a decorative means of using recycled glass the glass filler material 18 is loose within the frame and preferably not adhesively attached melted to attach adjacent pieces or secured by any liquid or molten plastic filler fig2 is an enlarged image of the circled portion of fig1 while not shown other filler materials may also be added the various embodiments provide means to recycle repackage re use and redistribute waste glass as both interior and exterior architectural design features a significant quantity of waste architectural glass is thus diverted from disposal in a landfill the filler is typically glass having a thickness greater than container glass which is discarded during the manufacture of large glass products as well as during the fabrication of windows doors shower enclosures or other structural architectural glass products it is preferably a type of glass which is different from bottle and container glass that is already being widely recycled virtually all types and thicknesses of architectural glass may be acquired mostly from various sources listed above and fractured or broken into chunks of various sizes these chunks are then frosted typically by tumbling or sand blasting the glass can then be further polished or otherwise treated such as by application of a coating to provide a smooth reflective multicolor etc surface or colorants may be added to produce an enhanced surface appearance the processed glass is then used to fill prefabricated panel.