“TranSglass” Vase 1 with Original Box

“TranSglass” Vase 1 with Original Box

 
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Object Name: 
“TranSglass” Vase 1 with Original Box
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
England, London (designed)
Date: 
made in 2010
designed in 1997
Color
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olive
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green
Technique
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cutting
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founding
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frosting
Material
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glass
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cardboard
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enamel
Dimensions: 
(ab) H: 24.5 cm, Diam: 7.6 cm; (c) H: 32.6 cm, W: 11 cm, D: 11 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.5.10
Location: 
On Display
Description
Recycled post-consumer olive green glass wine bottle; cut, acid-etched. Cylindrical olive green glass wine bottle with neck removed above shoulder; acid-etched to produce matte finish. (b) Top portion of recycled post-consumer olive green glass wine bottle; cut, acid-etched to produce matte finish. (c) Original box.
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
inscription
:
Stamped (a) on wall of body near base
tranSglass TM ©2005 ArTecnica ® / design by Tord Boontje / and Emma Woffenden
inscription
:
Stamped (a) on base
Provenance
Artecnica ((Los Angeles, CA)), Source
2011-06-13

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