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Expert maker Zoe Laughlin talks back-garden Olympics and Dolly Parton

When she's not organising homemade Olympics, materials engineer Zoe Laughlin can be found in her dream workshop at the Institute of Making

5 June 2019

Zoe Laughlin

Joe McGorty

First up, do you have a telescope?

No, I’ve never owned one. This doesn’t feel like the best start, in the context of this article. I’ve owned quite a few microscopes over the years if that’s any consolation.

As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?

I can remember really clearly wanting to be a pudding designer.

Explain what you do in one easy paragraph.

I’m an artist, designer and material engineer. We collect wondrous materials, conduct research into materials and stage events on the art, science, craft and engineering of materials, as well…

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