All Day
BELONGING
Belonging is a multi-site exhibition curated by final-year Museum Studies students Do you belong? As social animals we feel compelled to seek out the company of others. We place ourselves into groups and categories. We define our identities by how similar or different we are to other people. Yet sometimes belonging can lead to exclusion. […]
Find out more »LADYBIRD IN FOCUS: MAKING AND CRAFT
Do you enjoy making and crafting? Do you Knit, Sew or Upcycle regular household items into new things? Making and craft was a popular theme for Ladybird, appearing across multiple series and allowing the creation of a subsection of the Hobbies and Interests series entitled ‘How to make’. The crafts within these series focus primarily […]
Find out more »THE PIG PARK AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS
What makes a good life...for a pig? Andrea Roe's recent artworks focus on pigs and their behaviour. They are the result of working at Scotland's Rural College, where she explored the nature of animal consciousness. In CARNEVALE: Objects Designed for Pigs, Andrea collaborated with artist Cath Keay to create play objects which might appeal to both humans […]
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HANDY DAN’S 3D PRINTING WORKSHOP
The MERL is collaborating with Handy Dan’s 3D Prints to produce a fun and exciting new workshop aimed at children between the ages of 7-13 years old. Children will be able to watch a 3D printer in action, listen to a talk about 3D printing processes with the opportunity to ask questions. After the talk, […]
Find out more »KNIT A SONG OF SILKWORMS
What to expect: This workshop speaks to a book held in the collection of the MERL, documenting the process of silk-farming at Lullingstone, Kent. Participants will knit an extremely fine i-cord bracelet using reeled silk grown on Lullingstone silk farm and pairs of extremely fine needles. Thoughts on working with this material will be recorded. […]
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