MoDiP will be closed on Friday 28th June 2013 due to it being Graduation day at AUB.
The MoDiP team would like to offer our warmest congratulations to all of the Graduating students.
We will be open again as usual on Monday 1st July 2013, for more information about our opening times please see our website: www.modip.ac.uk/content/visiting-us
Susan, Pam & Louise
Thursday 27 June 2013
Saturday 22 June 2013
MoDiP closed Monday 24th June 2013
On Monday 24th June 2013 MoDiP will be closed.
We apologise for any inconvenience, if you would like to contact the museum during this closure period please email us on modip@aub.ac.uk.
We will be open again as usual on Tuesday 25th June 2013, for more information about our opening times please see our website: www.modip.ac.uk/content/visiting-us
Susan, Pam & Louise
We apologise for any inconvenience, if you would like to contact the museum during this closure period please email us on modip@aub.ac.uk.
We will be open again as usual on Tuesday 25th June 2013, for more information about our opening times please see our website: www.modip.ac.uk/content/visiting-us
Susan, Pam & Louise
Friday 21 June 2013
What is this?
MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.
By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Wednesday 19 June 2013
#MusCake
The theme this month on culturethemes.blogspot.co.uk/ is cake, and who doesn't like cake? MoDiP has quite a variety of pieces in the collection that relate to cake in some way.
Cake moulds
Silicone lends itself to cake moulds, it has a high heat resistance and the cake can be easily removed from the flexible shape.
This Tupperware muffin mould was featured in our exhibition, Substitute: animal, vegetable, mineral & used by an AUB Interior Architecture student as part of the Objective Objects project.
Our exhibition, You can do it with plastics, looked at the flexibility provided by this jigsaw cake mould.
These Zeal cake cases were also used in our exhibition, Substitute: animal, vegetable, mineral to show how plastics can be used to replace disposable paper cake cases.
Icing and slicing
When this Tupperware icing ball is not in use the different nozzles can be stored inside.
Storage and stands
Once you have made your cake you need to display it or store it safely.
From a plastics point of view this blue cake stand shows the flow of the injection moulded polystyrene very clearly.
This unusual cake stand is made of acrylic
Other museums and museum visitors will be sharing their cakes on twitter - find out more by searching #MusCake or following @Culturethemes
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Cake moulds
Silicone lends itself to cake moulds, it has a high heat resistance and the cake can be easily removed from the flexible shape.
AIBDC : 004805 |
AIBDC : 005594 |
AIBDC : 006020 |
Icing and slicing
AIBDC : 004809 |
BXL : 1578 |
This promotional image shows a how easy it is to ice a cake using the Cascelloid cake decorating kit.
AIBDC : 006669 |
Coco the cake knife is one of my favourite pieces in our current exhibition, Beastly designs.
Once you have made your cake you need to display it or store it safely.
AIBDC : 005030 |
We have a number of food storage boxes in the collection but this one is for an individual slice so you can take your cake to work with you. You cannot beat a classic piece of Tupperware for practicality.
AIBDC : 005588 |
AIBDC : 0_6452 |
Other museums and museum visitors will be sharing their cakes on twitter - find out more by searching #MusCake or following @Culturethemes
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Monday 17 June 2013
BXL photographic archive #0012
In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on our website.
This week’s image shows sheets of polyethylene before and after it is expanded to create Plastazote.
To get a better view of the image and find out more have a look at it on our website http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl--0211 |
We are still working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or specific images it would be good to hear from you.
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Friday 14 June 2013
An iconic design
MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.
By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Wednesday 12 June 2013
Plastics bridge
Whilst out for a walk the other day along the Stour Valley Way in the beautiful sunshine I literally came across this fabulous plastic bridge.
I can imagine that this area is prone to some flooding so the use of plastics, most probably recycled, is the very sensible. It will not rot when subjected to a long soaking.
Louise Dennis, (Assistant Curator)
I can imagine that this area is prone to some flooding so the use of plastics, most probably recycled, is the very sensible. It will not rot when subjected to a long soaking.
The material will be long lived and will withstand the continued use of the many walkers and cyclists who use this area.
Louise Dennis, (Assistant Curator)
Monday 10 June 2013
BXL photographic archive #0011
In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on our website.
This week’s image shows toy shapes.
To get a better view of the image and find out more have a look at it on our website http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl--02131 |
We are still working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or specific images it would be good to hear from you.
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Friday 7 June 2013
Guess the object
MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.
By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Wunderkammer - Zoe Raffe
This piece by Zoe Raffe is the last part of the BA Hons Fine Art project Wunderkammer
Untitled, Mixed media
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Tuesday 4 June 2013
Wunderkammer - Natasha Marriot
This piece by Natasha Marriot is part of the BA Hons Fine Art project Wunderkammer
Untitled, Acrylic
on canvas
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Natasha says: Traditionally collectors of the past would venture into new and unknown territories and return with both natural specimens and detailed illustrations of plants and animals to add to their Cabinets of Curiosities. Appropriating the techniques of scientific illustrations, these five
paintings attempt to communicate my response to the intricate patterns
and vivid colours in the eyes of reptiles and amphibians. By isolating just the eyes they became more
than eyes and began to take on forms of their own.
Monday 3 June 2013
BXL photographic archive #0010
In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on our website.
This week’s image shows a 1970s Lotus Formula 1 car.
To get a better view of the image and find out more have a look at it on our website http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl--0217 |
We are still working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or specific images it would be good to hear from you.
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)
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