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In Oaxaca, Mexico, the tradition of hand-blown glass has been practiced for generations — artisans who gather molten glass on the end of a blowpipe, shape it with their breath and their hands, and coax it into a form that is both functional and beautiful. It is one of the oldest crafts in the human story, unchanged in its essential nature since glassblowing was first discovered in ancient Syria over two thousand years ago. The Powered by People Medium Tumbler is the fruit of that tradition: a set of 6 hand-blown 8 oz tumblers made from recycled soda-silicate glass by the artisans of Oaxaca, shaped by breath and hand and fire into a glass that is entirely alive.
The glass begins as recycled material — soda-silicate glass given a second life, melted and gathered and blown into a new form using renewable energy. The colors — Smoke, Clear, and Amber — are drawn from the tones of the natural world in fall and winter: the grey of smoke rising from a morning fire, the clarity of cold winter light, the warm amber of dried leaves and late-season honey. The color is not applied after the fact — it is in the glass itself, obtained by using colored glass in the blowing process, which means it will never wash away, never fade, never diminish with use or washing. The color is permanent because it is the material.
At 2.75" x 3.5" and 8 oz, these are the tumblers for water, for juice, for a cold drink on a warm afternoon, for the table that is set for six and wants every glass to be beautiful. Each tumbler carries the slight variation that is the signature of a hand-blown piece — no two are identical, and the set of six will have the subtle, living variation of objects made by human hands rather than a machine.
“My cup overflows.” — Psalm 23:5