Two years to fit a mountain inside a glass
On paper, the idea is simple: put a 3D mountain at the base of a wine glass.
In practice, it took two years to get the balance right. A relief that's both visible and faithful to the actual peak, while keeping the glass transparent, stable, comfortable to use, and suited to tasting.
Each glass is made from mouth-blown borosilicate. The relief is integrated into the molten glass, then the bowl, stem and base are assembled by hand in sixteen steps.
We could have taken shortcuts: engrave a mountain, print one on, or create a rough shape at the base. That would have been easier to produce, but we didn't go down that road.