Yesterday we presented our Live Project to the school, in a bar in town, after a major power cut forced the closure of the Arts Tower and nearby university buildings. As we had a limited time we had to somewhat gloss over the ’science’, and because we had only tested the kaolinite blocks, we [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Show and Tell
Posted in News on 10 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Press ganged
Posted in News on 7 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On the basis of all publicity is good publicity:
Big red machines!
Posted in Process on 7 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Early on Tuesday morning we loaded up the van once more, this time to take our kaolin blocks to meet their fate. Fate in the form of a large red crush testing machine. We weren’t holding out much hope for the strength of the blocks, which weren’t very strong, but the water vs. [...]
What are the odds, eh?
Posted in News on 6 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kaolinite blocks were tested this morning, crushed, scratched, sniffed, dipped and hosed… The results, were illuminating. We knew the kaolin blocks would be weak, which they were, but the differences between urine and water blocks were very, very interesting.
As you can see I had an exciting weekend.
Stomp stomp stomp
Posted in Process on 2 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
Impromptu crush test by Stuzilla
Crunchy on the outside
Posted in News on 1 November 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wet and stinky on the inside…
So the blocks look dry, but aren’t. Cutting them down isn’t really that easy, so we’ll have to wait until they dry, as crush testing soggy blocks would be a waste of time and really, a waste of the blocks. Testing has been postponed…
Back to the paperwork.
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