Slime tower is coming home to Blackpool

With the slime trend showing no signs of slowing down among youngsters, one Blackpool scientist is taking the craze to new levels.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Aug 2018, 13:33 BST
Updated 21st Aug 2018, 13:35 BST
"The Osmosis Machine" is a live dripping slime tower. Its the brainchild of Blackpool science artist Adrian Pritchard who developed the work with a focus on making the arts and sciences more accessible and fun for young people. The Installation has now returned from a UK tour to its home town of Blackpool after several years and during this summer Adrian has actively been teaching the kids of Grange Park how to make slime safely."The Osmosis Machine" is a live dripping slime tower. Its the brainchild of Blackpool science artist Adrian Pritchard who developed the work with a focus on making the arts and sciences more accessible and fun for young people. The Installation has now returned from a UK tour to its home town of Blackpool after several years and during this summer Adrian has actively been teaching the kids of Grange Park how to make slime safely.
"The Osmosis Machine" is a live dripping slime tower. Its the brainchild of Blackpool science artist Adrian Pritchard who developed the work with a focus on making the arts and sciences more accessible and fun for young people. The Installation has now returned from a UK tour to its home town of Blackpool after several years and during this summer Adrian has actively been teaching the kids of Grange Park how to make slime safely.

A live, dripping slime tower is making its return to the resort after a tour of the UK and its creator, Adrian Pritchard, hopes it can inspire the next generation of scientists.

He has been working with children in Grange Park, teaching them to make slime safely. Using a salt crystal called Borax dissolved in water, which interacts with silicone polymers in PVA glue, he creates a non-stick putty substance that stretches and moves like liquid, only in slow motion.

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Mr Pritchard said: “I wanted to show people art itself can be scientific, and science can be very creative. I wanted to bring the two things together, and inspire children to get involved.”

He has held a weekly Gloop Club at @TheGrange, on Bathurst Avenue over the summer. His creation – the Osmosis Machine’ will be on display at the centre from August 28 to 31.

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