{"product_id":"glenys-complete-ocean-set-of-eight","title":"Glenys's Complete Ocean Set of Eight","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n\/* Palette Ocean Glass AU:\n   Deep navy   #17435e   (hero, expert box, accents)\n   Amber gold  #b08755   (rules, icons, highlights)\n   Sand        #faf8f3   (box backgrounds)\n   Mist grey   #eef2f4   (grid tiles)\n   Text        #1a1c1e \/ #4a5058 *\/\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, sans-serif; max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; color: #1a1c1e; line-height: 1.7; font-size: 16px; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n.prod-wrapper h2 { font-size: 24px; font-weight: 600; margin: 40px 0 16px; color: #17435e; letter-spacing: -0.01em; }\n.prod-wrapper p { margin: 0 0 14px; }\n\n.prod-hero { background: #17435e; border-radius: 10px; padding: 34px 30px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 28px; }\n.prod-hero-icon { font-size: 34px; margin-bottom: 10px; }\n.prod-hero h1 { font-size: 27px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 10px; line-height: 1.3; 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Forty-eight years at the torch. 124 complete sets are finished — then it goes cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 2 STORY QUOTE --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e“It was a list for thirty-seven years. You cannot sell somebody a marriage one animal at a time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003eGlenys Trezona on why the eight glasses are only ever sold together\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 3 WHAT YOU GET --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhat arrives in the carton\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🥃\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003e8 Glasses\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003e350 ml each, stemless, lead-free borosilicate\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🐙\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003e8 Animals\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eOne for each sighting on the list, hand-sculpted\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🎁\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003e8 Lined Boxes\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eNavy presentation box per glass, satin insert\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e✍\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003eNumbered Card\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eSet number 1 to 124, written by hand\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 4 FEATURES --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhy this is not the printed kind\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🔥\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Applied-Body Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eThe creature is a second gather of hot glass laid onto the wall of the tumbler while both are still soft. The two melt into one piece. There is no seam, no adhesive and nothing that can lift at the edge in a dishwasher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🔵\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Ring Pass\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eEvery cobalt ring on the octopus goes on individually with a fine rod. Each one is under two millimetres, smaller than a grain of rice. There are fifty to seventy of them on a single glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e⚪\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Sucker Bead Line\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eThe clear beads running down the underside of each arm are set one at a time. They are not decoration — they are what gives your fingers something to catch on when the glass is wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🧪\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Borosilicate Rule\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eLead-free 3.3 laboratory glass, the same grade used in scientific glassware. It takes thermal shock roughly three times better than souvenir glass. Ice water into a warm glass, hot tea into a cold one, nothing happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e⚖\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Low-Centre Set\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e350 ml, ten centimetres tall, no stem, deliberately heavy in the base. The creature sits low so the hand lands there on its own. Built for a bloke coming in off a boat with cold hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n      \u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🖊\u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Unbroken List\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eAll eight ship together, always. The list was whole for thirty-seven years and Glenys will not break it up for a sale. Eight boxes, one carton, one number on one card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 5 EXPERT --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-q\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Applied flamework at this scale has almost vanished from Australian studios, because it cannot be costed. A printed tumbler takes seconds. A fused body with individually set rings takes hours, and the maker either absorbs that or stops. What is unusual here is not the skill on its own — it is that a single pair of hands carried a complete eight-piece programme through to the end, without a mould anywhere in the process. Sets like that normally only survive in museum collections.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eDr Alison Pryce\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-role\" style=\"color:#c9d6e0 !important;\"\u003eHistorian of Australian studio glass, Adelaide\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 6 THE EIGHT ANIMALS --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eThe eight animals in the set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#8fb6cf;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSeahorse · 1977\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#4a7fa5;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBlue Swimmer Crab · 1978\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#7fa8b8;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDolphin · 1983\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#3b5f74;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSouthern Right Whale · 1988\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#cdd9e2;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eJellyfish · 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#6b7b85;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWhite Pointer · 1999\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#9c8253;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLeatherback Turtle · 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#c08a3e;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBlue-Ringed Octopus · 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 7 PERFECT FOR --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhere these end up\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🥂 Everyday water and soda\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏡 Coastal and beach houses\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e💝 Milestone anniversaries\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Retirement gifts\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍽 Dinner parties that get talked about\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌊 Ocean and marine lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🔭 Collectors of Australian studio glass\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👷 Anyone who values hand work\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 8 QUALITY CHECKLIST --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhat you are actually buying\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade entirely by one pair of hands.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every glass in this carton was worked at the same torch, in the same shed, by the same person. There is no workshop team and no outsourced stage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo mould at any point in the process.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is why no two arm curls or fin angles sit the same way, and why the set reads as eight individuals rather than eight copies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFused, not fixed.\u003c\/strong\u003e The creature and the tumbler are one piece of glass. Nothing is printed, glued, transferred or pressed on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt for the top rack.\u003c\/strong\u003e Borosilicate 3.3 handles the dishwasher and the freezer without crazing, although Glenys would rather these were washed by hand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA closed edition of 124 sets.\u003c\/strong\u003e Numbered by hand, capped by the 124 seahorses, and with no second run of any kind planned or possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 9 GUARANTEE --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-guarantee-t\"\u003eThirty days, and one condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eUse them first. If the set is not right, send an email and it goes back — no restocking fee and no explanation needed. Glenys would rather have a set back on the shelf for somebody who wants it than sitting in a cupboard because somebody felt awkward about asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 10 NOTE --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the hand work:\u003c\/strong\u003e these are worked freehand at a torch, so no two are identical. Small differences in the curl of an arm, the angle of a fin or the depth of colour are part of the method, not faults. The set is sold complete and is not available as single glasses — that is Glenys’s condition, not a bundling rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- 11 SPECS --\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLead-free borosilicate 3.3 (laboratory grade), hand-sculpted applied glass creature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFire-polished, fused body in high relief on the outer wall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSet contents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8 glasses: seahorse, blue swimmer crab, dolphin, southern right whale, jellyfish, white pointer, leatherback turtle, blue-ringed octopus\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 10 cm tall, 350 ml \/ 12 oz capacity, stemless, weighted base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePackaging\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne carton containing 8 individually lined navy presentation boxes with gold foil, plus a hand-numbered card\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDishwasher-safe on the top rack; hand washing recommended\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlameworked individually at the torch, annealed overnight in a kiln, no moulds at any stage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlenys Trezona, Port Lincoln, South Australia — at the torch since 1978\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e124 complete sets, hand-numbered 1 to 124. No second run.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Glenys Trezona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59273780789596,"sku":"OG-AU-SET8","price":169.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/au-og-gal-01-set-hero_7f124128-d938-4aa4-93c8-707c5297f01f.jpg?v=1790327847","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/glenys-complete-ocean-set-of-eight","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}