Copyright © Françoise Herrmann
Included below, two electrifying works of art, produced using iron oxide pigment extracted from the contaminated mine wastewaters of Ohio, respectively titled Chroma S4 Chimaera, and Polar Chroma. The works were created by John Sabraw, Professor of Art at Ohio University, environmentalist, activist, and member of a grassroots movement and collaboration that culminated in an invention. An invention disclosed in the US patent application US20180134597A1 titled System and method for actively treating mining wastewater for pigment production. An invention filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), by Guy Riefer, the inventor, Professor of Engineering, also at the Ohio University.
The invention resulted in the construction of a new model treatment facility, in Ohio, at the site of one of the many abandoned mines, leaking iron oxide into Ohio's streams and creeks. The new treatment facility, located in Millfield, OH, embodies the twin invention purposes of actively decontaminating wastewaters escaping from abandoned mines, and producing iron-oxide pigments for artist supplies. Scaled up, the model facility is designed to invoke the inventive sustainable treatment processes for reducing water pollution, and transforming dangerous iron oxide contamination of water across the US, into prized artist supplies.(1)
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| © John Sabraw - Chroma S4 Chimaera |
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| © John Sabraw - Polar Chroma |
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Note
(1) Three pigments —Brown Ochre, Rust Red and Iron Violet— using iron oxide extracted from the wastewaters of Ohio's abandoned mines, are currently marketed and sold by Gamblin Artist Colors, OR.
References
Gamblin Artist Colors https://gamblincolors.com/reclaimed-earth-colors/
John Sabraw (website) https://www.johnsabraw.com/
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