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Re:[teacherartexchange] BE CAREFUL USING JUNKED COMPUTERS!!

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From: Emmy Wood (naturehappens_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Mon Aug 24 2009 - 16:53:20 PDT

I too have a stash af computerboards that I would love to make into jewelry.... But I've heard what Maggie is talking about too- I have been thinking about ways to seal in the toxins- maybe dimensional glaze? Wax?
Bunki- you should check out the work of Edward Burtynsky- he has a DVD called Manufactured Landscapes- it is beautiful and horrifying! He photographs man-made landscapes, and talks about the environmental hazards... In your free time of course ;)

By the way, Do you have anymore info on how to get started with zentangles? I found the website, but can't afford to buy the kit right now- I think I understand the basic idea- filling spaces with lines and patterns, Are there general guidelines for the "string" and What about pattern sample ideas? I would love to do these with my students who are afraid of drawing... and maybe teach it to my fellow faculty too

Thanks and have a great year everyone!
Emmy

Subject: Re: BE CAREFUL USING JUNKED COMPUTERS!!
From: Bunki Kramer <bkramer@srvusd.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:21:15 -0700
X-Message-Number: 17

Hi Mags. I had heard that monitors were toxic materials (which we 
weren't going to use) but the motherboard pieces and wires were okay. 
I saw and heard this on a TV show about old computers. Where did you 
get your information? Toodles......Bunki

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On Aug 23, 2009, at 2:42 PM, mwhiteec@cablemodem.com.ec wrote:

> Old computers--the motherboards and monitors--contain toxic heavy 
> metals such
> as cadmium, lead, and mercury.  Because the U.S. does not want to deal
> responsibly with their disposal, millions of them are shipped 
> overseas to
> countries with really lax safety standards for the workers who 
> dismantle and
> recycle the parts.
>
> Maggie 

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