The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London - Series

Materials & Making: The Grand Finale

Friday 11 November 2011 5:00pm - 7:30pm

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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The Shed

Friday 11 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

Come and visit the Institute of Making team in our shed; an information point and pop-up activity site for the Festival of Materials & Making.

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The Essence of Fluorescence

Friday 11 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

The Institute of Making team resurrects their cabinet of fluorescent curiosities, first shown at the Hayward Gallery.

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Radioactive Materials

Friday 11 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

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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Intelligent Trouble

Friday 11 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

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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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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Stone: The Material & Those Who Make With It

Thursday 10 November 2011 5:15pm - 6:45pm

Three talks from the following speakers bring the Stone day to a close.

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Stone: Workshop

Thursday 10 November 2011 3:00pm - 5:00pm

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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Stone: Demonstration

Thursday 10 November 2011 12:59pm - 2:59pm

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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Stone: Walking Tour 2

Thursday 10 November 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Two walking tours of The Strand will be led by stone expert, John Williams of the Natural History Museum.

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Stone: Walking Tour 1

Thursday 10 November 2011 11:00am - 12:00pm

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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Animal Materials & Architecture

Thursday 10 November 2011 10:09am - 6:00pm

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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The Shed

Thursday 10 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

Come and visit the Institute of Making team in our shed; an information point and pop-up activity site for the Festival of Materials & Making.

Part of The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London

The Essence of Fluorescence

Thursday 10 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

The Institute of Making resurrects their cabinet of fluorescent curiosities, first shown at the Hayward Gallery.

Part of The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London

Intelligent Trouble

Thursday 10 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

Artist-led collective Intelligent Trouble will draw on rope-making as a way of working with spaces, materials, processes and people.

Part of The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London

Radioactive Materials

Thursday 10 November 2011 10:00am - 6:00pm

Radioactivity permeates the world around us. From bananas to tea-cups, paints to aeroplanes, varying amounts of radioactive material have been present in some ordinary and some less-ordinary objects.

International Centre for Security Analysis (ICSA) at the King’s Policy Institute, in collaboration with the Institute of Making’s Materials Library, present a collection of radioactive materials. A cabinet of radioactive curiosities display the every-day alongside the unusual in order to invite discussion on our reactions to, and understanding of, radioactivity.

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Materials Vending Machines

Thursday 10 November 2011 8:00am - 8:00pm

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.

Part of The Festival of Materials & Making - Kings College London

London Incorporated: the Body & the City

Wednesday 09 November 2011 6:30pm - 8:30pm

An enthralling exploration of the ways in which the materials of London are incorporated into the bodies of Londoners. Presented by Geography.

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