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Max Lefko-Evertt
Going Green with Glass
Max Lefko-Evertt, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center Studio
Assistant, has his own way of going green. He's created a fun,
affordable and marketable way to put a new spin on that everyday
product- the drinking glass. Max, takes beer bottles that have enameled
labels- that is, labels where the painted on label is actually glass,
and shapes them into standard sized drinking glasses. One glass sells
for $10, a "6-pack" for $50. Rolling Rock, Red Stripe and Corona bottles
work best.
The process consists of taking a standard beer bottle, heating it
in the kiln to 1500+ degrees, opening the mouth with jacks and cooling
it down slowly. The glasses are an accessible, creative way to reduce,
reuse and recycle as well as a tool to open up the world of glass art to
a wide array of audiences.
Created by
mpeterson
Last modified 03:17 PM 12/05/2010
Last modified 03:17 PM 12/05/2010
