FAQ

Bubbles are an unavoidable part of melting glass. Objects in our Recycled Collection will have mild bubbles throughout. Objects in our Koyote Collection will potentially have a few.

These features in our Recycled Collection are inherent to the material we are working with and occur because of our eco-friendly furnace. Traditionally, glass is melted in large quantities 24/7, furnaces are filled once a week, and remaining overcooked glass is often discarded. With our furnace, we only melt the amount of glass we are going to use in a day – if there is any remaining glass, we recycle it. We also turn the furnace off at night, creating a virtually waste-free melting cycle. Because we keep our footprint small, air that’s trapped in the crucible of molten glass does not have enough time to rise to the surface and leave, which creates these fine bubbles. We also really enjoy the vintage and nostalgic feel it gives the glass when paired with our modern forms.

Glass colour always has slight variation in batches because of the nature of the process.

The glass colour we use is handmade in Europe, and because of the war in Ukraine, gas supply lines have changed. Gas from different places in the world burns in slightly different ways, which changes the chemical composition of the coloured glass, subtly changing its resulting colour. Supply lines for the metal oxides (used as ingredients for glass) have also been disrupted. These ingredients from various geographical locations have different properties, thus resulting in slightly different glass colour.

Once the glass colour is finally made, it is formed into irregular bars, which we then cut up in smaller pieces to use. As the bars are cut by hand, you will never get perfectly even chunks. Furthermore, each piece we make might be blown out in a slightly different way, or contain a slightly different amount of clear glass (or is allocated in different proportions) and this will also affect how the glass colour is perceived in each object.

Because of all these elements, colour will vary slightly. The exact object you receive may not match perfectly to what you see on our website, as it will be a unique object.

We provide care tip cards with all our matte products.

We recommend not washing our matte objects with soap and water. Rather, just wipe it down with a dry clean cloth.

To seal our matte finish, we use natural beeswax and oils, unlike many glass companies who use harsh chemicals. To refresh our seal over time, put a bit of olive oil on a microfiber cloth (or regular clean cloth) and rub it into the glass. Then wipe it dry with a dry clean cloth.