Make a Crystal – This is Not a Giant Crystal
9.10.2021 14:00 – 17:00 at Katariinankatu 4, Helsinki
a hands-on workshop with Nicolina Stylianou at Quantum Critic 2021.
“Make a Crystal – This is Not a Giant Crystal” was a two-part hands-on workshop on how to make homegrown piezoelectric crystals, so as to amplify sounds. The crystals were a subject to piezoelectric effect which appears when certain objects (i.e., crystals, ceramics, metals) exhibit electric charge (polarity: positive, negative) when subjected to mechanical pressure.
The first part was be held on the 9th October 2021 where participants prepared the solution and then let it crystallize for few weeks. On the 30th October 2021, we tested test, soldered, and produced the microphones.
“Make a Crystal – This is Not a Giant Crystal” was a result of “Lythomancy” (2019-2021) creative research supported by Kone Foundation which began with an interest on how to pass electricity through hair, and to study the socio-historical and cultural symbols around it.
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