Dip & Grow
Fabiane Perrella and Karen Richmond will be creating an evening of experimental participation. Visitors are invited to join a ‘dip coating’ test laboratory where structures are transformed by dipping them in a multitude of colourful high gloss liquids.
Participants will experience an immediate, contemporary and bespoke process where blank objects acquire personality. People will engage with the space like an open kitchen and be enthused by vibrant and glossy colours at our lab.
Karen and Fabiane believe firmly in PLAY and their work is a celebration of people and objects that people make.
They have experience of mass participation making events with recent projects at the Tate Modern, Hull City Centre and the Barbican.
For this Craft Lab they are interested in the celebration of a process that is both industrial and handmade and will attempt to create an experimental ‘domestic dip coating’ laboratory. Their intention is to bring dip coating to the masses!
Dip coating is well known as a mass manufacturing process that is carried out in industrial units behind closed doors. The intention is to demystify this process and bring it to a hand made environment by taking an industrial process to a hand-made environment to question and test established ideas of what makes an object precious. Through the lab the hidden element of the craftsperson is brought to the forefront staged and transparent, visitors will learn and engage in a fun and enjoyable way that is not primarily focused on the point of sale but the playful making.
This investigation will require your participation, so come along, play and explore this colourful twist on the process of dip coating.
Unveil and dispel myths around making.