# How I make paint from poison

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxWarwick
- Speaker: John Sabraw
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/john_sabraw_how_i_make_paint_from_poison)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Artist and professor John Sabraw is turning industrial acid runoff into striking pigments and paints. In his talk, Sabraw shares how he's inspired by southern Ohio's rivers and streams to turn environmental catastrophe into works of beauty.

## Lectures

1. [How I make paint from poison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/john_sabraw_how_i_make_paint_from_poison/76dac14e2783), 18 min (TED's player)