Theodora Alfredsdottir

With technology developments and increased consumption, we have become distant from our material resources. Materials have been abstracted to a high extent to maximise their qualities, resulting in a disconnect between the material and it's origins. These changes have led to a growing gap between the user and the maker, resulting in our understanding and appreciations decreasing.

The project centres up on feldspar, a family of minerals that take up over 60 per cent of the earths crust, and their importance within the domestic environment.

The project is a dining set, consisting of materials derived from feldspar, using their qualities in one way or another. Together they form a totem, which works as a visual aid to lift their alienation from one another and states their shared origin. The project offers a way to engage with the material culture surrounding us; knowing the origin of your food is common but the origin of the plate you eat it from is often not known.