Plastic Art and Degradation Issues
20 hours ago
2 min read
A while ago, someone asked me about creating some outdoor plastic art for their home. I immediately wanted to do it, but I also had to consider what kind of plastic would and would not work. UV light is the number one factor when it comes to the degradation of plastics (shoutout to the MOOC -Massive Open Online Course- I took back in 2018. It taught me so much!), so anything that's outside in the sun for long enough will start to degrade. And with certain plastics, that means crumbling...into microplastics. So things like straws and fast food cups - those cheaper, flimsier plastics that I use a lot in my work - won't work for anything meant to be outside.
