Events (February 2015)
17-2-15
Public Events: Materials Library Evening
Join the Institute of Making team in exploring the Materials Library’s curious collection to see, touch, discuss, play with and learn more about the extraordinary material world that surrounds us.
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16-2-15
Members Masterclass: Afternoon session - Sugar Glass
Join designer and gastronomer Fernando Laposse to explore sugar, as a material which can be moulded, slip-cast, welded, fused and even blown. This brittle transparent material is often used as a replica to glass, as it convincingly shatters just like glass. You have to work quickly; as it cools it will soften and lose it’s brittle qualities.
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16-2-15
Members Masterclass: Morning session - Sugar Glass
Join designer and gastronomer Fernando Laposse to explore sugar, as a material which can be moulded, slip-cast, welded, fused and even blown. This brittle transparent material is often used as a replica to glass, as it convincingly shatters just like glass. You have to work quickly; as it cools it will soften and lose it’s brittle qualities.
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09-2-15
Members Masterclass: Shaker box making
Master craftsman Murray Marks creates shaker boxes in exactly the same way as the Shaker craftsmen and women have for over two hundred years; using American cherry, you will learn how to make your very own shaker box using this master technique.
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