Self preservation: Create your own DNA jewellery

What if the most personalised material you could work with was you? 

 

In this creative workshop, you'll extract your own DNA using a simple, safe method then suspend it in resin to create a bespoke piece of jewellery. 

 

Liverpool based artist Gina Czarnecki will guide you through the process while discussing the potential, uses and ethical dilemmas of biomedical technology. 

 

This piece is inspired by Palaces; a magical sculpture embedded with hundreds of milk teeth that will be on show in the Liverpool Museum throughout the British Science Festival.

Please note that in this workshop, you will be invited to use a small sample containing your DNA (e.g hair strand or finger nail) to preserve them in UV-Resin jewellery.