Plaster Coin Workshop with Cassie Paine
Cassie Paine, Untitled (Privacy Mesh 2), 2023-2024, Screen-print on Privacy Mesh, Cast Bronze, Rope. Photo courtesy of OK Pedersen.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
6pm-8pm
Union Gallery
Free + open to all (registration required)
This plaster coin carving workshop with visiting artist Cassie Paine considers the design and function of currency at large—that all currency is at one point, invented, arbitrary and fictitious—designed to respond to the needs or desires of a social body.
Who has the authority to prescribe value? What are the needs of the social body today? What are our shared values? With these questions in mind, participants are invited to carve relief model coins that reflect their values using fine grained plaster. The plaster models will be integrated into the exhibition, Pedestrian Values, with the intention to be 3D scanned, printed and turned into metal coins at a later date.