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Object Name“TranSglass” Long Stem Vase with Original Box

Designer Tord Boontje (Dutch, b. 1968)

Designer Emma Woffenden (British, b. 1962)

Retailer Artecnica

Studio Studio Tord Boontje and Emma Woffenden

Studio La Casa Cotzal

Made FromGlass, Cardboard, Enamel

Datedesigned in 2007; made in 2010

TechniqueCut, fused, acid-etched

Size(a) Vase H: 46.3 cm, Diam (max): 9.2 cm; (b) Box H: 51.4 cm, W: 11.1 cm, D: 10.8 cm

Accession Number2011.5.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Interpretive Notes

Web 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.

Place Made

England, London (designed); United States, CA, Los Angeles (designed); Guatemala, Guatemala City (made)

Physical Description(a) Recycled post-consumer olive-brown and green glass wine bottles; cut, fused, acid-etched. Vase consisting of a cylindrical olive-brown glass wine bottle with top of neck removed and fused to upside-down green wine bottle with body cut at a diagonal to form mouth of vase. Exterior surface acid etched to produce matte finish. (b) Cardboard box with black and red printed inscriptions.
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