[Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at LKL, 14th April: Nick Sayers, 'To Live: Building Geodesic Shelters from Estate Agent Boards'

[Phillip Kent]

** PLEASE CIRCULATE ** ALL WELCOME **

TO LIVE: BUILDING GEODESIC SHELTERS FROM ESTATE AGENT BOARDS
An LKL Maths-Art seminar by Nick Sayers
Thursday 14th April 2011, 6.00 - 7.30pm

Estate agents' signs dominate the urban landscape. Artist Nick Sayers has
discovered an alternative use for them: as building materials for geodesic 
shelters and playhouses!

In this talk he will reveal the inspiration for this project, the maths
behind the making, and how it relates to his other geometric sculptures.
Uniting art and mathematics, the domes he has created are an exploration
of sustainable building methods, and make a statement abut homelessness,
the housing market and recycling.

See Nick's projects on Flickr:
Show Home: the liveable estate agent board dome
  http://flickr.com/nicksayers/sets/72157626383603478
To Live: the estate agent board dome
  http://flickr.com/nicksayers/sets/72157600098339799
Spheres (selected) 
  http://flickr.com/nicksayers/sets/72157609022531531/detail

BIOGRAPHY: Nick Sayers is an artist and graphic designer. For his
ongoing Spheres project, he has created a series of spherical
sculptures, shelters and lighting from a wide variety of recycled,
reused and repurposed materials. Working with everything from measuring
tapes and playing cards to car tyres and bicycle wheels, he has
developed new construction methods and revisited traditional craft
techniques.


DATE: Thursday 14th April
TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm
PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS
[Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]

FUTURE SEMINARS: May 12, Daniel White; June 9, special origami/maths-art 
meeting co-organised with the British Origami Society.

LKL Maths-Art seminars are free to attend, and All are welcome. No
reservation is required, but an email to lkl.maths.art at gmail.com is
appreciated for planning purposes

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Dr Phillip Kent, Visiting Fellow, London Knowledge Lab
p.kent at ioe.ac.uk   phillip.kent at gmail.com
www.phillipkent.net    m: 07950 952034
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