Blogs
True Colors, or the Revelatory Nature of Cold
*This blog was cross-posted on the website of the Recipes Project on 06/12/2018* By Thijs Hagendijk Heat is transformative, brings about change, separates substances or bring them together. Every…
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A Brief History of Making Copper Objects. Part 1: Extraction and Preparation
* This text is based on an essay originally written for the MSc in Conservation, UCL * By Mariana Pinto Since our project focuses on technique in the arts, I…
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Stitching Texts, Stitching Bodies: On Printing Frankenstein (at 200)
Guest blog by Giorgina Paiella “Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?” —John Milton, Paradise Lost;…
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The ‘Gentle Heat’ of Boerhaave’s Little Furnace
*This blog was cross-posted on the website of the Recipes Project on 23/08/2018* By Marieke Hendriksen en Ruben Verwaal With the introduction of chemistry into the university curriculum in…
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The Manual as Artifact: On Artists’ Manuals and Craftsmen’s Handbooks
*This blog was cross-posted on the website the History of Knowledge Blog on 04/06/2018* By Jenny Boulboullé On November 4, 1646, Sir Theodore de Mayerne (1573–1655), first physician to Charles I…
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