Glass Porcelain
Glass porcelain is a material developed through years of hands on experimentation using discarded glass. What was once single use waste is transformed into a refined, durable, and expressive ceramic material with its own visual language.
It sits somewhere between glass and porcelain, borrowing strength, translucency, and depth from both, while remaining grounded in craft, locality, and responsibility.
This is not recycling as an afterthought. It is material development from the ground up.
What glass porcelain can become
Glass porcelain is developed with flexibility in mind. Because the material is formulated and tested in house, it can be adapted to suit different scales, uses, and contexts.
It is currently used and developed for wall and surface tiles, tableware and functional objects, lighting components, architectural details, and bespoke commissions.
Each application informs the next, allowing the material to evolve through use rather than speculation.
What is glass porcelain
Glass porcelain is made by processing post consumer glass and reformulating it through ceramic methods. The glass is crushed, graded, blended, and fired using carefully developed cycles that allow it to behave like a porcelain body while retaining the unique qualities of glass.The result is a material that can be smooth or textured, matte or softly luminous, minimal or expressive. Each piece carries subtle variation, evidence of its origins, and the firing process that shaped it.Because the source material is reclaimed glass, the outcome is never sterile. It has character.
Developed through practice
Glass porcelain was not invented overnight. It is the result of years of testing, failure, refinement, and observation in the studio.
Firing temperatures, particle sizes, binders, and kiln atmospheres all affect the final outcome. This slow, iterative development allows the material to be tuned for different uses, from tableware to tiles, from sculptural objects to architectural elements.
Every new application feeds back into the material’s evolution.
Why glass porcelain matters
Most recycled glass is downcycled. It becomes aggregate, insulation, or low value filler.
Glass porcelain does the opposite. It elevates waste into long lasting objects and surfaces that are meant to be used, lived with, and valued.
By working with waste glass locally, the process reduces transport, avoids extraction of virgin materials, and keeps material in circulation in a meaningful way.
Sustainability here is not a label. It is embedded in the material itself.
What glass porcelain can become
Glass porcelain is developed with flexibility in mind. Because the material is formulated and tested in house, it can be adapted to suit different scales, uses, and contexts.
It is currently used and developed for wall and surface tiles, tableware and functional objects, lighting components, architectural details, and bespoke commissions.
Each application informs the next, allowing the material to evolve through use rather than speculation.
A material with a future
Glass porcelain continues to evolve. New finishes, new applications, and new collaborations shape where it goes next.
What remains constant is the intention: to transform waste into something considered, useful, and quietly enduring.
IIf you’re interested in working with glass porcelain — whether through collaboration, commissioning, or further exploration — you’re welcome to get in touch