#52: Making Meaning with Wendy Ward

Making Meaning by Ruth Singer

Jul 19, 202501:09:38Arts

Wendy Ward - researcher, maker and campaigner around clothes, sustainability and emotional connection to the things we wear. Wendy is a PhD researcher at Sheffield Hallam University investigating product attachment, craf...

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