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Every year the Elev8 team gets psyched up for our Glass and Grass Backyard Bash, but this year we decided to do something a little more special.  Elev8 Veterans does a monthly fundraising event at the Elev8 Premier studio called Elev8 Veterans First Saturday, and this year we decided to combine the Glass and Grass Backyard Bash with the Elev8 Veterans First Saturday event to help

We talked to New York glassblower B_Money_Glass about his incredible creations and what lies in the future for his art. B_Money_Glass first found himself attracted to the art of glassblowing after he purchased his first piece of heady glass from a local headshop, sometime around 1999. That first piece was a pipe by Kevin Nail aka Stress Less Glass, and that pipe inspired B_Money_Glass to lear

We talked to the mysterious glassblower Orphan Glass about his work and the sources of inspiration for his incredible creations. True to his name, Orphan Glass grew up as an orphan and often felt that he related to characters from horror films like "Carrie" and "Basketcase". These films often had a shared central theme focusing on characters who felt unwanted, and that resonated with Orphan

Sometimes we need a break, a rest, a few minutes to think and be alone. However you want to call it, we all need something. This is where habits or extracurricular activities are created. One of the habits that has been the hardest for me to adopt is self-care. Because, what does self-care really mean? Is it the act of getting weekly massages, hair cuts, nails and facials or could it simpl

We spoke with Bob Snodgrass, a pioneer and founding father of the glass pipe industry, about his extensive career and his impact on cannabis culture. If you ask some of the oldest and longest-working glass pipe makers in the industry many of them will trace their careers back to Bob Snodgrass, whether they were inspired by his work or whether they actually met him and had the opportunity to lea

We talked to an incredible soft glass artist named Jeff Ballard of Soft Serve Glass about his career and the challenge of bringing soft glass into the largely borosilicate-oriented industry of cannabis glass. Jeff Ballard has been working with soft glass for around twenty-five years and he's producing some of the most beautiful rigs we've ever seen, working out of a studio space that he share

When it comes to CBD, I never wanted to use it nor did I even believe it would work. Living with that mindset for so long has caused me to neglect the fact that I had the wrong stuff if I felt that way. For more than a year now I have been using a product called Simply Soluble CBD and I am convinced that it is the #1 CBD in the world for animals. Now, who am I to make such claims?

We talked to millefiori artist Paul Stephan, better known as Micro or Micro's Workshop, about his career and his incredible work. Micro first started blowing glass around 1998, and he was introduced to the craft through the concert and tailgating scenes around jam bands like Phish. Some friends in the scene introduced Micro to Jerry Kelly, and after some persistence Kelly invited Micro c

We just received a fresh drop of custom Puffco Peak bubbler tops made by Elev8, and if you love the Puffco Peak electric dab rig, then you'll adore these custom Puffco Peak bubbler tops! Each one attaches firmly and securely to the Puffco Peak base, ya also made at the base of Pike Peak!  They are so well made, in fact that we'd argue that they could rival even the first-party bubb

Consumption methods for cannabis have been evolving over the years, as legal use regulations continue to be debated in courts. Though many still enjoy smoking a joint, not many companies have CBD hash for sale. This is in part because cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) concentrates are now available in many more convenient forms. Various cannabis and CBD concentrates have made vaping and dabbing via

We talked to legendary glass artist Marcel Braun about his extensive career and the many projects that he's currently working on. Marcel Braun is one of the founders of Project 33 and A Starship in Every Garage, and he works out of a studio which he calls The Starship in Eugene, Oregon, a town known for its incredible glassblowing community. Marcel was introduced to glassblowing in the earl

We talked to coldwork glass artist Jack Storms about his career and the unique methods that he uses to create his signature works. Jack Storms started his artistic career with an academic background, studying at the Plymouth College in New Hampshire, but in retrospect he believes that only a handful of these courses were actually beneficial to his later career as an artist. A professor named Te