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Haley Bird Design
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Haley Bird Design
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Projects
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Haley Bird Design

Designer-maker of wearable & handheld artifacts exploring materiality, touch, and user interactions. 

My practice is a dialogue with materials. It began with jewellery making, but in recent years has evolved to include a variety of wearable and handleable objects.

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Get a Grip - Tankards

Get a Grip - Tankards

Get a Grip - Jewellery

Get a Grip - Jewellery

Bespoke Spoons

Bespoke Spoons

Ply Could?

Ply Could?

Glass Tankards

Glass Tankards

Ply Away

Ply Away

Non-Newtonian Fluid

Non-Newtonian Fluid

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Kerfing is a woodworking technique which involves making numerous cuts into a piece of wood in order to make it flexible. In the last couple of weeks I have been exploring the potential for combining kerfing with steam bending in order to maximise th
Great day yesterday at PROOF25! Thank you to the organisers and presenters and to everyone who came to my talk. It was an eclectic and inspiring day.

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Trials with weaving 1.5mm thick Birch plywood. Working across the dominant grain the strips of plywood were laser cut, steamed to soften them prior to weaving, and fixed in place with a 3mm diameter bamboo rod.

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As part of my PhD research @cfpr_research I’ve be experimenting with bending plywood into hyperbolic paraboloid forms, using steam bending and 3D printed formers. This display panel brings together some of these experiments in a visual represen

 

 Website by Lisa Cole for www.thinking-green.co.uk