An affordance is what an object allows you to do with it. It is the ‘clue’ an item gives you about how to use it. On the shelf in our Creation Station there are eight black objects that have been designed and made for a specific use. For example, a flyswat is used to get rid of flies, but it can also be used for blowing bubbles. What else could you use a flyswat for? Draw your own unique, imaginative and very different uses for the objects. Or match up a bunch of magnetic objects to create your own affordances on our magnetic wall!
The Creation Station is a free art making activity space for children and all ages. All materials are supplied and you can stay as little or as long as you like. The Creation Station is accessible at anytime during gallery opening hours.
The Creation Station for Affording Truth. Photo Jeremy Weihrauch.