#fiberglass

[zegalba]

H. R. Giger: Harkonnen Chair (1965)

[miamaimania]

Kerry James Marshall's 'Vignette', acrylic / fiberglass, 2003

[newedem]

[remash]

viggsö ~ arrhov frick arkitektkontor | photos © mikael olsson

[moodboardmix]

‘Blue Dream,’ Long Island, New York,

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS R)

[almostarts]

Marc Held, "Culbuto" chair,

Knoll Associates, France / USA, 1967,

Lacquered fiberglass, upholstery,

43½ h × 30 w × 36 d in (110 × 76 × 91 cm)

[greenbookreclaim]

Red Moss Room

There was an insane amount of red moss growing in this dining room.

[skf-fineart]

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962)

My Lonesome Cowboy, 1998

Oil, acrylic, fiberglass and iron

100 x 46 x 36 in.

[kply-industries]

I was gonna say it's kinda strange for the Pink Panther to be shilling tires in Japan, but in America he's mostly known for fiberglass insulation.

[abstracteddistractions]

Alex Hubbard, "Not Yet Titled, April 06," 2010,

Fibreglass, Resin, and Acrylic Enamel on Canvas,

183 by 127 cm. (72 by 50 in.),

Courtesy: Sotheby's

[batwynn]

So. My hands are very itchy and sparkly. I’m assuming ‘other fibers’ means fiberglass, right?

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Fiberglass Recycling

Fiberglass is a type of composite that consists of a polymer material reinforced with glass fibers. Because of the nature of many composites, and the separation that recycling would entail, fiberglass is not often recycled and is considered to be difficult to recycle. This is particularly the case if thermoset polymers are used (as opposed to thermoplastic polymers), which cannot currently be recycled. Typically, when fiberglass is recycled, it is ground down before separation occurs between the plastic and glass components, and only the glass is often recycled. It should be noted that fiberglass is often made from recycled glass as a raw material to begin with. As the demand to recycle fiberglass increases, interest also grows in developing the infrastructure and policies needed to do so.

Sources/Further Reading: (Image source - ThePaGerS) (Composites World) (2022 article) (Wikipedia)

[remash]

shed ~ sauermartins | photo © pedro kok

[oldshowbiz]

Roadside Man of Fiberglass

[almostarts]

Ricardo Fasanello, "Esfera" lounge armchairs,

Espasso, Brazil, c. 1975 / 21st century,

Fiberglass, resin, leather,

44¼ h × 37½ w × 45 d in (112 × 95 × 114 cm)

[skf-fineart]

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962)

Hiropon, 1997

Oil, acrylic, fiberglass and iron

223.5 x 104 x 122 cm.