Lime burners

Artist Rupert Morris tests out his garden seat, under construction during the Lime Burners event at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum at the weekend. The seat was built using local rock, a railway sleeper and minimal lime mortar. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD

The many uses of lime as a component in durable, low-carbon building and art-making materials were explored during the popular Lime Burners event at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum at the weekend.

After leading a lime-based stucco workshop as part of the Lime Burners event, artist Louisa Baillie painted a giant banner depicting images from the Colosseum in Rome. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD

The Star chief reporter Brenda Harwood went along for a look.

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