Did
you know that you can use all the couloured waste glass from your sudio to
produce this transparent blue, no matter what coulour you put in? Most people
think that if you re-melt coloured glass you will get swirls or a dirty brown.
That's the case with cast glass, but at standard working temperatures the
furnace is actually a chemical reactor. The chemical reaction that takes place
is homogenous, and gives this light blue every time with only a slight
variation ( 6 melts so far ). As we can be paying up to £1000 per ton these
days, it makes sense to recycle all our coloured glass as well as the clear.
Check out the pieces below. These are made from glass that was destined for
land fill. On a page on this site you will be able to read about using bottle
glass and other recycled glass to produce 100% upcycled products like these:-
