Past Events
Festival of Stuff talk: Plastic Fantastic with Mark Miodownik
Wednesday 03 July 2019 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Join our Festival of Stuff evening talk by Institute of Making Director Mark Miodownik to reinvigorate your relationship with plastics, and explore the materiality of the plastics with demos and samples from our wondrous Materials Library.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Circuitry & Headlight Building Masterclass
Wednesday 03 July 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Dead batteries are not as dead as they seem. With a little voltage booster circuit and soldering equipment, we can turn them back into something useful and build a small, punk, super-bright headlight that will squeeze the last juice out of all the dead cells you have lying around at home.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Enamelling Masterclass
Wednesday 03 July 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Explore the process of enamelling and its historical context with artist and metal worker, Helen Carnac, who will teach the basic principles and methods of fusing vitreous enamel, also known as porcelain enamel, to metal.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Midday - Circuitry & Headlight Building Masterclass
Wednesday 03 July 2019 11:30am - 12:30pm
Dead batteries are not as dead as they seem. With a little voltage booster circuit and soldering equipment, we can turn them back into something useful and build a small, punk, super-bright headlight that will squeeze the last juice out of all the dead cells you have lying around at home.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Circuitry & Headlight Building Masterclass
Wednesday 03 July 2019 10:00am - 11:00am
Dead batteries are not as dead as they seem. With a little voltage booster circuit and soldering equipment, we can turn them back into something useful and build a small, punk, super-bright headlight that will squeeze the last juice out of all the dead cells you have lying around at home.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Enamelling Masterclass
Wednesday 03 July 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm
Explore the process of enamelling and its historical context with artist and metal worker, Helen Carnac, who will teach the basic principles and methods of fusing vitreous enamel, also known as porcelain enamel, to metal.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Circuitry & Synth Building Masterclass
Tuesday 02 July 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Make music from digital logic with Jakub Zalesak! Design a Printed Circuit Board, learn how to solder, explore the niche world of logic synthesisers, and consider the nature of sound and electricity.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Papermaking Masterclass
Tuesday 02 July 2019 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Join book artist and papermaker Mandy Brannan to discover the creative possibilities of combining two papermaking techniques; traditional style Japanese papermaking and recycled papermaking.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events