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& Light hand-poured glass tableware has a way
of drawing the eye, enchanting the viewer with the
unique play of light that filters through its rich
spectrum of colors and textures. This enchantment
is not simply a quality of the glass or its pigmentation,
but of the very way in which it is made, the very
hands that pour and press it, the beliefs and spirit
that drive the people who craft the product, and the
community from which it originates. Fire
& Light Originals has a noteworthy heritage, formed
in 1995 as a partnership between the Arcata Community
Recycling Center in Humboldt County, California, and
a group of local investors who wanted to develop an
innovative plan for using crushed, recycled glass.
Our founders decided to turn their recycled glass
into a raw material, manufacturing distinctive products
for sale in and out of the immediate area. After careful
consideration, the group decided upon a distinctive
line of dinnerware which would be created by melting
crushed glass in furnaces, adding pigment, and pressing
the molten glass into bowls, plates, and glasses.
In December, 1995, the first glass products were poured
and pressed from the Fire & Light furnaces, and
the world became a bit more luminous, slightly more
colorful. Fire & Light glassware is a product
whose history is a kind of future, where age-old craftsmanship
meets innovative manufacturing, utilizing post consumer
glass as a resource. But it's the beauty that will
get you, the twinkle of light on the surface of a
watery blue bowl, and the knowledge that we get as
much happiness out of making the bowl as you will
from having it on your table. |
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