Make a statement with this stunning handmade, recycled glass pendant. Each pendant is made up of glass baubles wired together to resemble a bunch of grapes.
Can also be used as a table lamp.
Make the colour of your choice in the size of your choice
made espacially for you withen a week of your order.
Product story:
Glass-blowing has very ancient traditions in Syria. The skills are still alive but the craft is dying as demand fails to keep up with the cost of maintaining furnace temperatures. There is only one traditional glass-making workshop left in Damascus: it is a family business in which knowledge has passed down over several generations.
Glass bottles are collected from all over the city and separated according to colour; after being smashed and washed, the fragments are melted down. In order to conserve purity, no more than one colour can be worked at the same time. The artisans labour around the clock as the furnace is never allowed to die down. They blow grapes and vases, mould spiral discs and bulbous glasses: they can make anything to order. But who knows how long they can continue their fabulous work. The skills are difficult, the glass is delicate and not many people outside Syria know of these wonderful resources.
Large (H)35x(W)28cm
Also available in
Medium (H)30x(W)22 cm
Small (H)22x(W)18cm at 85 GBP
X-large (H)45x(W)40cm at 275 GBP
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 December, 2010.
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