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I sent our proposal to our personal tutor for some help and useful feedback, it was really helpful to get someone else's perspective on the proposal so we can send it off and be confident of our submission.

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When creating the final draft, we all worked on this document together and edited down the main text that I created as a rough draft, I feel the document after editing is much stronger and concise and has a good chance of impressing MAG.

After getting feedback and working on it collaboratively it was getting closer and closer to the deadline and I was worried that it wasn't going to be at the quality it needed to be to ensure we got the commission so we entertained the idea of getting a self-sert extension.

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After thorough research, brainstorming, initial ideas, material experiments, refinement and more, I feel we have created a great event to propose to MAG.

Overall the group worked well together ignoring a few struggles and hiccups, with time management and motivation. As a team we all bring important elements of our personal practices to the table making us a strong group with a wide range of skills, this really helped throughout the project.

I do feel I had a massive part to play within the project compared to other members of the group, not because I necessarily wanted to initially, but because there were things that needed to be done for the sake of the project that other members of the group didn't do I had to take one for the team and do them.

Regardless of group members dropping out, who did or didn't do what was needed, and who did the most out of the group, etc. I have really enjoyed creating ideas, experimenting and making physical responses to what we've found from our research. I'm glad one of my initial ideas is what started the ball rolling for the project, and that I was able to bring both my practical and planning skills to the table and help the project move forward.

Thankfully at the end we all came together and edited down the proposal and I think it's strong enough for MAG to consider us for the commission.

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This piece will be projected onto the wall in room 15, this video will include interviews and edited clips of vapes in different places and experiments with them, including them being smoked, burned, crushed, dropped, etc.

This video piece will also be educational but will also give a sense of community by taking real people's thoughts and feelings on disposable culture, vaping and more.

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This monitor will be showing a mix of photos taken within the project of found vapes within the community, images taken representing certain messages we're trying to get across and short informative pieces of text written by us highlighting some main points, facts and figures we think will be interesting to show in the event, this piece is more of an educational aspect that the attendees can read and learn from to give some real contextual perspective on the issues we want to talk about.

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Detailed sketches of how I envision my pieces looking

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Detailed sketches of how I envision my pieces looking

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This piece represents the pollution made by these disposable vapes, we aren't just polluting the streets with these vapes but we are also polluting the air we breathe too, this piece directly contrasts the Lowry's pieces including clouds of pollution while also using the same bright colours used on the vapes. the clouds are suspended over the the room underneath the light fittings meaning that the colours of the clouds will shine through onto the event below.

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This piece follows the natural flow of the room and lines its parameter, this piece represents the streets in our community littered with many different common objects found on the floor spray painted grey to show the fact that they're looked over and ignored, most trash found around the community has been there so long they have lost their colour and started to blend in with the concrete beneath, the vapes have then been placed and scattered around like they have been dropped or discarded on the street left in their bright colours to highlight the issue and bring attention.

This piece also creates an amazing contrast between the lowery exhibit pieces that are already there and the pieces I have made that link to the vapes.

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This box will be completely see through with a small opening at the top, this piece lets the attendee of the event use their scent and sight and see what most people haven't been able to see, which is what is on the inside of these candy coloured devices, this piece may shock or provoke some attendees and will be a great conversation starter because of this.

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This piece like the metal vapes show the journey vapes that have been discarded have been on, slowly sinking into the ceramic blocks and becoming one with them rather than being a separate object like they were initially. This piece represents the permanence of the objects once left on the street and how they merge with their surroundings rather than disappear.

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These are a series of 3 vapes, one shiny, finished and polished, the next matt and slightly grainy and the other cut, scuffed, rusted, disheveled to show the permanence of the object after years of being discarded, the objects are solid metal so the weight of them has an extraordinary effect, unlike the usual light weight feeling of a vape in your hand extremely easy to drop and leave behind these pieces add value with weight and it feels wrong to discard items like this compared to what they represent with form.

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I researched every main aspect of the event and its costings from the materials down to the refreshments, obviously before we've actually bought and used everything that needs to go int the event these are all estimated numbers but regardless I added them all up to a total of just under £900, giving us £100 wiggle room for anything additional we run into during the process.

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Ensuring we have all relevant information before writing

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Ensuring we have all relevant information before writing

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After going over the pro forma document going over how to write a proposal we made bullet points outlining exactly what we needed to include in each paragraph regarding our event.

I then collected all of the informational necessities I had created like the costings, risk assessment, manifesto, etc. so they were 'to hand' while writing up the first draft of the proposal.

After outlining the content of the proposal I then started writing, I wrote version of how we wanted to proposal so we could come together and collaboratively edit it down and refine it to a version good enough to hand into MAG.

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Seeing BAS9 in Wolverhampton was fun and exciting, not only was it great to be able to see work outside of Manchester and get a feel for an art scene in a different part of the country but it was also great to see work made for BAS9 in the flesh after talking about it for weeks.

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Walking around MAG was great, it was good to get a feel for what MAG are like first hand and look at all at the spaces available for our event.

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I took apart more vapes to experiment with and while taking them apart I noticed that they all, no matter the rand had more or less the same components on the inside, they are also extremely pungent when removed from their casings

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When taking the outer cases and creating material responses with them I firstly sanitised and washed them and took out the innards from the vapes, the vapes did not react well to this and started smoking themselves, this shows that even vapes that have been discarded on the floor can still have an electronic and chemical reaction without us doing anything.

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This article shows the first ever design of an e-cig and explains the history of it, it also looks at the first comersialised vaping product and information about when that was made.

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Article about the history of Ecigs and vaping 

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Article about the history of Ecigs and vaping 

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was interesting to read the origin and the historical context of vaping through the years, and what the author thinks will happen for the future of vaping.

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Article found outlining what exactly vapes are made of

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Article found outlining what exactly vapes are made of

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This article outlined exactly what the different components inside most disposable vapes, this gives us a better idea of what we are putting in our bodies and littering on the floor.

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What Are Disposable Vapes Made Of?

The chemical composition of the electronic aerosol for cigarettes differs across manufacturers and inside them. Few knowledge about their chemistry exists. When the e-liquid comes into contact with a coil heated inside a chamber to a temperature of approximately 100-250 °C, the e-cigarette aerosol is produced, which is thought to cause e-liquid pyrolysis and may also lead to the decomposition of other liquid ingredients. The aerosol emitted by an e-cigarette is often but incorrectly referred to as disposable vape pen.

E-cigarettes mimic the smoking effect, but without the combustion of tobacco. To a certain degree, the e-cigarette vapor appears like cigarette smoke. No vapor between puffs is created by E-cigarettes. Propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, flavors, scent transporters, and other substances are commonly found in the e-cigarette vapor. The concentrations in e-cigarette vapors of nicotine, tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), aldehydes, metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), flavors, and tobacco alkaloids vary greatly. Depending on many variables, including the e-liquid quality, puffing intensity, and battery life, the yield of chemicals discovered in the e-cigarette vapor varies.

E-cigarette metal components in contact with the e-liquid can contaminate it with metals. In the e-cigarette vapor, heavy metals and metal nanoparticles were contained in tiny quantities. When vaporized, chemical reactions that form new compounds not previously present in the liquid go through the ingredients in the e-liquid. When the nichrome wire (heating element) that touches the e-liquid is heated and chemically reacted with the liquid, several chemicals, including carbonyl compounds such as formaldehyde, may be inadvertently formed. The liquids containing propylene glycol contained the most concentrations of carbonyls in e-cigarette vapors, while most e-cigarette companies started using water and glycerin instead of propylene glycol for vapor output in 2014.

Propylene glycol and glycerin are oxidized to produce aldehydes that are also present in cigarette smoke when e-liquids are heated and aerosolized at a voltage greater than 3 V. The carcinogens in the e-cigarette vapor can exceed the levels of cigarette smoke depending on the heating temperature. A study found for Public Health England (PHE). There was no or negligible formaldehyde release at normal settings." As e-cigarette engineering evolves, users could be exposed to greater amounts of carcinogens by later-generation and "hotter" devices."

Nicotine and main content

In composition and concentration around and within producers, exactly what the e-cigarette vapor consists of varies. In 2016, the Royal College of General Practitioners reported that "To date 42 chemicals have been detected in ENDS aerosol - though with the ENDS market being unregulated there is significant variation between devices and brands." There is little evidence on their chemistry. Propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, flavors, scent transporters, and other substances are commonly found in the e-cigarette vapor. Depending on many variables, including the e-liquid quality, puffing intensity, and battery voltage, the yield of chemicals discovered in the e-cigarette vapor varies. "A 2017 study found that "Adjusting the wattage of the battery or the inhaled airflow modifies the volume of vapor and chemical density in each puff." Propylene glycol and/or glycerin are contained in a high amount of e-liquid.

Concentrations of e-liquid nicotine differ. According to several reports, the levels of solvents and delicious flavors (mango ice, strawberry cream, strawberry ice, peach mango watermelon, pineapple ice, banana ice, pink lemonade) are not given on the labels of e-liquids. Restricted but reliable data suggest that at levels above the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health safety cap, flavoring agents are. In e-cigarette vapors, elevated concentrations of flavoring agents have been found. The amount of nicotine shown on the e-liquid labels can be very different from the samples tested. Nicotine was contained in some e-liquids marketed as nicotine-free, and some of them were at large amounts. E-liquids were purchased for a 2013 study from retailers and via online. The liquid nicotine levels measured were between 14.8 and 87.2 mg/mL and the real amount ranged by as much as 50 percent from the reported amount.

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What Are Disposable Vapes Made Of? The chemical composition of the electronic aerosol for cigarettes differs across manufacturers and inside them. Few knowledge about their chemistry exists. When the e-liquid comes into contact with a coil heated inside a chamber to a temperature of approximately 100-250 °C, the e-cigarette aerosol is produced, which is thought to cause e-liquid pyrolysis and may also lead to the decomposition of other liquid ingredients.

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While looking for published texts on the online library I found an article the sun wrote about the statistics of young people who have never smoked before getting addicted to vapes. This shows our thoughts about vapes being 'candy coloured' to look more appealing, hence why younger generations rather than older generations are more likely to become "hooked" is correct.

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While researching our ideal space to hold the event in MAG I came across photos from past events that have been held in the space to get a look at how we ca transform the space and work around the pieces already there, this was extremely useful to see the space in a different situation rather than just a gallery space as I had seen it before.

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After mind mapping and drafting a couple versions with the group, I wrote up a final version of our manifesto.

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We now have less than a day to ensure the proposal is perfect before we send it off to MAG, after all the editing and fine tuning we were all happy sending it off and waiting for a response from MAG.

Now until MAG have made a decision about the commission we now need to focus on our personal reflection of the project before the final deadline of the academic year.

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these are the rusting effects I put on one of the vapes, I want one of them to be rusty to show the aging effects a metal vape would go through

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Picking a name is more difficult than it initially seems, we all had different ideas and we went through days of brain storming, we almost decided on the name kleptomaniacs until one member of the group pointed out that it could be a bad idea to name the group that because of the negative connotations with the word. We don't want the negativity surrounding the word to effect people's opinion on our collaborative work.

we then decided to start looking at translations of different buzz words and main themes of our work that sound cool I other languages. Having a name in another language can often make someone more intrigued about what it is and make people more likely to want to find out more about it.

We decided on the name 'Ad Manus' which means 'to hand' in latin. We decided on this name because our event is going to encourage interactivity, handling objects and every item used and looked at within the project has been found to hand too, so it fits well.

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Vape in shrubbery

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Vape down an alleyway

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Vape left by a smoking area

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Vape on pavement

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Vape in a grid

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Vape left in a well known hole in a wall on campus

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Some of my housemates at home have started using these disposable vapes are often around the house, my house mates prefer the kitchen and living room smelling of vapes than cigarettes so we allow them to be smoked inside, unlike normal vapes, meaning when it is cold or raining my house mates can still smoke without having to go outside.

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Some people I talked to smoke both disposable vapes and normal cigarettes, they do not-refer one to the other, they just use whichever is easier or more appealing at the time.

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Even people working in and around the workshops use vapes while they're not in class, some said it helped with stress and anxiety while working on large machines or with delicate work, others said hey wouldn't be able to use their vape before going into the workshops because the nicotine makes it difficult to focus.

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Before easter we constantly saw people with vapes in their hands, since coming back from easter and everyone has had a break we've noticed a drop in people around campus using vapes. we think it has something to do with the in term stress levels, the more stress when it comes to life on campus could make people more likely to turn to aping for a short term stress relief.

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after speaking to many different vape users different people hold their vapes differently and take their vapes at different times depending on what they want/need them for, people with more social anxiety tend to smoke more while in social situations than others who use them when they're bored and want to do something with their hands.

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Taking pictures of people in different blocks on different courses and seeing which flavour/colour of vape they opt for regularly shows a lot about a person, wether they're more of a sweet tooth or prefer something more toned down

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Interesting to see people around campus who correlate their vapes with their outfits, vapes are not just a smoking trend but have evolved into an aestetic trend too

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Brief overview: Collaborate with different creators within the art school and create a proposal for an event to put on in Manchester art gallery.

The event must be connected to a community with a personal connection to you and have a thought provoking theme touching on a social, political or other relevant issue.

Main themes to look at:
Healing, care and reparative history
Tactics for togetherness
Imagining new futures

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Post from an official disposable vape brand

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Post from an official disposable vape brand

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Apparently going back to the old days where attractive woman were used as a selling point in marketing.

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Found this post while looking at hashtags on instagram, someone has photoshopped 4 different flavours of elf bar vapes, which are a popular brand of disposable vape, I'm unsure why someone who seems to be in the military has been photoshopped with vapes for advertisement on instagram, the more posts I find the more weird types of advertisement surrounding these vapes some to light.

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People are posting more and more photos of themselves with colour coordinated fashion matching their vapes, this fashionable trend seems to be completely ignorant to any information on vapes and just use them as an accessory.

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People have started using vapes not only as an activity or a smoking device but it is now a fashion trend.

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Influencers have now picked up this trend of matching vapes to their outfits, this is promoting smoking, disposable vapes and using these vapes as an accessory.

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Official page from a popular disposable vape brand using influencers to sell vapes

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I found it really strange that people advertise their disposable vapes by taking photos of them on the floor, after doing so much research on vapes and finding so many littered around our community it feels wrong to see a vape on the floor as a selling point.

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More advertisement fond on instagram, people using the aesthetic choice to advertise vapes on the floor, ironic given the context.

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This search shows that a lot of people since the pandemic think of masks and other covid related PPE when thinking of disposability.

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looking at online culture surrounded by vapes

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looking at different hashtags that link to the project for inspiration, info on form and different people who use them

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Researching on different main aspects of our project to see if social media have a different point of view on these topics

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Interesting to see how many different brands with different styles are out there.

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Showing peers these scenes shows vapes in a way they haven't seen them in before but highlights an already known issue that is regularly overlooked.

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this scene simulates how vapes stand out on the street when dropped, their bright exterior almost eliminates when contrasted with a concreate grey

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the grey dulls out all of the objects and symbolises how streets filled with trash look over time, they fade into the ground and are normally easily ignored, I then placed vapes over the grey scene and they really stood out

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taking a board of wood, found objects from our community and spray painting them grey yo create a scene with them

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vape and cig pouch

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Vape on a residential street

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Vape on a curb

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Vape on a cobblestone path

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Vape in a crack on the floor

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box of nos cans scattered on the floor

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vape packaging

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Finding relevant objects on the floor around student communities in Manchester

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Finding relevant objects on the floor around student communities in Manchester

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bacci pouches

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After the group formed and we developed the theme 'disposable culture and lost and found objects within our student community', from an initial idea I had before the group was formed, it evolved into something much more refined and a stronger concept all together.

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After the group formed and we developed the theme 'disposable culture and lost and found objects within our student community', from an initial idea I had before the group was formed, it evolved into something much more refined and a stronger concept all together.

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While the theme was still in its early stages it was extremely broad, meaning that when doing work individually in the group everyone took it in different directions, we soon realised that if we wanted to propose a strong event with a cohesive concept then we would have to refine and compromise to get the best outcome possible.

I got together with the group to go over ideas and what had been done so far, I asked as a group if we could attempt to refine down to a less broad theme and instead make a cohesive concept ready to write a proposal for MAG. We made mind maps of all aspects of our theme and started getting rid of the broader subcategory's that weren't as strong, so we could focus on the stronger ideas within the theme.

Sadly it seems the group weren't quite ready to stop making new ideas and develop the ones we had so far so even after refining, some members of the group went off and continued with their own ideas, we got together again got some outsider opinions and came to a conclusion to continue following the disposable culture within student community -  closely looking at disposable vapes rather than continuing with any of our other ideas.

This wasn't because those ideas weren't good, it was because out of all of our ideas that one was the strongest.

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These are two vapes that I sand blasted to remove the outer plastic/rubber layer on the metal casing, one I flattened then sand blasted the bottom half, and the other I put masking tape on the flavour and logo of the elf bar. I also tried other techniques like burning, scratching and peeling the outer layer but nothing other than sand blasting worked.

this was a really interesting experimentation, this shows that unless the item has been closely blasted with millions of grains of sand at high pressure then the case remains non recyclable.

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Going to MAG and visiting the spaces was really interesting and helped visualise what kind of events we could hold within the spaces.

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figuring out different ways to get the event attenders to experience the items, trying to give new perspectives and to get people to think differently

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This report shows the growth in market size for vapes with the last two years and the predicted incline it will have in the future.

The report was really insightful, its interesting to see how much of a market disposable vapes hold and what the market will look like in years to come.

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E-cigarette And Vape Market Size Report, 2022-2030

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The global e-cigarette and vape market size was valued at USD 18.13 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.0% from 2022 to 2030. The rising awareness about e-cigarettes

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Experimenting with rusting effects in metal

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Experimenting with rusting effects in metal

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using chemicals to age, oxidise and rust the metal, because its an alloy it doesn't give a brown/red rust effect like copper or steal, so I will have to use multiple processes to get it looking aged

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Using large scale machines to experiment with putting the vapes through different processes, seeing how the vapes react is really interesting.

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experimenting with material and durability

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experimenting with material and durability

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using processes like rolling, pressing, sand blasting, etching, and more to see how the vape's form and material react

I found that the only way to get the rubber plastic off the outside of the vapes was to sand blast them, sand blasting is a process in metal and glass where a high pressure hose blasts fine grains of sand at whatever object you put in there.

the left vape I put masking tape over the flavour and logo and the other I just blasted on one side

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Buying powdered coloured glass to match common colours of vapes so when I create pieces out of glass they will link to the vapes themselves.

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using different tools, machines and processes to get the designed and desired look for each object

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Disposable E-Cigarettes: The Environmental Impact | Fogstar

This article looks at the environmental impacts of vapes, looking at pollution and sustainability especially with disposable vapes.

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There's no doubt that the vaping revolution has had a huge impact around the world. Many experts and organisations hail the technology as a safer alternative to smoking . Millions of people have ditched the cigarettes in favour of these electronic devices that are now commonplace in city streets around the world. The reduced impact on our health is clear. For starters, they don't produce tar and carbon monoxide which are two of the most harmful products in tobacco smoke.

However, what about the health of the environment?
Why Disposable E-Cigarettes Impact The Environment
As a leading provider of 18650 batteries in the United Kingdom, many of our customers purchase vape-compatible products from our store. Rechargeable vapes are popular and provide users with increased longevity due to the interchangeability of their components. Unlike single-use products, they're a great way of enjoying the pastime as well as doing your bit for helping the environment. However, the increased number of disposable vaping devices flooding the market is cause for concern, primarily for the difficulty in recycling them and the impact they're having on the market. Let us explain.

In 2015, there were a staggering 58 e-cigarettes and refills sold in the US just in grocery and convenience stores . That isn't even counting vaping stores or online purchases! The point is 19.2 million of these e-cigarettes were designed solely for single use. That's an awful lot of waste. Unfortunately, littering remains the blight of mankind. How often do we see cigarette butts, chewing gum and takeaway containers lying littering the streets? Now spent disposable e-cigarettes and replaceable nicotine-filled plastic pods are being added to the equation.

Alongside making their way into our streets, parks and countryside, they're also entering landfill. Many of these devices can leak heavy metals, battery acid and nicotine into the environment, posing a big risk to plants and animals. They can also combust to cause some highly dangerous situations at these sites, refuse vehicles and material recovery facilities . This is because the acidic elements and sharp components within the items can often result in a puncture, explosion or fire. Clearly, the combination of various chemical substances entering the soil, components littering habitats as well as the fact that plastic items can take upto 1000 years to decompose (yep, you read that right!) means that it's quite concerning for the environment.
How do disposable and rechargeable e-cigarettes compare?
The average disposable vape pen can provide upto 300 puffs before running out - that's roughly around a pack of 20 cigarettes. That doesn't go far does it? That could be three-to-five days for your average smoker or as little as one-to-two for anyone who enjoys a smoke multiple times per hour. There is, however, much more longevity with rechargeable vaping devices. The average device will last 6-7 months before you need to replace all of its components.

Of course, we're not saying that rechargeable devices don't impact the environment as well. They need to be responsibly recycled just as well as their disposable cousins. However, with a bit of care, their substantial longevity in comparison is certainly more beneficial for the world we live in.
How to dispose of vapes, cartridges and components responsibly
Whether you're using a disposable, fully-integrated vape pen or a rechargeable device, when finished it's important to dispose of these items carefully and responsibly. As a responsible supplier of batteries, the team at Fogstar feel obliged to provide our customers with the right information on how to dispose of their used batteries correctly. As it goes, we've already done a blog about how to safely dispose of batteries .

Okay, but what about the rest of the device? Well, whether you're disposing of the whole device or just a small component you've changed, it's your responsibility as a consumer to dispose of that item safely. The good news is that the majority of vaping components can actually be recycled - manufacturers often just don't make it clear how! In an interview with , Yogi Hale Hendlin from the Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education at the University of California pointed out that, "most of these devices don't include instructions on how to dispose of the products. The ones that do often include a convoluted process, and it gets incinerated in the end, which isn't ecological at all". Fear not, we've sourced some useful tips to help you avoid consigning your used equipment to the environmental fires of doom!

1. First of all, check the packaging for your product and the bottom of the device you're looking to dispose of, such as the cartridge or the pod. There may be symbols indicating what type of plastic or material the product is and whether it can be recycled.

2. Carefully disassemble the device, cleaning it thoroughly to remove any unwanted dirt or excess e-liquid residue.

3. Separate the relevant materials such as plastics, glass and metals for placement in their respective recycling bins. This will make life much easier for those sorting the recycling at the E-Waste and Material Recovery Facilities (MRF's).

Right, so you've just delicately dismantled your old device and lovingly built separated small piles of each material - but where next? There are so many places that will take waste.

Check out Recycle Now to find out the nearest location to recycle your electrical items - you can also break it down into other categories such as plastic and glass. For batteries in particular, there are loads of supermarkets, convenience stores and local household waste recycling centres that will take used batteries from you. You can find out the nearest location to recycle your used batteries .

So there you have it, how to recycle vaping devices. It doesn't have to be a major pain or something that is impossible. With a bit of time and attention, it's easy to do. Certainly, rechargeable vapes that have interchangeable components are certainly more beneficial for the environment than their single-use, disposable cousins. As the UK's premier provider of batteries and passionate advocates for the environment, the team at Fogstar want to do all we can to help our customers who vape do so safely and responsibly.
If you have any questions about our batteries, give us a call today for more information and we'll be happy to help!

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There's no doubt that the vaping revolution has had a huge impact around the world. Many experts and organisations hail the technology as a safer alternative to smoking . Millions of people have ditched the cigarettes in favour of these electronic devices that are now commonplace in city streets around the world.

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From Juul to Puff Bar: Disposable Vape Pens Are 'Extremely Popular' With Teens : Shots - Health News : NPR

This article explores why young people like vapes so much, it talks about the flavours and over all looks of them are bright and packaged like candy making it appealing to younger people, which explains why they are more popular with younger generations.

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Efforts to stem the tide of teen vaping seem to be a step behind the market. By the time Juul pulled most of its flavored pods from the market in October of 2019, many teens had already moved on to an array of newer, disposable vape products.

"Juul is almost old school ... It's no longer the teen favorite," says Meredith Berkman, co-founder of the advocacy group PAVE, Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes.

"Among the disposables [that] are most popular, there's Puff Bar, there's Stig, there's Viigo," Berkman says. They're designed for one-time use. Then, they're tossed, she explains. "These have just flooded the market," Berkman says.

These products are flourishingdespite the Trump administration's partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes, announced in January and in effect as of Feb 5. The enforcement guidance issued by Food and Drug Administration was aimed at stopping young people from vaping. It focused enforcement on flavored cartridges, like Juul's popular products.

But it left open some "loopholes," says Matt Myers of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "It won't take the kids and it hasn't taken the kids any time to make a switch [to newer products]."

At any time, the FDA could crack down on the new disposables. The agency has enforcement discretion to take action and in the guidance the agency specified it could take action on any e-cigarette product that's "targeted to minors."

The industry has been very creative at getting new products on the market quickly, despite regulators' efforts to curb teen use, says Cristine Delnevo, who directs the Center for Tobacco Studies at Rutgers University.

"It's a bit of a game of whack-a-mole, so when policies are aimed at one product, another product pops-up to fill the void," Delnevo says.

Delnevo and her collaborators have documented some of the rapid changes in disposable vaping products in a new paper published recently in the journal Tobacco Control.

"There are so many of these products," she says. She and her coauthors write that they heard anecdotally last September about a new vaping product, "a disposable 'pod-mod' closely resembling JUUL" that was popular among college students.

Combing through threads on Reddit, they found mention of a bunch of brands of disposable "pod-mods" - including Posh, Eon Stik and Mr. Vapor - which began to appear in the spring of 2019. "Comments focused on tasting similar to JUUL flavors, lasting longer than a JUUL pod and having a good 'hit' like a JUUL," they wrote. They also documented advertising for two brands of disposable products in a convenience store near Rutgers.

Some of the most popular new products, such as Puff Bar, come in an array of appealing flavors - similar to what Juul used to sell, says Myers of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

"This one is pink lemonade," Myers says as he shows me a Puff Bar. It's a vape pen that looks like an elongated thumb drive.

"And when you inhale it, it has a sweet, sugary flavor," says Myers. These flavors cut the harshness of the tobacco. "Young people are inhaling more deeply and getting higher levels of nicotine in their lungs than they would have with a cigarette."

(NPR reached out to the makers of Puff Bar, via an email listed on the product packaging, to ask about marketing and sales of the product. The company did not respond.)

"The Puff Bar is an extremely popular product," says Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a developmental psychologist at Stanford University. One bar has about 300 puffs and can contain about as much nicotine as two or three packs of cigarettes. "That's a lot of nicotine," she says. And, research shows nicotine is addictive and harmful to adolescents' developing brains.

She says because these products are so new, and the landscape changes quickly, it's difficult to know how many teens are using them and similar disposable products.

But she received a bag of confiscated vape sticks and pens that a high school principal in northern California collected recently and shared with her.

"When I laid them out, the majority of them are disposable products," Halpern-Felsher says. "They come in lots of flavors, colors, [they're] very attractive to youth and that's what we're seeing them using the most right now."

What can concerned parents do?
1) Don't confront. Start with a softer approach
"We know that teens don't respond well to just being told about harms or scare tactics," says Halpern-Felsher. She says if you start a conversation by saying "Johnny, you're not vaping, right?" you're not likely to get far.

Instead, start by telling your teen what you've learned about vaping - and why it concerns you. Say something like: "I've learned how much nicotine is in the products, what have you heard?" Engage them in a conversation to share information.

Then, through that conversation, "it [may] come out whether or not the adolescent is using," she says. "If you find out they're using - tell them you'd like to get them help."
2) Know what products are still available
"Before you sit down with your kid, read up on the latest products. Know what they look like and know what the lingo is, " advises PAVE's Berkman. PAVE offers a toolkit for parents.

In addition to disposable vape sticks, there are refillable cartridges and flavored nicotine liquids, often called "e-liquids" available. "Right now, you can buy e-liquids on-line, often on websites that are not really age-protected," Matt Myers says. "And increasingly [they're available] in convenience stores and gas stations," he adds.

He says the product manufacturers "have figured out how to deliver more nicotine to young people than the cigarette manufacturers ever did," so they can be highly addictive.

"Sit down with your young people to make sure they understand that these products are not safe and that they run a serious risk of an addiction," Myers says.
3) Find help online
There are a number of online, digital QUIT programs. For instance, My Life My Quit is available in more than a dozen states. The Truth Initiative offers a text-based quitting program that young people can sign up for by texting DITCHJUUL to 88709.

For more information, parents and educators can search an online resource from the Truth Initiative of research and reports about emerging tobacco products. And Halpern-Felsher and a team of collaborators have created a tobacco-prevention toolkit.

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Parents: Teens Are Still Vaping, Despite Flavor Ban. Here's What They're Using

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Efforts to stem the tide of teen vaping seem to be a step behind the market. By the time Juul pulled most of its flavored pods from the market in October of 2019, many teens had already moved on to an array of newer, disposable vape products. "Juul is almost old school ...

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This is a post posted in our community's Facebook page

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This is a post posted in our community's Facebook page

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The post shows the aftermath of a hot summer day in lockdown and the state the students in the community left a local park that is one of the main centre points in our community.

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these are some extracts from an article MEN did on students around Fallowfeild and the local residents who aren't students opinions on us.

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this is our groups paldlet page - this is where we all put any relevant info about the project and any work that we've individually done for the group project too, its a really useful way to collaborate and set out work that has any ever-changing areas within it.

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Found plastic, textiles, kapok, chicken wire, papier mâché

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Here to Stay, 2019, Madi Acharya-Baskerville

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Here to Stay, 2019, Madi Acharya-Baskerville

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A piece we found interest in in The Witworth Gallery, made out of what could be found objects and rubbish littered on the street.

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Group work studio space with some inspiration images pinned up and the start of our found objects collection

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This collection was showcased in BAS9 in Wolverhampton, the collection was of ceramic cats found in charity shops and passed down by a relative, having a collection like this showcased in The British Art Show 9 was inspiring.

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To create one of the ideas we had while sketching I had to use and learn some new tools and processes that I will no doubt use in the future of my personal practice.

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turning drawn collaborative ideas and making them in workshops

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turning drawn collaborative ideas and making them in workshops

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experimenting with scale

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experimenting with 3 different shapes/brands of vapes and sand casting them out of pewter

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Working with puta, melting it and sand casting

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Working with puta, melting it and sand casting

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After going over some initial ideas I've decided to make some vape prototypes of different forms of vapes to see how the objects permanence changes depending on its material

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Take pictures of students with vapes around campus 

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Take pictures of students with vapes around campus 

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going around campus and speaking to people who vape and taking research images of them.

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Its good to know exactly what each component of a vape does, so when I'm working practically with the vapes and taking them apart I know what I'm handling and working with.

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It was really interesting to look at how vapes are shown and advertised on social media, especially the posts showing vapes on the floor as a selling point.

Looking up hashtags was also helpful to get some inspiration on a few different points that we are focusing on within the project.

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I found some pieces online made from vapes, I really like the aspect of wearables in one of the pieces, turning disposable items which no longer have any value and making them into something with value is really inspiring.

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Looking at the different types of vapes through the years made me realise that as a society that seems to be striving for sustainability we created reusable vapes which was an efficient, sustainable way to smoke/vape, they came in different styles and couloirs and suited many different aesthetics, whereas more recently as the years have gone by the whole sustainable aspect has reverted to the one time use unsustainable vapes that were popular originally.

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I find it pretty crazy that some people online have taken this object and removed it from having much purpose other than 'it looks cool', it seems that the appealing exterior to these disposable vapes seem to be doing a great job at hiding what's on the inside.