AIR-INK: The world's first ink made out of air pollution
AIR-INK is made out of air
pollution particulate matter––namely the unburned carbon soot you see coming
out of the exhaust pipe of cars, chimneys, generators, and more.
AIR-INK is created through a three-step process.
Step 1. While cheaper carbon
black inks are manufactured through the deliberate burning of fossil fuels, use
proprietary device––what it called KAALINK––to capture soot that is already being emitted
from vehicles. KAALINK is retrofitted to the exhaust pipe of
vehicles/generators to capture the outgoing pollutants.
Step 2. The soot undergoes
various proprietary processes to remove heavy metals and carcinogens. The end
product is a purified carbon rich pigment.
Step 3. The carbon is then used
to make different types of inks and paints.
Artist Kristopher Ho using AIR-INK to beautify a public space in Hong Kong.
AIR-INK is currently available as
2mm, 15mm, 30mm and 50mm markers, and a 150ml screen printing ink set and plan to work
towards releasing oil based paints, fabric paints, outdoor paints, and
more.
Swag decorated with AIR-INK markers, paints, and screen printing inks.
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