Public Masterclass: Electro Colour (Afternoon)

Dis­cov­er the elec­tri­fy­ing inter­sec­tion of elec­tri­city, chem­istry and col­our in this hands-on mas­ter­class with Unit Lab.

In this mas­ter­class, you’ll design and cre­ate your own cus­tom cir­cuit boards, using them to make vivid, one-of-a-kind prints with elec­tri­city and cab­bage juice — dubbed Elec­tro Col­our by Unit Lab. Watch on as the cur­rent flows, split­ting water into hydro­gen and oxy­gen and trans­form­ing cab­bage-soaked paper into an array of bright col­our. As a res­ult, you’ll leave with your own beau­ti­fully unique Elec­tro Col­our print. 

Unit Lab is the cre­at­ive part­ner­ship of Cindy Strobach and Mike Vanis. Based in South Lon­don, they design objects, install­a­tions and work­shops that bridge sci­ence, art and the nat­ur­al world. Pre­vi­ous pro­jects include a play­ground that incor­por­ates per­spect­ive and dis­tor­tion (Mir­ror Shape Play), a ruler that meas­ures both length and weight (Grav­ity Ruler and a col­lec­tion of plates that cap­ture fre­quency pat­terns (Fre­quency Plates).

Image cred­it: Unit Lab

Import­ant inform­a­tion about our bal­lot sys­tem for this event:

We are using a ran­dom­ised bal­lot sys­tem for this event. 

Our bal­lot will go live on Monday 28^th Septem­ber at 05:00. To be in with a chance of join­ing us, select as many mas­ter­classes as you are inter­ested in attend­ing and sub­mit your entry before Sunday 11^th Octo­ber at 23:59. Please note: it makes no dif­fer­ence when you sub­mit your entry; enter­ing early does not increase your chances of secur­ing a space. All places will be offered at random.

If suc­cess­ful, you will be emailed a link to book a space on one mas­ter­class from Monday 12^th Octo­ber 2026. Suc­cess­ful applic­ants will have 24 hours to book their slot; how­ever, if you do not book with­in 24 hours, your place will be offered to someone else. Even if you have selec­ted mul­tiple mas­ter­classes on your sub­mis­sion, you will only be able to book one mas­ter­class. This mas­ter­class will be pre-chosen for you at ran­dom from your selection. 

If you are also inter­ested in attend­ing our research talk and/​or Mater­i­als Lib­rary tour, you will be able to book this dir­ectly from our web­site on Monday 28^th Septem­ber at 5:00. Attend­ing these ses­sions does not affect your chances of gain­ing a slot on a mas­ter­class, and will not count towards your one mas­ter­class booking.

Once all tick­ets are fully booked by the bal­lot win­ners, we will noti­fy every­one who signed up and offer them the oppor­tun­ity to join our wait­ing list for last-minute dropouts.

This mas­ter­class is suit­able for ages 18+.

Import­ant inform­a­tion about our bal­lot sys­tem for this event:

We are using a ran­dom­ised bal­lot sys­tem for this event. 

Our bal­lot will go live on Monday 28^th Septem­ber at 05:00. To be in with a chance of join­ing us, select as many mas­ter­classes as you are inter­ested in attend­ing and sub­mit your entry before Sunday 11^th Octo­ber at 23:59. Please note: it makes no dif­fer­ence when you sub­mit your entry; enter­ing early does not increase your chances of secur­ing a space. All places will be offered at random.

If suc­cess­ful, you will be emailed a link to book a space on one mas­ter­class from Monday 12^th Octo­ber 2026. Suc­cess­ful applic­ants will have 24 hours to book their slot; how­ever, if you do not book with­in 24 hours, your place will be offered to someone else. Even if you have selec­ted mul­tiple mas­ter­classes on your sub­mis­sion, you will only be able to book one mas­ter­class. This mas­ter­class will be pre-chosen for you at ran­dom from your selection. 

If you are also inter­ested in attend­ing our research talk and/​or Mater­i­als Lib­rary tour, you will be able to book this dir­ectly from our web­site on Monday 28^th Septem­ber at 5:00. Attend­ing these ses­sions does not affect your chances of gain­ing a slot on a mas­ter­class, and will not count towards your one mas­ter­class booking.

Once all tick­ets are fully booked by the bal­lot win­ners, we will noti­fy every­one who signed up and offer them the oppor­tun­ity to join our wait­ing list for last-minute dropouts.

Every­one at UCL is wel­come in our spaces. We strive to make all of our pro­cesses access­ible, includ­ing attend­ing our events and work­shops, and using our web­site and book­ing sys­tems. Please mes­sage us if you have any ques­tions or require­ments, or need assist­ance using our plat­forms. We’ll be happy to help.

We’re always inter­ested in feed­back to help us improve access to our activ­it­ies. Please con­tact events@​instituteofmaking.​org.​uk if you’d like to chat.