Rosette Gault, Ph.D. asks practical research questions.
Despite so many "new" products to clear water and air, why do pollution and excessive carbon production persist? Has something about the way I've been thinking or assuming phenomenon in materials this blocking the progress?
If artists have been saving 30-75% on fuel with paperclays, fuel savings would be welcome in industry and commerce. Which sort of products might be suitable candidates for manufacture as a start. This field is potentially limitless. because it doesnt cause problems in landfill. Nor does it require as many poisons in the feed. It's water based, so dusts are the minimum.
Research on nano-molecular architecture of natural plant polymers is on the verge of even more advance in medicine at lower cost which impact millions.
What is a paradigm shift? The idea is well explained by the elders....who have been at work on this one mind at a time in many different fields and of course deep into those who know not jot about a clay particle.
We have a chance to re-imagine use of ceramic manufacture methods and materials in a way we never quite could do before now. Industry, science, art and medicine connect.
The reduction of carbon excess, and reduction of growing "dependencies" on certain "plastic" products are a few of many advantages and considerations.
🟢 Strong evidence from kiln fire results over five decades suggests that products made of paperclay ceramic material offer practical opportunities for manufacturers at scale to lower fuel/energy cost, emissions and effluents in water and air between about 20-50%, and other advantages.
1 Challenge of nano porous water filtration: List of Ten Priority Design Requests from manufacturers Beautility" and the Clean Water Challenge, 2 REPORT Porous Paperclay Water Filtration Field Study, 3. List of Eco-Friendly Practices for STudio art Makers) and and 4 unforgettable vision on UTTUBE (2012): Inside Paperclay.
🟢 This class of materials are especially useful for industries developing/producing lightweight, durable products like ceramic membranes, water, air and other filtration, propellers, mixing blades, building materials/cements, refractories, coatings, adhesives, and more. Some agriculture, aerospace, automotive and medical parts are well suited.
🟢 Furthermore, making of products in paperclay would lessen the contribution of “plastics" and PFAS to industrial waste, landfill and or incineration. At end-of life, long-term global consequences of product disposal at scale are a significant fraction of current products.
🔆 coordinate time sensitive key research systemic initiatives
🔆 to mitigate measurable harm and unintended consequences/impact of scale manufacturing emissions of greenhouse gases/effluents in water waste streams/oceans.
🔆 to minimize fuel/energy use costs of manufacture and reduce dependence on rare earth mineral ingredients, rebalance the climate ecologies, and more.
🔆 to minimize the refinement/development TIME/COST offers plentiful market opportunities for new product offerings. Diverse industries, consumers/customers are asking, ready, waiting and willing to acquire useful, affordable, practical, functional approach that meets the need.
🔆 to coordinate highly specialized teams of cross discipline research can bring new products to markets far more effectively and quickly than ever possible or feasible in past.
Rosette Gault inventor, pioneer developer and world expert, was awarded PhD for Innovation in Paperclay Ceramic Arts by the University of Sunderland, UK National Center for Glass and Ceramics. She is the author of four books, some of which have been translated into German and Chinese, as well as numerous articles and publications. Learn more.
A sampling of paperclay success stories from kiln firings worldwide. Eco-minded artists discovered advantage with methods like fast fire/fast dry, wet dry assembly, and extreme resistance to thermal shock. A quiet revolution has been underway for more than 3 decades now and continues.
Recent in Person Discussion Presentation Oct 7, 2024 at Conference
Research Questions for Eco Friendly Paperclay Meeting: MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Symposium: 16th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing |Session: Sustainable Technologies II |Session Chair(s): Manoj K. Mahapatra; Michael Robert Bonner; Rosette Gault;Date: 10/07/2024 Time: 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center - 317 Pittsburgh, PA| in part with American Ceramics Society ACERS. USA
