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Before Plastics: Drinks from Bottles and Straws

Here is a link to a PDF copy of the presentation: Before plastics: Drinks from bottles and straws

Hassan and Maxim: Plastic Roach

In making this project we sought to capture how plastic waste remains in the environment nearly forever. We decided to represent this aspect by relating it to cockroaches. This is because there is this perception that cockroaches can withstand anything and survive forever. As in they were alive at the time of the dinosaurs; dinosaurs…

Final Reflection: Upcycling Light

Links to planning: Initial version Later version Link to artistic statement Link to presentation Our project represents the intersection of future-scenario speculation with present-day resource equity. Using entirely repurposed materials, we sought to connect these issues by creating completely sustainable light sources that are universally accessible. The intention of this project was to…

Presentation Upload: Upcycling Light (Fanisi, Hannah, Ward)

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Pangna Sun – Final Project Documentation

Timeless Virtue Artistic Statement: Please refer to this link for our artistic statement. Construction Process: A. Constructing an Arm Wear 1. Fusing Plastic: We decided to use iron to fuse plastic bags together to create the material for our arm band. We used plastic bags from our room and from the lab. The resulting material was…

Final Project: Conclusions

For the art statement, click here. At the end of this journey, it became very clear how much hardwork and time is behind every attempt to recycle plastic into a new product. Many problems will come along, which in our case have yet to be resolved. Such problems included to make a flatter board for…

Documentation Post: Knowledge and Growth

Starting off with this project Kevin, Maxim, and I knew that we wanted to make something meaningful and not just longlisting. That is when we started thinking about what we wanted to pass on to our grandkids. Growth and life were the first few words I wrote down on my notepad. How do we connect…

Documentation of Timeless Virtue – Mohammed

Project Name – Timeless Virtue DOCUMENTATION Introduction Our project’s theme revolved around the idea of impermanence of plastic and taking advantage of that particular property of plastic to create a product that’s timeless and relevant throughout generations. We achieved this by creating a photo frame with an image that could also be removed to act as…

Hilina Bayew: Project Documentation

I enrolled in this class rather last minute but I’m honestly glad to have done so. During these brief three weeks I have learned more about not only the detrimental impacts that various forms of plastic have on our environment but have also become more aware of my own plastic consumption. From the very first…