"TranSglass" Tumbler

"TranSglass" Tumbler

 
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Object Name: 
"TranSglass" Tumbler
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
England, London (designed)
Date: 
designed in 2007
made in 2011
Color
AAT
green
Technique
AAT
cutting
Material
AAT
glass
AAT
cardboard
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.6 cm, Diam: 6.1 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.5.8 C
Location: 
On Display
Description
Recycled post-consumer green glass beverage bottle; cut. Bottom portion of green beverage bottle cut mid-way up body so that vessel functions as a tumbler.
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
09 Δ 16 ®
inscription
:
Pressed around body wall near base
tranSglass TM ©2005 Artecnica ® / design by Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden
inscription
:
Stamped on base
tranSglass
inscription
:
Stamped on wall of body near base
Provenance
Artecnica ((Los Angeles, CA)), Source
2011-06-01
 
 

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