The Steampunk Miniature Metal Sculpture Project

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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

BC Culture Days - The Steampunk Miniature Metal Sculpture Project. To participate, you will need to conduct your own Scavenger Hunt to collect the metal scrap and junk that you will use to create your sculpture. Start now using the list at the end of this description for reference.

Next, you and your junk will meet us at the Memorial Plaza, Parksville, for a Hands-on Workshop. I am super excited to announce that Dotun Popoola, the Master Metal Sculptor from Lagos, Nigeria, will be leading this event via video! Dotun will be judging the competition and the winner will receive a cash award along with a signed copy of Dotun Popoola’s exquisite book, “Metal & Metaphor”, which is literally, a work of ART unto itself.

Gratitude to the Parksville Downtown Business Association for sponsoring this unique event that is Free and Open to the Public.

~ Curated by Pattiann Withapea.

Steampunk Scavenger Hunt List

1. Old metal tools

2. Metal wire

3. Screws

4. Nuts & Bolts

5. Ball Bearings

6. Metal Kitchen Utensils

7. Tin Cans and Lids that have been removed with the new style can openers that leave the lids intact

8. Old keys

9. Horseshoes

10. Springs from old pens or old beds

11. Old cutlery

12. Old watch parts

13. Lightbulbs especially unusual or old ones

14. Bicycle Chains (please degrease).

15. Metal zippers

16. Washers

17. Costume jewelry chains, old pendants

18. Old Horn Instruments Saxaphones, etc

19. Tabs from cans

20. Spark plugs, old ones.

21. Metal Pipe

22. Old Clocks

-Check the “junk drawer” in your home.

-Visit neighbours and ask nicely.

-Go to thrift shops or Demex.

-Does your Dad, Aunty, Grandpa or any other friend or relative have a machine shop or a workshop?

-Scrap Metal shops may be nearby, check them out.

-Yard Sales.