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Eating the World and Saving Some for Later: Sustainable Glass Practices and Expanded Pedagogical Methods in Creative Practice
Dillard, John
Dillard, John
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2023
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Glass
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https://doi.org/10.34944/eryp-8d06
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As an artist working in glass the ecological footprint of the material is a continually intensifying concern in my studio practice. Part of my current graduate thesis work is developing a series of glass recipes that utilize un-recyclable glass waste from the Tyler studio. The progress of this research is severely limited by a lack of equipment that prevents new recycling practices from being developed. With the support of the GRASP grant and the Tyler Glass Program I will purchase equipment and materials to develop formulas and written records on how to repurpose contaminated waste glass for use in studio art practices. With a written deliverable I will formulate glass recipes for recycling studio waste glass and provide other students and artists new methods to reduce waste and energy consumption. Finally, I will present sculptural work from this project in my graduate thesis exhibition at Temple Contemporary. This initiative is not only presenting new modes of creative practice but produces new forms of curriculum development, saves money, expands professional practice for students and boasts exciting new innovations for recruitment.
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This report was submitted to the Office of Sustainability at the conclusion of the 2023-2024 Graduate Research Award Sustainability Program (GRASP) award period. GRASP advances Temple University’s goal of expanding sustainability research by providing funding to a graduate student research project focused on sustainability.
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Available at: https://sustainability.temple.edu/academics-research/research/graduate-research-award-sustainability-program
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