Recycled Glass Handled Vase Color:Lapis Blue making use of a material

making use of a material that would otherwise become waste

Natural Palm Leaves

and design

200 x 150 cm / 78

She digs it with her own hands

Recycled Glass Handled Vase Color:Lapis Blue making use of a materialStory Passed down through generations, the glassblowers of Herat continue to preserve this rare and fading craft. Each piece begins with discarded glass and collected bottles gathered throughout the city, melted inside a traditional wood fired furnace until molten. At precisely the right moment, the glass is drawn from the annealer and shaped entirely by hand, using techniques refined over centuries. Color is achieved naturally through mineral powders