Sanmin Tan
Biography
Sanmin Tan is a practice-based PhD student within the School of Design. She uses clay as a primary material in her artwork and research projects. She also employs documentary filmmaking to investigate the interactions between her creative research practices and audiences.
Sanmin was awarded an MSc by Research in Counselling Studies by the University of Edinburgh in 2021.
Research interests
- Clay sculpting practice design supporting health and well-being in daily life
- The transformative space between art practices and everyday life
- Ethics in arts practice-based research
Sanmin’s research interests focus on how clay sculpting combined with nature observation can be used as an intervention to support health and well-being in daily life. In her research, hand-building clay sculpting is informed by the observation of nature and has been developed as a designed practice to understand the connections between the inner world and the external world including local environments and the sense of space and place. Sanmin’s artistic explorations build a foundation for her to create the transformative space between art practices and everyday life to serve health and well-being.