Sustainable glass blowing
Posted by LDF Administrator on 27.07.07
Liquid Projects by Designersblock20-23 September
For their 10th Anniversary, Designersblock has teamed up with Liquid Projects to explore the theme of creative solutions to their own environmental impact.. After a Designersblock event there are typically around 5,000 empty glass bottles to deal with. Designersblock wondered if there was a solution that went beyond the normal options.
So, for this year’s Festival, Designersblock will host and promote Liquid Projects, their first live interactive exhibition, a design led initiative that seeks to provide innovative and inspiring solutions to the problems of recycling and will also invite designers and artists to contribute in the design and/or production of objects.
Working with glass artist Matthew Durran and his collaborators, Designersblock will install a specially customised kiln on site. With the help of invited glass artists and designers, Liquid Projects will perform live glass blowing and casting throughout Designersblock turning the waste bottles into a variety of creative forms including a selection of musical instruments made the Designersblock Family Day on Sunday 23rd September.
