Hebron Recycled Glass Tumbler - Blue
Hebron Recycled Glass Tumbler - Blue
Multiple uses for maximum love. Recycled glass tumblers handcrafted using decades old master techniques to give you a product that is as useful as it is beautiful. Gorgeously luminescent when used as a candle holder, stunning as a vase or just the thing to make you smile when taking your favourite tipple.
These make a one-of-a-kind, longer lasting and ethically made Mother's Day gift of love for your mum but one that gives back to the people who made it and the planet too!
Bottles are smashed into pieces and melted in high temperature ovens to produce these highly individual recycled glass holders 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. It takes a true master to transform recycled glass bottles into functional works of art. The time consuming process done by hand means that artisan families involved in producing this work over generations are masters of the art.
DETAIL
Hand made in the West Bank
Material: Handblown recycled glass
Size: 7Dx8H inches. Takes tea light or votive candle.
Colours and patterns will vary as each glass is entirely unique.
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 China. 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.