Events




2025
22 August
GreenEconomy Networking Event 
Speaking about Periphery Materials 
17-21 September
Exhibiting Periphery Materials research at Material Matters, London Design Festival
2 OctoberAttending Clay Conference: From Waste to Resource: Circular Economies For Construction Clay Spoil 17-19 OctoberSelected for RDI Summer Sessions at Dartington Hall


Last Updated 01.08.25
Chris Crawford




Potter, designer and materials researcher based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Moving toward less extractive, lower carbon ways of designing, making and building things.

I believe that the most interesting work happens at the intersections—between art and science, craft and industry, design and engineering. 

Painting, researching, throwing, teaching, 3D printing - I am not interested in ‘staying in my lane’. 

I enjoy big challenging problems and fresh ideas.

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Image Credit: Rob Caddy
Bio

Chris Crawford is a potter, designer, and materials researcher based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Over a decade in pottery, he has met people from all kinds of backgrounds, solving problems in creative and unconventional ways. This has strengthened his belief that the most interesting work happens at the intersections—between art and science, craft and industry, design and engineering. He aims to work in this collaborative, cross-disciplinary way as he explores sources of clay and ways of making beyond traditional ceramics. 

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Image Credit: Rob Caddy