Nelson Mandela University's Visual Arts Department and PPC Ltd are hosting a workshop on the creative use of concrete on Thursday and Friday, August 23 and 24.
The programme will cover:
Lectures on new technologies in cement and concrete and unusual things people make with the material around the world.• Various mould-making techniques and how to mix, cast, de-mould and cure concrete.• There will also be a demo with plasticiser, accelerators, pigments and fibres etc. • A workshop allowing students to mix concrete with the various admixtures and to cast their objects. Please take note of the list of requirements participants must bring along to the workshop:
1 Some form of protection for clothing; either an apron, plastic bag or old clothes to work in.
2 Gloves; dish-washing gloves or industrial gloves from a hardware store work best. These can be latex gloves, but they don’t last very long as the river-sand and stone tears it.
3 Buckets or shallow tubs to mix the concrete in.
4 Plastic cups to measure materials with.5 Anything you want to cast concrete in; this can be a silicone cake, chocolate or ice-cube mould, plastic containers like empty milk or cold-drink bottles, yoghurt or ice-cream tubs, salad bowls, mineral water bottles or even old plastic toys.
6 Some form of release agent such as floor polish, Spray & Cook, Sunlight liquid or Vaseline.
The organisers will provide an industrial release agent but it’s always good to know that you can use every day items purchased from a hardware shop or supermarket. PPC will be providing the other material which will be used in the workshop.
The times are 10am to 5pm on Thursday, and from 8.30am to 4pm on Friday and the seminar will be held at the Visual Arts Department, K-Block on the North Campus in Summerstrand.
There is limited space, so RSVP by Tuesday August 21.
Inquiries: Nomsa Xubane, 041-504-3247, nomsa.xubane@mandela.ac.za