Thames Glass Green Cup
Thames Glass Green Cup. This unique glass batch is made using local and waste materials sourced in and around the River Thames, including local river sands, wood ashes and waste quagga mussel shells sourced from Thames Water.
EDITION
One-of-kind, decorative piece
TECHNIQUE
Hand blown
MATERIAL
Thames Glass
DIMENSIONS
H 6cm, W 9cm, D 6.5cm
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
If you are interested in this piece and are outside of the UK please get in touch for a shipping quotation with the name of the piece you are interested in.
Thames Glass Green Cup. This unique glass batch is made using local and waste materials sourced in and around the River Thames, including local river sands, wood ashes and waste quagga mussel shells sourced from Thames Water.
EDITION
One-of-kind, decorative piece
TECHNIQUE
Hand blown
MATERIAL
Thames Glass
DIMENSIONS
H 6cm, W 9cm, D 6.5cm
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
If you are interested in this piece and are outside of the UK please get in touch for a shipping quotation with the name of the piece you are interested in.
Thames Glass Green Cup. This unique glass batch is made using local and waste materials sourced in and around the River Thames, including local river sands, wood ashes and waste quagga mussel shells sourced from Thames Water.
EDITION
One-of-kind, decorative piece
TECHNIQUE
Hand blown
MATERIAL
Thames Glass
DIMENSIONS
H 6cm, W 9cm, D 6.5cm
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
If you are interested in this piece and are outside of the UK please get in touch for a shipping quotation with the name of the piece you are interested in.
Ingredients
PLACE
The River Thames
PEOPLE
Thames Water
The Glass Hub
Minimelt Glass
Sacha Delabre
RAW MATERIALS
Shell, Sand, Wood Ash, Soda Ash, Fluxes
From raw material to molten glass, we are involved in every stage of the glass-making process. From sourcing the materials, such as mussel shells, local sands, and wood ashes, to working with glass blowers to create beautiful artefacts.
Inspired by ancient glass-making methodologies and working alongside glass archaeologists, we select our raw materials very carefully to ensure a compatible, workable glass to act as the perfect vessel for our precious water resource and a natural conversation starter about environmental issues around people’s dining tables.
In collaboration with the head of ecology at Thames Water, Lulu discovered a way to make use of the tonnes of quagga mussels that routinely block water pipes and cost Thames Water millions of pounds and resources to remove.
There is currently no effective way to get rid of them, with all the shell waste currently being sent to landfill. Thames Glass offers a solution for this to be used within future glass making, giving economic and ecological value to this invasive species and acting as a natural colourant for the glass.