6 Items

Blue Blown glass ball

12,50€

The balls are mouth blown in Bab Sharki, on the outskirts of the old town of Damascus in a small family business, which has already existed for two generations. This is one of the oldest families of glassmakers in the city. Threatened with extinction with the wars that ravage the country, the glassworks still stand and today support a dozen families. They don’t work with children.

The oven used in the workshop is a traditional clay oven, baked on site and which is redone every year during the period of Ramadan. The oven requires several days of heating before reaching the temperature necessary for working with the glass.

The balls are mouth-blown with recycled glass, collected mainly in Europe, which will be pulverized and then sieved before being reused in the oven. Then follows a work of creation where glasses, decanters, cups, vases, lamps, etc. will be reborn.

Mouth-blown, each ball has small irregularities making them unique. The colour and size may vary slightly from piece to piece.

Dimensions

S:  Ø 7 cm

M:  Ø 10 cm 

L:  Ø 14 cm 

Color: blue

Material: Recycled glass

30 other products in the same category: