DIGGING POLYSTYRENE
Following the frustration about the polystyrene forms refusing to leave the fibre- glass moulds, I sought advice from various quarters about the best way to get them out. The most popular suggestion was to use petrol to dissolve it (not very green, but then neither is polystyrene. Roll on greener options.) But this was really not viable, given that I need the forms themselves to create the mosaics. Without them I would be working blind. So in the end I opted to dig out sections of the “poly pies”, rather like slices of a cake, enabling removal of the remaining pieces. Children were given this task, which was a source of much amusement and fun. Thank goodness! It was still a strenuous job in its entirety; just the kind of unforeseen problem that is most unwelcome, but the road to finding a solution is creative in itself.
