Hebron Recycled Glass Tumbler - Aqua
Hebron Recycled Glass Tumbler - Aqua
A colourfully luminescent way to add candlelight to your home, beauty to your drinks and interest to your decor. Bottles are smashed into pieces and melted in high temperature ovens to produce these highly individual recycled glass tumblers with their distinctive swirls.
In Phoenician glass blowing, artisans add substances to the molten glass, with the resulting reaction creating a range of colours. Ensuring that each piece is completely one-of-a-kind, with a tactile matte finish and an organic shape.
Handcrafted by artisans in the West Bank using traditional techniques passed on through generations. It takes a true master to transform thousands of discarded bottles into beautiful and useful earth friendly functional works of art. The time consuming process done by hand means that artisan families involved in producing this work are masters of their art.
DETAIL
Hand made in the West Bank
Material: Handblown recycled glass
Size: Highball 6cm D x 15cm H. Square 8cm D x 10cm H. All sizes approximate
Colours and patterns will vary. As each glass is handmade shapes and sizes will differ.
IMPACT
Established in 1890, Hebron Glass is a family business located in the historic West Bank city of Hebron, well-known for its traditional glass-blowing. Hebron Glass operates three main workshops in Hebron, in addition to artisans who work in their own homes. Some 60 artisans, women and men, work with Hebron Glass, earning excellent income and benefiting from safe working environments.
One of the aims of the group is to build lasting relationships with fair trade associations. Hebron Glass aims to keep their artisans busy throughout the year, despite the challenges of occupation and war, and the competition from factory made mass produced items.
All tabletop items created by Hebron Glass are lead-free and safe to use. The group uses recycled glass, but only from drinking glasses and heated to high temperatures to sanitise them.