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prototypes and models for packaging and products
industrial waste recycling inked paper, spent glaze-clay, and more.
museum: conservation of cultural artifacts
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Early Stage Research Water Filtration
Porous Ceramic Paperclay (using recycled paper)
30 Page Illustrated Report 2011
A Potential for Paperclay Water Filters: An Artist’s View
Rosette Gault
The potential for porous ceramic paperclay to lower costs of domestic water filtration in developing countries is discussed, with an artist’s view toward design of filters in the future that are as easy to use, and to look at, as they are multi-purpose and contribute to a long range vision of a sustainable society.
Presented at Symposium for Ceramic Art and Design for a sustainable Society in Sweden March 7, 2011. Published in the Symposium Document and Article excerpts forthcoming issues of the international journal: Ceramics Art and Perception:Technical
Abstract
The potential for porous ceramic paperclay to lower costs of domestic water filtration in developing countries is discussed, with an artist’s view toward filters that are as easy to use, and to look at, as they are multi-purpose and eco-friendly.
Will a change in burnout material in pot ceramic water filters save money if reclaimed paper is used? A paperclay process has the potential to trim the production time and could, in due course, reduce airborne dusts, noise, power, and carbon fuel use. Also, a paperclay system allows ways to design and produce filters in developing regions that have not been technically feasible or practical with traditional ceramic.
In 2006, at a Filtron factory in Nicaragua, paperclay water filter pots of local terra cotta clay and pulp from recycled Managua newspaper were tested in production. Best practices for ceramic filter manufacture in developing regions are discussed within the context of improvements that the paperclay methods have potential to offer.
Ways that the pulp making reclaim process can be set up and complement the pot manufacture process are shown. Practical directions for further research, art, and design for a sustainable society will be discussed.
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