Material Recording
Material Recording is an ongoing practice documenting how wood behaves under constraint, pressure and time.
Objects are produced, exposed to controlled conditions and recorded as their material state changes.
The work focuses on behaviour rather than form and on observation rather than outcome.
It is not a collection of finished objects but a system for recording material response.
Method overview
- Constraints Objects are produced with defined geometric and material constraints that influence stress and movement.
- Interventions Selected actions—structural, thermal, chemical or surface-based—are applied to alter how the material behaves.
- Failure Cracking, rupture, deformation and collapse are treated as recorded events rather than defects.
- State Each object is observed over time and documented as active, stable or resolved.
Records
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An indexed view of Material Recording entries, organised by material, failure class and state.
Updates
Periodic notes on Material Recording, object states and ongoing research.