
Marcus Art Playing Goo is a fun material because it has a unique feel and consistency. It can be manipulated easily by rolling and building like play dough but its unique ability is for draping the long rope-like and string-like strands into fantastic playful shapes.
To do this simply take the goo from its container and gently form a sausage shape, then hold this above your "play-tray" and watch gravity take hold.
You will be surprised how long the strands can extend and how thin they can become as you wind your design into a spontaneous shape that can be anything you imagine or deliberately create. Photograph what you want to keep and continue playing.
The unique tactile feel of Goo is infectious, and we have witnessed people, both young and old playing with it for hours.
Marcus Art has developed a rich range of colours for the Goo enthusiast.
If Goo is kept in its container after each session, then kept in a cool place (like the Fridge) it will last at least 2 months.
It is advisable not to expose Goo to direct sunlight when playing as this will dry it out in the same way clay dries in the sun.
Goo is made from a polymer resin, but importantly Goo sticks to itself - thus contrary to what many people think of it's "mess factor" Goo when played with respectfully does not pose a threat to carpets and the like.
It is child safe, and contains no toxins or allergy producing components.
Obviously it is not advisable to eat Goo but if this occurs no harm will come to the disappointed feaster.
Goo has been used in business conferences,
Occupational Health Therapy sessions and of course Creche, Kindergartens through to Primary Schools and beyond.
It is a wonderful product that has infinite possibilities for everyone who enjoys playing with a unique highly tactile material..
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Playing "Goo"
Oil Pastels
Water Soluble Aquarelles"
This product is a discontinued line of water soluble pastel made by Marcus Art. It nevertheless is of professional artist quality and has been much sort after in the past.
The pastel stick is easily handled for drawing directly on to traditional surfaces such as paper, card and canvas.
It is recommended that the finished art work be sealed with a fixative.
Make tests first before applying to a finished work.
There is a wide variety of colours in the range, with each box containing 6 pastel sticks.
The colours are graded into deepest to lightest shades. Use the end of a paint brush to gently press the pastel out from its plastic sheath. The beautiful smooth delivery will excite most artists as will the richness of colour and the pastels capacity for a wide variety of mark making. The work can be translated into water colour using a water loaded brush. The method can resemble gouache if required, or simply a variation of translucent or opaque painting drawing methods.
Hopefully the heavily reduced price of these pastels will also attract artists: this being $5.00 per box of 6. In keeping with Marcus Art's policy of user safe products the Water Soluble Oil Pastels are non-toxic and contain no substances harmful to the environment.
Marcus Art intends to replace this product with a modified version of the same pastel without the plastic sheath and halving the number of hues to 3. It too will feature the water soluble component and should feature a starting range of 72 brilliant colours. We envisage launching this product in mid 2015.