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| This sink is made from thick clear scrap, which is cut into uniform small pieces, cast into a solid disc, then formed into a bowl. The last step is drilling out the drain hole. |
Here at George C Scott Studios we seek to create innovative and beautiful art glass, but we strive to do it in an environmentally sound way. Much of the raw glass that turns into our finished products comes to us as a waste product from another source.
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| Layered blues cast from our in-shop scrap. This material would be great as a counter or bar. |
These might be trimmings and scrap from a large art glass manufacturer here in the Pacific Northwest, which we buy in buckets, or whole sheets of glass that do not meet a producers exacting standards for their intended purpose. Because so much of the art glass we make is cast (formed of smaller pieces of glass melted together into a larger item), we are able to put this waste to good use.
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| This "Safari" style casting could be great as a sconce. |
We practice this same passion for efficiency with the waste that we generate in our own studio. Much of our exciting layered and cast slabs are made of trimmings from earlier projects. We rarely throw away glass, and we also focus and reusing packing materials when appropriate.
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| This cross section shows some great organic textures and movement of bubbles, and is made from glass that we recycle in studio. |
