The latest 20 images from my Instagram feed:

tar pit. Tarpaulins are so named as they were originally tar-poured-linens. Tar pit carpet. #tar #hole #rope #polypropylene #bluerope #downthedrain
Just. About. There. #plansafoot #drawtothink #showing #explaining #sketchbookpage #arrow
Ready, set, insect. #holes #wood #insecthotel
Calibration Plate. This object is used to calibrate a camera system which is mounted on a 5m robotic snake arm. The set-up is designed to scan large things like aeroplane wings and satellites, where tolerances are low and accurate measurements are essential. #calibration #dots #measurement #accuracy
It was the wire that caused me to take the photo, but as it’s Sunday lates play spot the ball! #wiring #spottheball #cricketmatch #kentcountycricketclub
a special spring (it’s winter!) instalment of Skips from Above #skipsfromabove #yellows#rubbish#materials
big ice #melt#melting #ice#materials#onthestreet
... & again, my beloved, failed to print with clay, round two. #failedtoprint #failed #claymixing #consistencymatters #extrusion
A pressure sensitive adhesive putty. For best results pinch off a coin sized amount and work worth your fingers. Pull and snap, pull and snap, pull and snap. As the putty stretches it creates aerated fibres and the putty lightens in colour. At this point the adhesive is primed for use and will provide an ultra strong hold. #toptips #technique #blutac #adhesive
The latest addition to the #failedtoprint series, this time coming from the clay printer. Getting the clay to the right consistency is the trick and the tricky part. #materials #processes #making #3dclayprinting #failed
When I was a child I would cycle the lanes looking for places where tractors where likely to drive over cats eyes in the middle of the road. More often than not the reflective bullets would have been dislodged from their housing and could be found in the grassy verges. My childhood collection of reflect cats eye bullets is now part of the @of_making Materials Library. On showing someone round a few years ago they said “oo, I’ll have to get you some modern cats eyes to add to the collection”. And here they are. The housing is depressed when a car or lorry drives over in, pressing the reflective bullets down into a rain water reservoir below, and washing the eyes as the rub against the rubber housing. #catseyes #reflectors #roadfurniture #littlestory
teeny tiny lights making up one big light. #leds #array #lightingfixture #grid #bright
Jesmonite (donation) by @stephanie_tudor. #material #cubes #jesmonite #slate #welshslate #fragments
casting lines #materials #cubes #isomorphic #paraffinwax
One small study for a new yellow. Left over from the summer, 2018. #colourstudy #studiotidy #layers #paintingprocess
Support (2018-19) #cube #structure #supported #making #materialobjects
honey comb paper lattice laminated between two layers of glass fibre (ish) #materials #making #honeycomb #fluffyedges
sugar on fire #materials #energy #firebucket

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