In her Dunbar studio, Stephanie Matthews demonstrates the lap grinder her father made for her.
Matthews fashioned old glass into a napkin ring. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Matthews.
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Stephanie Matthews cuts off the bottoms of liquor bottles to create tumblers. In the foreground, an old wine bottle has been flattened for use as a cheese plate.
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The tops of empty wine bottles are fused to make candleholders and are decorated with copper wire.
The bottom half of Coke bottles make juice glasses. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Matthews.
A flattened wine bottle becomes the support for a clock. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Matthews.
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This liquor bottle has been converted into a bowl.
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Stacks of empty bottles wait to be reused into something useful.
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Matthews has stenciled the name of a popular whiskey onto a glass lamp shade.
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