Materials are fundamental to craft. Accordingly, the goal of Fiona Bell’s residency is to develop a Materials Library at Haystack that can be built upon in the future. The collection will be organized by material type and cataloged to provide information regarding composition, properties, methods, and potential applications. Existing materials will include manufacturer information while do-it-yourself materials will be accompanied by recipes. By building this collection, others at Haystack can learn more about materials and add new materials to the Library.

Fiona Bell (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, developing sustainable biomaterials at the intersection of material science, biodesign, and human-computer interaction.

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