Workshops: Material Videos and Sand Casting this September – Apply Now

by 9. July 2018

At this year’s Summer School (also known as “Herbstsession”) we are offering two workshops for BURG’s most curious art and design students. Please see our offerings below, we’re looking forward seeing you this September. This is going to be a great summer!

Unstable Matter – Material Video Workshop
> More information and registrations (fully booked)

Raw Art – Sand Casting Workshop
> More information and registrations (fully booked)

Deadline for applications: July 23rd 2018 *
* hereafter, we’ll send a confirmation to the participants (with possible waiting list).


Course: Make Your Own Sketchbooks (Continued)

· by 2. May 2018

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Binde deine eigenen Skizzenhefte in der Materialsammlung

Wir gehen in die zweite Runde. Auch dieses Semester hast du wieder die Möglichkeit einen Workshop in der Materialsammlung mitzumachen.

Im Kurs kannst du deine eigenen Skizzenhefte mit einer einfachen Fadenbindung herstellen. Gleichzeitig lernst du die Materialsammlung kennen und kannst die verschiedenen Materialien in dein Buch ‘einbinden’.

Mitbringen solltest du:
– Papierreste
– Cutter
– Schneidunterlage (falls vorhanden)
– Ahle, Vorstecher (falls vorhanden)
– Schere
– Nadel

Melde dich bei Valena an, wenn du Interesse hast: valena.ammon(at)gmail.com
Teile uns mit, wann du kommen möchtest. Die Kurse finden statt am Mittwoch 16.5 und am Donnerstag 17.5 jeweils von 16 bis 18 Uhr

Wir freuen uns auf dich!
das MAKE. Team


Workshop: The Sound of Material

· by 23. April 2018

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Update: Precious Plastic @ BURG

· by 17. February 2018

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Dear all, after an intensive workshop week (see Instagram Takeover) with a dozen skilled art and design students, MAKE. is happy to announce that some first experiments with a fully functional Injection Molder took place. The Extrusion and Shredder machines are nearly finished and will be available soon. Many thanks to all participants and supporters for helping us in making this real!

Workshop participants and helpers:
Radha Diaz Hublitz, Kyoungmi Ryou, Benjamin Volk, Sophie Kurzer, Fritz Rahne, Tony Beyer, Alexander Rex, Bernhard Elsässer, Max Gruber, Sandro Wiegand, Ludwig Stadler, Moritz Wussow, Jasmin Zehe, Jakob Klug, Johannes Schellenberg, Nora Kühnhausen, Paula Raché, Pavel Majrych, Hartmut Hermann, Jörg Hansel, Tareq Alghamian, Michael Krenz, Lorenz Ebersbach, Aart van Bezooijen (in random order).

PS: Do keep collecting precious plastics (we love clean PET, PE, PP, ABS and PLA scrap) for the upcoming summer semester.


Lecture: Precious Plastic by Katharina Elleke

· by 6. February 2018

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Workshop: Precious Plastic Factory @ BURG

· by 10. January 2018

Dear all, we are super-excited about the upcoming Wintersession! – Why? We are getting serious in creating our own Plastic Recycling Factory. This project will be part of the Precious Plastic initiative started earlier by Dave Hakkens (see video), a Dutch designer who turns wasted plastics into a global network of serious recyclers. If you want to join the team and start your own first plastic experiments – then read more here and apply at make(at)burg-halle(dot)de

PS: Also make sure you save the date for the lecture on 13.2.2018 by Katharina Elleke from the Precious Plastic team in Germany (read more).
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Course: Make Your Own Sketchbooks

· by 23. November 2017

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Make your own sketchbooks at the Burg Material collection

In this course, we help you to create your own thread stitched booklet. While doing this, you’ll get to know the Material Collection a little bit better and can “capture” several materials within your own sketchbook.

Please bring your own: Paper leftovers, Cutter, Cutting mat (when available), Stitching awl (when available), Scissors, Needle

Course Dates
13.12. – Wednesday from 16:00 –18:00 (Booked out)
14.12. – Thursday from 16:00 –18:00 (Booked out)

Participation is free of charge.
Registrations via: make(at)burg-halle.de



Binde deine eigenen Skizzenhefte in der Materialsammlung

Im Kurs kannst du deine eigenen Skizzenhefte mit einer einfachen Fadenbindung herstellen. Gleichzeitig lernst du die Materialsammlung kennen und kannst die verschiedenen Materialien in dein Buch ‘einbinden’.

Mitbringen solltest du: Papierreste, Cutter, Schneidunterlage (falls vorhanden), Ahle/Vorstecher (falls vorhanden), Schere, Nadel

Kurstermine
13.12. – Mittwoch 16:00 –18:00 (Kurs voll)
14.12. – Donnerstag 16:00 –18:00 (Kurs voll)

Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Anmeldung unter: make(at)burg-halle.de

Project photography: Benno Brucksch, Valena Ammon


Save the Date: Workshop Instruction Movie (Update)

· by 2. October 2017

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Reminder! If you want to work in the Burg Workshops this Semester (2017/2018) it is required to see the latest Workshop Instruction Movie.

Therefore, make sure you attend one of these dates:
– Thursday 05.10.2017 – at 08:00 at the auditorium (Hörsaal)
– Tuesday 10.10.2017 – at 08:00 at the auditorium (Hörsaal)
… and bring some strong coffee…

More information about our university workshops at www.burg-halle.de/werkstaetten


Workshops: Hot Stuff and Smart Materials – this September

· by 18. July 2017

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(Glasmanufaktur Harzkristall – MAKE.)

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(Memory Metal Prototype – Paula van Brummelen)

At the upcoming Summer School (also known as Herbstsession) we are offering two workshops for BURG art and design students. MAKE. is very proud to collaborate with Sebastian Richter (BURG – Image Space Object Glass) hosting our first glassblowing workshop at the Glasmanufaktur Harzkristall – Hot Stuff! We also invited Paula van Brummelen (weißensee academy of art berlin) to discover the artistic qualities of memory metals through hands-on experiments during a three day workshop on Smart Materials.

For more information and registrations, please visit:
Herbstsession 2017: Hot Stuff – Glassworkshop
Herbstsession 2017: Smart Materials for Dummies

Deadline for registration: 02-08-2017

Enjoy the summer break – see you in September!


100% Paper – Making of…

· by 15. July 2017