Honors Projects

Abstract

The aim of this honors project was to discern the difference between how various types of copper reacted with glass. The two disciplines that were connected were chemistry and glassblowing. The basic components learned in chemistry were applied to glass with an end goal of a project installation that visualized the discoveries with copper. The glassblowing technique used was lost wax casting, and the two types of copper used were copper foil and fine copper metal powder. The copper was found to turn the glass into various blues with the intensity and darkness of the blues being dependent on the type of copper.

Department

School of Art

Major

Chemistry

First Advisor

Alli Hoag

First Advisor Department

School of Art

Second Advisor

Dr. Joseph Furgal

Second Advisor Department

Chemistry

Publication Date

Spring 4-26-2022

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