Visualising the invisible
In this workshop, we explore everyday phenomena through a series of hands-on experiments, from creating a microcosmos inside a coffee cup to psychedelic liquid light shows using domestic substances. Will perform ad-hock / low tech experiments using everyday materials, combining sound, magnets, light and liquids to create unique optical effects and images. For reference, consider early sci-fi special effects to the striking black and white images of scientific phenomena by Berenice Abbot. And the psychedelic liquid light shows 1960s using household chemicals and pond life.
Workshop Highlights:


Cymatics 
Cymatics 
Cymatics 
Cymatics – bubble membrain 2005 
hele-shaw cell / Mission Gallery 2004 
Ferro-fluid 2022 
Ferro-fluid 
Ferro-fluid 2022 

Foam in hele-shaw cell 

Hele-shaw-cells-2 Spectra 2016 
Hele-shaw-cells-2 Spectra 2016 
Hele-shaw-cells-2 Spectra 2016






Hans Jennys Cymatics: The Study of Wave Phenomena in 1967
Berenice Abbot (Physical Science Study1958)