The company is named after the type of glass used in the making of our art.
Per Wikipedia: Soda–lime glass, also called soda–lime–silica glass, is the transparent glass used for windowpanes and glass containers (bottles and jars) for beverages, food, and some commodity items. It is the most prevalent type of glass made. Some glass bakeware is made of soda-lime glass, as opposed to the more common and heat-tolerant borosilicate glass. Soda–lime glass accounts for about 90% of manufactured glass.
We’re trained and are making our pieces as renters at BAGI. We use clear glass from the molten glass furnace of BAGI and colored glass in rod, cane or frit form from Olympic Colors or other vendors.
Disclaimer
As stated above, soda lime glass is the most basic type of glass that is fragile compared to other forms of glass that are heat and impact resistant. Our products are not meant to handle sudden heat differences (like pouring hot coffee in them at room temperature) or impact. We carefully place our pieces in an annealer immediately after finishing them where they are slowly brought back to room temperature over 20 hours or so. When we pick up the pieces, we visually inspect them for cracks as any delay in placing them into the annealer may cause a small crack that will grow to a large one during the annealing process.
Given the fragility of the glass, we ask that you treat them as such, and protect them from sudden temperature changes or impact. If necessary, wash them by hand or if they fit (like cups) place them on the top shelf of your dishwasher although we can’t guarantee that they will not fail.