Recycled Glass Inspiration
Much of the glass we throw out is not recycled, because different glass has different melting points and recyclers only melt the most common containers.
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Hanging window composed of serving plates, wine bottle bottoms, stemware bottoms and faceted stained glass jewels. The background is a variety of textured handblown glass and the border is composed of several different patterns of pale lavender Depression glass serving plates. Daniel Maher Stained Glass, Somerville, MA. Restoration and custom work. www.dmstainedglass.com
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The window is comprised of highly textured bottle, vase, serving plate and stemware bottoms along with a variety of antique pressed glass jewels and objects. The background is a variety of clear textured glasses and the border is composed of pale lavender "Depressions Glass" plates. 26" x 25", $3,000. Daniel Maher Stained Glass, Somerville, MA. Restoration and custom work. www.dmstainedglass.com
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This "Green Bottoms" window is installed in a home on Simmons Island, GA. To personalize the window, the client requested the inclusion of "sea glass" they found at the local beach. The addition of greenish blue plate fragments and jewels in the border give the window's color range an ocean feel. Daniel Maher Stained Glass, Somerville, MA. Restoration and custom work. www.dmstainedglass.com
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Several medicine bottle remnants are blended into more typical food themes in the Wellesley, Massachusetts kitchen window. The medicine bottles refer to this couples' careers in the health provider industry. The window is installed in a door that blocks the view of a brightly lit mud room. Daniel Maher Stained Glass. Restoration and custom work. Somerville, MA. www.dmstainedglass.com
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Luscious Lids is the second in the Housewares Graveyard series to utilize three dimensional tops of vessels and candy dishes. The prismatic and dimensional effect as the viewer moves is striking. The tips of several of the objects project more than three inches from the surface of the window. The objects include candy jar tops, percolator tops, apothecary lids and Vaseline glass lids from a dresser set. 25" x 28", $3400. www.dmstainedglass.com
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Luscious Lids close-up, from the outside.
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Prismatic Dishes features remnants of serving dishes that have a square or rectangular shape. The cut glass beveling captures light from extreme angles and distorts any exterior movement into circular patterns. The window is set in a reclaimed wood frame. 19" x 25", $2000. Daniel Maher Stained Glass. Restoration and custom work. Somerville, MA. www.dmstainedglass.com
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The Blue window is composed of cobalt blue storage jar parts and stemware bottoms. The border is a handblown multiple color streaky glass sprinkled with faceted glass jewels. www.dmstainedglass.com
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Very Red Snapper was inspired by and is composed entirely of kitchen glassware. Wine glass and bottle bottoms, serving plates, food storage containers, percolator tops, glass bowls and a cookie jar were cannibalized for their unique patterns to enhance the design. The window is a fun twist of presenting a "food" window fabricated in food related glass objects. Daniel Maher Stained Glass. Restoration and custom work. Somerville, MA. www.dmstainedglass.com
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The Housewares Graveyard was the second window of the series completely assembled with glass rescued from functional glass objects. 21" x 30", $2400. www.dmstainedglass.com
Recycled glass window by Don Leedy of Oregon.
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Recycled glass window by Don Leedy
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Old Bottles #2, 1992
By John Bassett, basglas.com
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Old Bottles #1, 1992
By John Bassett, basglas.com
Eyeglass Stained Glass, 'Family Tree' 1988
By John Bassett, basglas.com
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Three Stalks, 1981
By John Bassett basglas.com
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John Bassett, basglas.com
Glass dishes attached to a window by Peggy.
Melted glass bottles by Erwin Timmers. www.ecoglassart.com
Recycled glass rubberband balls and cubes by Erwin Timmers. Glass fusing is a process of layering and then putting the glass into a kiln at temperatures around 1500°F (not enough to completely melt it). www.ecoglassart.com
Recycled glass knot. Erwin Timmers is originally from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and moved to California to study at the Santa Monica College for Design Arts and Architecture. In 1999 he moved to Washington DC and co-founded the Washington Glass Studio and the Washington Glass School. www.ecoglassart.com
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'Eternity' by Cindy Ann Coldiron
Kiln cast window glass, 2010.
artist-cindyann.tripod.com
Shards of old glass, sardine can openers. Finny Fish by Alexander Calder. www.nga.gov
Recycled glass lamps (note the upside down wine bottles) by Whimsical Wonders: Darla Murray and Bridget Smith via: almosteveryword.blogspot.com
Glass Bottle Border at the Mano Poderosa Jardin.
Image by Dee Kincke. www.flickr.com
Glass Bottle Border in garden! More pictures here: thegreenbacksgal.com
Hanging glass bottle flower vases. Super wedding decoration idea. See: www.eatdrinkchic.com
"Relite" lamp shades made from recycled glass, stained glass and or, fused glass.
The glass is broken up and put in a rock tumbler and/or kiln to get the effect.
Light blubs are CFL or LED. $35 - $90. www.berriecreative.com
'Relite' recycled glass lamp shades on reuse bases.
www.berriecreative.com
Close-up of a Berrie 'Relite' - Love it!
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Glass Bottle Lamps. brillanteinteriors.blogspot.com
How to: www.instructables.com
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Manuel Rapoport has built a house in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina with 100% recycled ingredients. Tin cans for roofing and siding and merged whiskey bottles as windows. www.designopatagonia.com.ar
Architectual glass individually cut and placed. Bowl and mold hand built from found objects. $400. Artist: Aaron Tafoya © 2008 ~18 x 18 in. sits on stand. www.recycledglassartdesign.com
Recycled grape lamps. Artiquea collects and separates glass according to color; after being smashed and washed, the fragments are melted down. They blow grapes and vases, mould spiral discs and bulbous glasses... Grapes and plate lamps and more: www.artiquea.co.uk
Recycled hanging glass lamp by Wolf Art Glass & Pottery,
Austin, Texas: www.wolfartglass.com
Etsy: $545. www.etsy.com
Recycled glass lamp put together with bailing wires, from Indonesia. www.overstock.com
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Art with a Conscience. Artecnica. www.artecnicainc.com
See how-to video below.
recycled glass bottles
Art with a Conscience. Artecnica. www.artecnicainc.com
'Recycled Wine Bottle' Appetizer Trays $25.00 © 2009, Aaron Tafoya will make you any custom glass item. www.recycledglassartdesign.com
Pantone or Paint Chip Door - to mimic all the colors that surround in nature.
By Armin Blasbichler, www.arminblasbichler.com
Beer Bottle Buddha
Wat Lan Kuat (One Million Bottle Temple) in Khn Han, Eastern Thailand.
Angle Cabinet Institute
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Videos:
Video showing how to make bottle cheese plates:
The bottles are carefully put in a kiln, slowly heated to temperatures around 1400 degrees, cooled, and turned into cheese boards, spoon rests, etc. www.glassbyerica.com See the process here: www.youtube.com
Video showing how to make a Glass Cup from a bottle:
Although the video maker used a torch and electric grinder, you can do it with just a glass scorer and sandpaper. www.youtube.com
Books:
"Sculpture and Design With Recycled Glass" by Cindy Ann Coldiron, Schiffer Books, 2011, features 40 artists and 125 sculptures in an exploration of the use of recycled glass as a medium for sculpture and creative design. www.amazon.com
Recycling glass vs making glass from scratch:
Glass recycling turns used glass products back into "new" glass products. By some estimates, recycling glass uses 40% less energy than creating new glass from silica sand, lime and soda ash. Recycled glass also creates about 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution.
Glass recycling is a much more efficient process than plastic recycling, since plastics are usually "downcycled" into a lower-quality form of plastic. Plastic water bottles, for example, cannot be recycled into new plastic bottles, but glass containers can be recycled indefinitely into new glass containers.
When glass is recycled, it is cleaned and separated by color. All other items, including plastic and metal caps, are also removed. Recycled glass is then crushed into a mixture called cullet, which is then sold back to glass manufacturing facilities.
- Recycling glass:
Saves raw materials - Over a ton of natural resources are conserved for every ton of glass recycled. Cuts CO2 emissions - For every six tons of recycled container glass used, a ton of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is reduced. From: gpi.org
Glass that is not recyclable:
Window glass, mirrors, glass cups or tumblers, ceramic, Pyrex, colored glass (other than green and the amber that beer bottles usually are), light bulbs (hardware stores may take light bulbs), windows and windshields, aren't generally accepted by local recycling centers. That's because these different glass products have a different melting point from container glass, so that your local recycling center may not recycle them. Yet, some recycling centers send their glass to cement producers, where the glass is crushed and used as filler in cement products. One needs to contact one's local recycling center to find out what kind of glass it recycles.
For more see the Glass Bottle Walls Page: inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls
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