Events (November 2011)
11-11-11
Materials & Making: The Grand Finale
The Institute of Making will wind up the festivities and go out with a bang in true Institute of Making fashion…
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11-11-11
The Essence of Fluorescence
The Institute of Making team resurrects their cabinet of fluorescent curiosities, first shown at the Hayward Gallery.
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11-11-11
Radioactive Materials
The Department of War Studies brings together a collection of radioactive materials and objects, which include some everyday items and rare finds.
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11-11-11
Intelligent Trouble
Artist-led collective Intelligent Trouble will draw on rope-making as a way of working with spaces, materials, processes and people.
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11-11-11
Materials Vending Machines
Roll up, roll up….For one whole British pound (£1) you can chance your luck with one of our specially-loaded vending machines. Dispensing material curiosities, wonders and delights, this is not only a bargain but a lottery as well, for one lucky person will be dispensed a fragment of Aerogel made by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At 99.8% air, this is the lightest solid in the world and is blue for the same reason that the sky is blue.
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10-11-11
Stone: The Material & Those Who Make With It
Three talks from the following speakers bring the Stone day to a close.
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10-11-11
Stone: Workshop
This is your chance to have a go at stone carving using traditional hand tools for roughing out, shaping and finishing.
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10-11-11
Stone: Demonstration
A demonstration of stone carving techniques by Andy Tanser and Paul Jakeman. Andy has 30 years experience as an architectural stone carver, starting at 16 as a traditional apprentice with the Cambridge firm of Rattee & Kett.
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10-11-11
Stone: Walking Tour 2
Two walking tours of The Strand will be led by stone expert, John Williams of the Natural History Museum.
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10-11-11
Stone: Walking Tour 1
One of two walking tours of The Strand will be led by stone expert, John Williams of the Natural History Museum.
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10-11-11
Animal Materials & Architecture
Visitors are invited to explore one of the gems of King’s College London: the Museum of Life Sciences. Tucked away in the Hodgkin building, the eclectic collection brings to light the wonders of materials and making in the natural world.
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10-11-11
The Essence of Fluorescence
The Institute of Making resurrects their cabinet of fluorescent curiosities, first shown at the Hayward Gallery.
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10-11-11
Intelligent Trouble
Artist-led collective Intelligent Trouble will draw on rope-making as a way of working with spaces, materials, processes and people.
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