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Glass from the sewer
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workLiquid Relic (Studio Billie van Katwijk), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- Liquid Relic (billievankatwijk.com) billievankatwijk.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A round, pale olive-green glass disc with dark specks and a coiled glass thread on top, lit from behindPhoto: Abel MinneeMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Seven small white cups on a white table, each holding a glass sample, from pale green to dark brownPhoto: Abel MinneeMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram of four steps: wastewater is cleaned, residues remain, they go into glass, then fusing, slumping and lampworkingImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Billie van Katwijk, press kit 2702 and studio project page
- Slide 4
- A round amber-brown glass piece with dark swirling threads inside, lit from behindPhoto: Abel MinneeMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- A pale blue glass disc with a hooked glass rod curling across itPhoto: Abel MinneeMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Pomp met twee zwengels en gootsteenbakFrame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record