Material Practice MSc 2017-18

Research: Making a camera from aluminium sheets.

Research: Harvesting gold from sim cards

Duncan Herd squashing HDPE.

Research: 3D printed steel bridge by MX3d

Research: school in Fife

Research: Using the control panel on Scott’s kiln.

26/3/18 - Dragged this old washing machine out and considering stripping it down at MatPrac

26/3/18 - Absolutely thrilled to be allowed to take away the waste plastic from McDonald’s for testing.

26/3/18 - Bought accessories from the gallery beadshop to turn the star I made from Gary’s waste PLA into an earring.

26/3/18 - 3 coloured plates, melted stages.

26/3/18 - Scott’s kiln. I’ll be using this to melt PLA

26/3/18 - Building the dome requires precise measurements.

21/3/18 - Another tray. Lighter colours this time.

21/3/18 - This one glows

21/3/18 - The children thought the jigsaw was incredible, however it was very difficult. With just 60 pieces it still took Beverley 4 hours to complete.

21/3/18 - Starting to screw together the geodesic dome structure