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Crafts CouncilDirectoryStewart Hearn T/A London Glassworks

Thames River Vases

A series of blown glass oversized vessels, which reference the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with. The 'larger than life' scale creates a powerful and intimidating reminder of the creeping plastic pollution in our waterways. Perhaps in the future these might pay homage to a man-made relic of the past, which although idolised and positively lifechanging in its heyday proved to be so detrimental to the environment leaving behind itself a tsunami of un-destroyable matter …

Stewart Hearn T/A London Glassworks

Chatteris, England


Thames River Vases Detail, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Detail Group of 5, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Group of 3 Detail, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Group of 3, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

A set of 5 Thames River Vases, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with

Thames River Vases

A series of blown glass oversized vessels, which reference the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with. The 'larger than life' scale creates a powerful and intimidating reminder of the creeping plastic pollution in our waterways. Perhaps in the future these might pay homage to a man-made relic of the past, which although idolised and positively lifechanging in its heyday proved to be so detrimental to the environment leaving behind itself a tsunami of un-destroyable matter …

Stewart Hearn T/A London Glassworks

Chatteris, England


Thames River Vases Detail, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Detail Group of 5, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Group of 3, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

Thames River Vases Group of 3 Detail, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with


Thames River Vases, Stewart Hearn image

A set of 5 Thames River Vases, representing the ubiquitous discarded plastic bottles we all live with

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