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Location
1800 Fourth
Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
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Contact
tel: 510.841.2200
Hours
| Mon |
10-5:30pm |
| Tue |
10-5:30pm |
| Wed |
10-5:30pm |
| Thu |
10-7:00pm |
| Fri |
10-5:30pm |
| Sat |
10-5:30pm |
| Sun |
11-5:00pm |
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| From the artist |
 Fire & Light hand-poured glass tableware has a way of drawing
the eye, enchanting the viewer with the unique play of light that
filters through its rich spectrum of colors and textures. This
enchantment is not simply a quality of the glass or its pigmentation,
but of the very way in which it is made, the very hands that pour
and press it, the beliefs and spirit that drive the people who
craft the product, and the community from which it originates.
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| Fire and Light Dinnerware - assorted colors. |
Fire & Light Originals has a noteworthy heritage, formed in
1995 as a partnership between the Arcata Community Recycling Center
in Humboldt County, California, and a group of local investors
who wanted to develop an innovative plan for using crushed, recycled
glass. Our founders decided to turn their recycled glass into a
raw material, manufacturing distinctive products for sale in and
out of the immediate area. After careful consideration, the group
decided upon a distinctive line of dinnerware which would be created
by melting crushed glass in furnaces, adding pigment, and pressing
the molten glass into bowls, plates, and glasses. In December,
1995, the first glass products were poured and pressed from the
Fire & Light furnaces, and the world became a bit more luminous,
slightly more colorful.
John and Natali McClurg purchased the company in 1999. Together
with a team of 20 people, Fire & Light Originals is handcrafting
the beautiful giftware and dinnerware that is now shipped to specialty
stores and galleries throughout the country. The enlightened practices
that gave rise to the company continue to inform everything we
do. Fire & Light still strives to find new ways to incorporate
recycling into our production process, whether it's tumbling broken
dishes to make Sea Glass, a product used in aquariums and decorating,
or using recycled beer kegs from local microbreweries as vats to
cool our ladles.
Fire & Light glassware is a product whose history is a kind
of future, where age-old craftsmanship meets innovative manufacturing,
utilizing post consumer glass as a resource. But it's the beauty
that will get you, the twinkle of light on the surface of a watery
blue bowl, and the knowledge that we get as much happiness out
of making the bowl as you will from having it on your table. |
| Browse the collection |
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Moonstone Platter 14 2/3"
By Fire and Light |
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Large Heart 3 1/2"
By Fire and Light |
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