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To: Gela Nathaniel

From: Griff Technician (Maintenance)

Date: 16 April 2024

Subject: Resin use

Dear Mrs Nathaniel,

Rita went to get resin for the BA group and discovered your MAs have used it all. They must have taken it home, because they all know a technician must be present to oversee resin work and none of us have seen this much used all term. I don’t want to place chemical products under lock and key, but if we suspect they are being used recklessly, I will have to. Griff

To: Griff Technician (Maintenance)

From: Gela Nathanie

Date: 16 April 2024

Subject: Re: Resin use

Dear Griff,

I am so sorry. The MA group need resin to create texture on their installation. You’ll see they’ve made moulds to scale up radio components and are turning them out at a rate of knots. Patrick is especially good at working in this medium now. You’ll see it gives them more control over colour, as otherwise the genuine components are all grey and black. I’ll ask Jonathan to factor this into his budget and we’ll restock the cupboard as soon as possible. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Gela

Doodle message group MMAM(FTP), 16 April 2024:

Gela Nathaniel

Griff has noticed how much of his supplies we’re using up for the resin components. Please can we restock the cupboard and buy our own resin and hardener from now on.

Jem Badhuri

The budget is almost used up.

Jonathan Danners

I don’t think we factored in quite how many components it would take to cover that tunnel wall. Papier-mâché is more cost-effective, even if resin gives us a better finish.

Ludya Parak

Papier-mâché is so tedious. It’s doing my head in.

Jem Badhuri

Get your kids to do some.

Ludya Parak

Um, no. Because rented flat, kids and glue …

Patrick Bright

We need resin components to cover larger areas. I can work on shallower moulds. It also gives us a professional finish. Papier-mâché tends to look like a school project.

Alyson Lang

It *is* a school project.