“Sangria”

Sangria is the mixture of red and white wines with fruit.

The “Sangria” sculpture, created with recycled wine bottles
and salvaged chunks of dalle glass,
pays homage to the 130 million tons of glass that is collected,
recycled and reused worldwide every year.



Dumpster Diving

Reclaimedbydesign - Dumpster diving


A Project in Mind

Concept - a project in mind


< Cutting Rods

Alro Steel - Cutting the rod


Fabricating Frame

Fabricating a frame


Gathering Glass

Gathering the glass


Red & White Glass

Wine mix – Red & White


Install Crew

Seasoned install crew

Sangria at SAC

“Sangria” at the SAC

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Welding the Frame
Welding a frame (Video)


Sculpture size: 37x17 inches   Total installed height 78 inches

This steel and glass sculpture is composed of 100% recycled glass.

It is constructed with 21 blue wine bottles, scrap dalle glass and
multiple sizes of welded steel rod.

 

A special thanks to both Reclaimedbydesign Haslett, Michigan for their blue glass
contribution and Dan Gilpin for his assistance and welding expertise with this project.

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