fire & light

in the hometown, there is a local glass-making company, fire & light, that creates the most beautiful items out of recycled glass.  they use 100% recycled glass materials, crush it up, and turn it into useable art.  i've long since coveted a piece from them, but it's always been pricey.  luckily, they started giving tours of their workshop and allowing the public to purchase their "seconds," (items with a slight imperfection or two that aren't up to the high-quality standards of the items being shipped to the various retailers).  kevin & i would love to have a complete dinnerware set from them, but it's totally outside the budget right now.  and for a good long while.  although maybe we'll start buying a place setting at a time whenever we go up there.  that could be fun.

buckets and buckets o' glass

they twist off the caps but leave the labels on.
that gets burned away in the fire when they melt it down.

pouring a bowl in the mold

pressing out the bowl

the furnace; it's over 2,000* in there.  just a little toasty.

they look bored.  and stoned.  but i promise, kevin was completely fascinated.
lily was mostly just along for the ride.

some of their finished products.  gorgeous, right?

shop away, my friends!