lines from songs are on the underneath of these bowls thanks to Arduino

Visible and Tactile Sound

Visualising Sound often provides inspiration within art and design practice, however the potential of recording sound from a tactile as well as an aesthetic perspective is rarely investigated. The Visible and Tactile Sound project turns sounds into patterns and objects which can be felt or held. Lisa Cole has invented and developed a machine as a tool to translate sound …

UWE let me have a go on an electron microscope with dough

Interdisciplinary collaboration as a catalyst for innovation

Over Easter in 1300 Dante traveled through hell. Over Easter 2019 I took sourdough starter on Dante’s journey, punished it according to the cantos and relayed the results back to clay forms based on electron microscope pictures of my sourdough. I wrote about how art, science and philosophy are interlinked and co-dependent and you can read Interdisciplinary collaboration as a …

Look through Bouts window at the bags of games inside there are no rules here

ArtBox Dementia Engagement for Bristol Museums

ArtBox is created by a team from Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and is part of a project attached to the loan of the 550 year old painting St Luke Drawing the Virgin and Child from the Bowes Museum. Funders: Heritage Lottery, Artfund, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Design and Fabrication team : Lisa Cole (Designer/Maker), Chris Ingram (Designer/Fabricator …