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2026

5 June



March - April

Symposium: Material Response:  Shaping Sustainable Practices from Clay and Waste

Material Response - Expanding Periphery Materials in a research project collaboration with Sunken Studio and the University of Leeds  2025
22 August


13 September    GreenEconomy Networking Event 
Speaking about Periphery Materials 

Speaking about Periphery Materials at Sunken Studio Open Day  17-21 September
Exhibiting Periphery Materials research at Material Matters, London Design Festival2 October



22 October Attending Clay Conference: From Waste to Resource: Circular Economies For Construction Clay Spoil

Speaking at SAIL Creative Climate Conversations 2025 17-19 OctoberSelected for RDI Summer Sessions at Dartington Hall

Last Updated 05.03.26
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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RDI Summer Session, 2025
Squeak & Bubble - lets make the most of skrap 

June 2026 An experience that I keep reflecting on - its many layers and lasting impacts. Nearly a year later and I am still unpacking the ways it altered how I think and what it is that I think about.

The weekend made me believe - in a real tangible way - that there were other people interested in this entangled, cross-displinary, ‘messy’ way of working and seeing the world. Other people who wanted to bypass the small talk and get to the most existential, connective, uninhibited conversations about big ideas from the get go. 

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