Ghanaian Artist Turns Glass Waste into Art
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- 08 Sep 2022
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A Ghanaian man who once made jewelry from glass beads is now using old glass to make new art.
He hopes to reduce glass waste and help the environment in his country.
If glass artist Michael Tetteh can earn some money doing it, he will be happy, too.
Tetteh learned the art of glass blowing during a visit to Europe in 2012. He went to see people who knew about glass blowing in the Netherlands and France and learned to make many-colored, artistic flower holders or water carriers.
Many years later, Tetteh has his own workplace where he melts broken glass from waste centers in Accra and turns it into art.
He looks for broken glass from old televisions or bottles and melts it down in a large round container known as a kiln. The kiln gets very hot, nearly 1,500 degrees Celsius, and turns the old glass into hot liquid.
Tetteh, now 44, is the nation’s only professional glass blower.
He uses a long pole to remove a ball of melted glass from the kiln and starts working to shape the glass into colorful items people can use again. Read More...
