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Long live bamboo sticks
Bamboo is a technique developed by artist Antoon Versteegde. Bamboo sticks are connected with elastic bands to create large works of art. We look at some of his works, and also examine bamboo sticks ourselves to discover what makes them so strong. …
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Become a Styrofoam architect
The students get to work like real architects: after a short introduction to force distribution and strength theory, they learn the different techniques to design and construct an apartment building with our super fun Styrofoam cutters. But their …
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Prehistoric clothing workshop
Hunter-gatherers were already able to make well-fitting clothing from animal skins. The archaeological find that can tell us more about this is Ötzi, the oldest mummy ever excavated in Europe and extremely interesting because of the outfit in …
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Tote bag design: Workshop
During a Tote Bag Design Workshop we will design a reusable bag ourselves. We will work with the younger participants with stamps to create a pattern for our carrying bag. For the older participants we start from hand lettering. This way, every …
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Spaghetti Bridges: Building and Testing
Building spaghetti bridges is a workshop where children have to make a bridge that spans a certain width using only uncooked spaghetti and a heat glue gun. The group that builds the bridge that can support the most weight without breaking is …
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