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students use invasive species of mussels to create beautiful blue glass | designboom

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by geexadminin Glass Resource Exchange Archive

A group of color and material design students from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, has taken two invasive species of mussels and transformed them into a useful resource. The design team – Emily Marquette, Mahsa Banadaki and Wei Huang – proposes using zebra and quagga mussels, which are invasive to the USA’s Great Lakes ecosystem, as a source of calcium carbonate and colorant in the creation of region specific soda lime glass. The project seeks to transform these species from an ecological threat to an over-abundant regional resource that can be harvested and used for artisanal and industrial glass and ceramic applications.

Photos of crumbled zebra mussel shards next to a pile of a blue crumbed glass powder on the right.

Project Name: Zebra Glass
Design Team: Emily Marquette, Mahsa Banadaki, Wei Huang
Instructor: Matthew Strong

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Resource submitted by Ben Orozco

Intro to Glass Art Demonstration Zines!

January 18, 2022January 26, 2022 by geexadminin Glass Resource Exchange Archive

“These are a collection of zines based on the demonstrations and visiting artists presentations during Art 3003 AU2021 at The Ohio State University, taught by Brianna Gluszak. Each student was assigned a demo or presentation to take notes during, then re-form their notes into a zine to be shared with the class. This assignment not only produced an interesting collection of written (drawn) glass resources, it also neutralized the need within the classroom for a note taker.”

GIF rotating between editions of Intro to Glass Art Demonstration Zines, made by the students of OSU.

First Day in Hot Shop – Celeste Carpenter
Bit Structure Demo – Victoria Taylor
Press Molds with Richard Harned – Helene Roussi
Stained Glass with Richard Harned- Sydney Mitchell
Collaborative demo between Andrew Newbold and Brianna Gluszak – Emma Morgan
Intro to Cold Shop – Henry Mayeux
Collaborative demo between Jon Capps and Molly Burke – Rebecca Irmen
Intro to Imagery on Glass – Mia Kordowski
Imagery on Glass (powder printing) – Madison Gladman
Visiting Artist Kim Harty – Gianni Giarrano
Visiting Artist Ben Wright – Kaitlyn Smith

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Resource submitted by Brianna Gluszak

KSU Glass Resource Site

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 by geexadminin Glass Resource Exchange Archive

Kent State University Glass’ Resource Site, featuring helpful intro guides for glassblowing, mold-making, kiln-casting, and more.

“The most useful individual pages are: https://ksuglass.wordpress.com/technical-materials/ and https://ksuglass.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/glass-rescources/. The first is a (non-comprehensive) list of useful technical documents for basic glassmaking. The second is a list of links to material/info suppliers that students might find useful.”