![GIF for spin painting](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/hirst_spin_gif_1_1_4cpJiOh.width-340.png)
Damien Hirst is a famous British artist. This is one of his Spin paintings. To make them he stands on a ladder and pours paint onto a large circular canvas. As he pours the paint, the canvas is rotated by a machine – like a disc on a record player!
This creates these fantastic splats! Don't they look fun to make? Each one is kind of like an optical illusion experiment.
Let's have a go!
You will need
![Photo of diluted poster paint and pipette](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/salad_spinner_redos-2_N2epdcF.width-340.jpg)
A pipette or straw
Diluted poster paint - three colours works well!
![SCISSORS AND A PAPER PLATE OR A4 PAPER](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/salad_spinner_redos_dOc2MNe.width-340.jpg)
Scissors
A small paper plate or plain A4 paper
![a salad spinner](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/salad_spinner_jpgs_11_of_27_Fx8zAJr.width-340.jpg)
A salad spinner
Ready? Let's go!
![Photograph of a small paper plate](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/instructions_1_bUfTwzD.width-340.jpg)
1. Cut out a circle from a piece of paper or get your paper plate
![Photo of paper plate inside a salad spinner](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/salad_spinner_jpgs_24_of_27_QaBdisM.width-340.jpg)
2. Put the Paper circle inside the salad spinner
![Photograph of materials required](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/pipette_web_87CwBan.width-340.jpg)
3. Drip some paint on to the paper with a pipette or straw
![Photograph of materials needed](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/hirst_gif_2_1_Y7WA9In.width-340.png)
4. Close the lid and spin the salad spinner
![Photograph of materials required](https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/finished_web_G3hptV3.width-340.jpg)
5. All done. Have a look ...WOW! Beautiful!
which colours will you try next?
This activity was made in collaboration with OKIDO.