"TranSglass" Carafe and 4 Tumblers

"TranSglass" Carafe and 4 Tumblers

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Object Name: 
"TranSglass" Carafe and 4 Tumblers
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Date: 
designed in 1997
made in 2006
Dimensions: 
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Accession Number: 
2006.5.1
Location: 
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Description
Set of Carafe and Four "tranSglass" Tumblers. Colorless, transparent green, and translucent colorless glass (recycled). Recycled post-consumer wine bottles, cut, acid-etched.
Label Text
This collection is part of Artecnica’s “Design with Conscience” Project, which is a program to manufacture products in accordance with humanitarian and environmentally friendly principles. Since 2002, Artecnica has invited well-known international designers to work with artisans in need around the world, assisting communities by invigorating local commerce. The TranSglass collection was launched in 2005. With the help of the nonprofit organization Aid to Artisans, Artecnica collaborated with Guatemalan craftsmen to produce Emma Woffenden and Tord Boontje’s designs for recycled glass. Taking the humble empty wine bottle as their point of departure, Woffenden and Boontje have devised a range of creative table wares using basic cold-working techniques.
Inscription
tranSglass tm C 2005 Artecnica design by Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden
inscription
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Enameled On underside of bottle White enamel, text follows the circle of the base.
tranSglass
inscription
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Enameled On side of bottle along seam white enamel
Provenance
Moss, Source
2006-07-24
 
 

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