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By-Product Becomes Product: An Alternative to MDF Board
Artists are working in the decade of Fab or fabrication. With the help of Computer-Aided Design we are producing wood furniture, art and decor at a rapid rate. In order for cost and supply to keep up with the demand artists often use cheap … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, christinee lee, eco art, forest products laboratory, formaldehyde, Fsc wood, green materials, imin yeh, intersection for the arts, john hunt, mdf board, wood product
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Why I Started The Art Inspector
Creative industries have changed standards and best practices to adopt sustainable and environmental techniques in design and production. Architecture has adopted LEED Performance design into standard practice, and Industrial Design begins with thinking about the end of life of a … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, danielle siembieda, eco art, environmental art, green materials, healthy art, san jose, san jose state university, silicon valley, sjsu, toxic materials
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Eco Friendly Paint Making Demo
In conjunction with Kaleid Gallery’s Two Buck Tuesday Event, and the Healthy Art Program I will demonstrate how to make non toxic, eco friendly oil and egg tempera paint. Join me: Tuesday February 21st 7pm – 9pm Kaleid Gallery 88 … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, egg tempera, healthy art, Kaleid Gallery, materials, oil paint, shannon amidon, Two Buck Tuesday
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Eco Art?
The past few weeks I have been working on my pieces for the Healthy Art Program: An Energy Smart Exhibition. Admittedly it’s been more difficult than I anticipated. I was struggling with the content/subject. Most of my artwork is already … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, eco-friendly art, environment, green museum, materials, oil paint, san jose artist, shannon amidon
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Pros, Cons, and Usage of My New Materials
For the Healthy Art Program Eco Exhibit my goal is to use as many of the products as possible that the art inspector gave me. I will have to use more products than I was given but I am going … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, cons, eco-friendly art, Fsc wood, oil paint, pigment, pros, shannon amidon
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New art materials
The Art Inspector came to my studio a few days ago and gave me some new materials and took away a lot of my current ones. I was given Red River GreenPix Photo Matte paper, FSC wood panels, raw pigments, … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, Art waste, eco-friendly art, encaustic, Fsc wood, materials, san jose artist, shannon amidon
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Out with the old, in with the new!
The Art Inspector paid a visit to the studio yesterday, and she brought me some new materials to work with…which was very exciting. But, then she took away some of my old materials, so I wouldn’t be tempted to use … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, eco-friendly art, healthy art, san jose art, san jose artist
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Art Inspector visits the Studio
Last week, The Art Inspector come to my studio to evaluate my energy usage. She had a few interesting gadgets to measure my electricity, but since I don;t use much, it didn’t take long! I’m looking forward to learning more … Continue reading
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Tagged art inspector, eco-friendly art, lori krein studios
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