ZandGlas – Savelsbos cups, decanter, and test crucibles

Four rows of four glass crucibles shown from directly above on a grey background, each containing hardened glass samples of varying colors and some of the crucibles are broken.

A dark green glass decanter and cups, two cups to the left and one cup to the right. Each vessel has a stamped seal on the front in the same dark green glass.

Materials:: Blown glass and melted glass made from sand collected from Savelsbos, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Dimensions:: Decanter: 23 x 10, Crucibles: 4 x 6.5 x 6.5
Made:: The Netherlands, Eindhoven : 2016-2018

Artist(s):

Atelier NL: The Netherlands
van Ryswyck, Lonny: born: 1978; The Netherlands
Sterk, Nadine: born: 1977; The Netherlands

Selector Statement

The design duo Atelier NL makes glassware that embodies the essence of place. The process starts with the raw material, the company making its own glass from sand harvested from a single location. The final products are only colored by the specific elements in that sand, so that each series—each different glass they formulate—captures and makes visible the specific qualities of its origin.

–Silbert, Susie J.