Sarah’s current research paper is titled “Identity as Assemblage: Visualizing Identity through Ceramic Sculpture”.

Her paper aims to investigate how ceramic artists utilize their artistic practice to visualize their journey of identity formation. Assemblage Theory, as developed by Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari and elaborated by Manuel DeLanda, will be used to inform the concept of identity and how it can be understood as a combination and interaction of micro and macro components. I, the practitioner-researcher, will utilize my own sculptural ceramic art practice to explore this as well as the ceramic art practices of Belinda Blignaut and Barbro Åberg. This paper will lead to a deeper understanding of the multifaceted and ongoing journey of identity formation as assemblages.