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Craft & Design: Hand, Mind & the Creative Process Wowhaus created a temporary installation that brought together invited participants to explore the role of the hand in the creative process. Characteristic of many Wowhaus site-specific projects, "craft" became a means of connecting with place and the forces of nature. Scott worked closely with Haystack staff to develop a low-impact program, culling fallen fir and spruce trees as material; the surrounding forest and tidal beach became both site and studio. Hand tools were used to craft a four post, 20' tall, bed/raft that was launched into Jericho Bay. Participants stripped poles, assembled the structure, and wove a "mattress" of live fir boughs. After the launching, the structure was disassembled and materials were returned to their original locations - altered yet left to the elements, hopefully to inspire future projects by Haystack students. At the symposium, formal presentations were given by professionals in diverse fields, including Satyendra Pakhale, Atelier Satyendra Pakhale - Design for Industry & Crafts in Amsterdam; Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of Albers Foundation and Eames Demetrios, Director of Eames Office, Dorothy Dunn, Education Director and Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, juggler Michael Moschen, Sonya Clark, fiber artist and Assistant Professor in Textile Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Jean Gardner, Senior Faculty in the Department of Arhcitecture, Interior Design and Lighting at Parsons School of Design, Jack Lenor Larsen, weaver and textile designer, Frank Wilson, M.D., and Ralph Caplan, author of By Design.
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