Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process
This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients.

Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients who have experienced trauma. This edited collection contains chapters from a wide variety of contributors from around the world and covers a vast array of topics, including the use of found objects in clinical settings, community and art practice, pedagogy and self-care.

This is the ideal resource for any art therapist wishing to explore the use of this non-traditional medium to enrich their practice.

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Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process
This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients.

Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients who have experienced trauma. This edited collection contains chapters from a wide variety of contributors from around the world and covers a vast array of topics, including the use of found objects in clinical settings, community and art practice, pedagogy and self-care.

This is the ideal resource for any art therapist wishing to explore the use of this non-traditional medium to enrich their practice.

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Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process

Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process

Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process

Found Objects in Art Therapy: Materials and Process

Overview

This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients.

Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients who have experienced trauma. This edited collection contains chapters from a wide variety of contributors from around the world and covers a vast array of topics, including the use of found objects in clinical settings, community and art practice, pedagogy and self-care.

This is the ideal resource for any art therapist wishing to explore the use of this non-traditional medium to enrich their practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785926914
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 02/18/2021
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.75(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Daniel Wong MA AThR, MA ArtAdm, BFA is an art therapist and researcher on the intersection between the arts, health, and wellbeing. A trained artist, he works primarily with discarded household material as he finds the unpredictability of these found materials inventive. He teaches on the MA Art Therapy Programme at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore.

Ronald P.M.H. Lay MA, AThR, ATR-BC is the Programme Leader of the MA Art Therapy programme at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore. Ronald has an extensive practice-based career in forensic mental health, and has varied research interests that has led to national, regional and international consultation, development, training, collaborative arts projects, and leadership.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction Daniel Wong Ronald P. M. H. Lay 13

Part 1 Frameworks: Historical And Theoretical Considerations

1 Materials: Potential and Found Objects Daniel Wong 25

2 The Art of Walking: Composing Landmarks, Performing Territory Pamela Whitaker 39

Part 2 Found Objects In Therapy

3 Making the Most of It: Creative Media Use in a Forensic Mental Health Setting Sheila Lorenzo de la Peña 59

4 The Use of Non-Traditional Mediums in Doll Making with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Divya 73

5 Eco-Art Therapy, Mindfulness, (Im)Permanence: Leaving a Purposeful Mark Samantha J. Hickman 89

6 The Magic of Holy Junk Judith Siano 105

Part 3 Found Objects In Community And Art Practice

7 The Flower Tower: A Case Study on the Use of Found Objects for Artmaking in a Palliative Daycare Centre Grace Ong 125

8 Look What I've Found!: The Imaginative Space Offered by Found Objects in Art and Community Pixin Weng 139

9 The Aftermath of Losing Mum and Dad: Grieving through Creative Expression with Everyday Objects Kim Hau Pang 151

Part 4 Found Objects In Self-Care

10 Tension: Balancing Self-Care with Professional Practice During and After a Workplace Tragedy Ronald P. M. H. Lay 165

11 Cultivating Self-Compassion through Found Materials and Rediscovered Rituals Kelly Reedy 179

Part 5 Found Objects In Pedagogy

12 The Aesthetics of Touch: Discovering the Embedded Potential of Found Objects as a Pedagogical Platform Denise Malis 195

13 Subterranean Dreaming in the Intertidal Zone Jill Westwood Lesley Morris 213

14 Found Objects in Art Therapy Pedagogy: Significant Trajectories of Our Practice Daniel Wong Ronald P. M. H. Lay 231

Contributors 251

Subject Index 257

Author Index 269

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