

A reflective case study of practice-led research, this paper illustrates a realignment in creative methodology from a craft-based kiln-formed glass practitioner, to a mixed media sculptor exploring personal narratives.

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Matthias, G., (2019). S-O-T Body Repairs: Narrative Pursuits. MDPI Arts Special Issue. 8 (1) pp 16 - 31
Publish Date
2019