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The Puffco Proxy vape is for sure all the rage!  They have incredible marketing and know how to deliver a clean looking product for sure.  But is the Puffco Proxy vaporizer worth the $300 if you know what other options are out there?  We take on this question and feel the DBV enail is for sure a far better investment. The problem with the comparison of the Puffco Proxy to the D

Learning how to vape weed, cannabis or any legal herb is super easy with the Silver Surfer Vehicle.  The SSV is not a vape really, but rather a hot air essential oil extraction device.  Vaporizing cannabis begins with a heat source like the ceramic heater in the SSV that has been in use since 2004. The basics of vaping weed is:1. grind up your herb to allow more surface area2. put y

We talked to glassblower Bryan Ratcliffe, also known as Surf Rat Glassware, about his career and the incredible work that he is producing. Surf Rat Glassware first started blowing glass around 1998, but he had an interest in the craft going back to childhood. His mother was a professional artist and his father built snowcats, so he grew up in an environment that fostered creativity. In middle s

We talked to glass artist Little Insignificant People, otherwise known as Lip Glass, about his glassblowing career and the work that he is producing. Little Insignificant People has always been a bit of a pyromaniac and always wanted to find a way to channel that energy into something positive. When he was a kid he saw an episode of Reading Rainbow where the crew toured a glassblowing f

We talked to glassblower Nick Richman, also known as Nic Ric Glass, about his career and love for glassblowing. Nic Ric Glass grew up in the underground art scene and bills himself as a bit of a skate rat. Of course the skating scene and the cannabis scene go hand in hand, so over the years Nic Ric Glass gained an appreciation for glass pipes and an interest in how they were created. 

We interviewed the incredible glass artist Ryan Bearclaw about his extensive career blowing glass. Bearclaw first caught the glass bug around 1998, and before that he was attending a community college trying to earn the prerequisites so that he could attend the Dallas Art School. Around this time a friend invited Bearclaw to come visit and to watch him blow glass at the Washington State Garlic Fes

Elev8 Distribution, Elev8 Glass Gallery and Elev8 Premier have teamed up with prices and credits worth over $800.  Each person can receive 1 FREE ticket when you come into one of the two Elev8 Glass Gallery Locations (West or East) Donate now to help Elev8 Veterans and click on the link to learn moreThe money donated from this raffle goes 100% to Elev8 Veterans.The Prizes

We sat down with Matt Robertson, a legendary sculptural glass artist, and talked to him about his career and love for glassblowing. Robertson came out of high school with a passion for animation and he pursued a prestigious animation program at Sheridan College but his application was rejected. Robertson decided to enroll in a few different classes anyway while he waited to reapply, but whe

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