Please avoid using glitter at the lab!

[Jay McGavren]

Folks, I was helping clean prior to a public event today, and had to spend about 15 minutes vacuuming glitter off the tables, chairs, and floor near the sewing stations. This was all red glitter, which suggests all that cleanup was necessitated by a single project, by a single person. (I don't want to know who.)

Really, people shouldn't be using glitter anywhere, for anything. It adds microplastics to our environment. "“Glitter enters the environment by landfill, through the air being blown around,” it said. “It sticks to people’s hands and goes down the sink into the water system, it sticks to people’s clothes or mops, which go through the washing machine, and out into the water system.”" NYTimes gift article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/style/glitter-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVA.4Ml2.ry0T8dziGuYb&smid=url-share

So please, consider not bringing glitter into HeatSync Labs. Or if you do, please thoroughly clean up afterwards. (And it will be a lot of work, I can tell you!)

-Jay

[Linda Krecker]

When I can in two weeks ago, I noticed that someone had donated a large amount of glitter. As a mom, a grand mom, and art teacher I abhor the stuff for exactly that reason. I will be removing all the donated glitter from the art cabinet when I’m there on Tuesday evening. 

Linda S K Brett, Ph.D.

Artist  |  Educator

Designing Art Studio

The Art Doc 

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[Smith Hayward]

Linda, I’m curious what the disposal of glitter involves. I have my own and have similar sentiments. 

But, when I think about disposing of it, I start to feel like “on my shelf” is the most benign location for the glitter.

- Smith

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[Katy Osterwald]

You can dump a bunch of Elmer's glue into the glitter jar, shake it up till all the glitter is well-coated and let it dry, then throw away the resultant glitter glue rock without too much stray glitter.

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[Smith Hayward]

Thanks Katy, I figured it would be something like that. 

- Smith

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[Linda Krecker]

For those concerned, my intention is to take the glitter to The Art Resource Center for donation. They take in art materials and give it to others. I’ve brought fabric and other supplies from there for our stitchers to use. 

Linda S K Brett, Ph.D.

Artist  |  Educator

Designing Art Studio

The Art Doc 

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