Phase 1 _ Condition

Making

Phase 2_ Recondition

Placement

Coexistence / Care / Encounters / Living with
Light / Locality / Ecology / Interdependence
Words / Medium / Perception / Affection
Nourishing / Mind-wandering / Place based / Over looked
Mutual respect / Individuals / Sharing / Ripples
Delight / Solitude / Flowing / Accompanying

Trail and error- 24.01.25

Trail and error- 24.01.25

Trail and error- 24.01.25

Trail and error - 24.01.25

Outhouse

Trail and error - 24.01.25

Once forgotten,

    through the Snail and its presence, the outhouse is attended to.

Not transformed, but shifted from what was recognised as abandoned.

It holds a past.

A site through which life is observed differently,

and allowed to continue.

Trail and error- 24.01.25

Trail and error- 24.01.25

A DESIGN ECOLOGY

The Snail, a slow-made, editioned object that acts as both artefact and gesture. Rooted in care, locality, and ecology, The Snail resists the pressures of speed, scale, and individual authorship, instead, it embraces a slower, entangled process - one that foregrounds interdependence, material sensitivity, and mutual respect.

The Snail highlights the role of local makers, small-batch processes, and overlooked materials seeing making itself as the opportunity to build viable, place based systems of exchange - a design ecology.

  • Cast recycled shell, Doba Studio, EH7 6AE

    Oak body, Joachim King Bespoke Specialist Furniture, G51 2AJ

    Painting, finishing and fixing, GOODD Ltd, G1 5DS