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We talked to longtime glassblower Cima Glass about his extensive career in the cannabis glass industry and what lies in the future for his work. Cima Glass was first introduced to glassblowing in the 1990's by a small group that included Glass By AJ and Cima's friend Sean aka Nugglife Glass. The group was blowing glass out a friend's shed; Glass By AJ was Nugglife's glassblowing mento

We talked to glassblower Diligent Glass about his career and his love for the arts and his local community. Diligent Glass grew up on a farm near Rothbury, Michigan, the home of the Electric Forest Festival, and he has always been deeply embedded in jam band culture and the artistic scenes that are associated with it.  He loved music in high school and regularly attended local shows, a

We talked to glassblower Level Up Glass about his career and his amazing sculptural works. Level Up Glass first started blowing glass in 2015 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and he stumbled into the craft by chance. At the time Level Up Glass was a glass collector and he had acquired some notable pieces over the years from artists like  Bubbles the Butcher and Stabby Joe. Level U

We talked to glassblower Al_K_Glass about his extensive history in the glassblowing industry and how he is sharing his love for heady glass culture with communities that have never been exposed to it before. Al_K_Glass started in the glass industry not as a glassblower but as a glass collector in California. In the year 2000 he opened a glass gallery in Riverside, CA called High Vibrations,

We talked to glassblower Rose Glass Art about her career and her incredible glass creations. Rose Glass Art first became interested in art glass when she was very young, collecting small glass figurines throughout her childhood. When Rose entered her teenage years she began experimenting with cannabis, as teenagers are wont to do, and so she started acquiring and building a collection o

We talked to glassblower Roboglass about his distinctive line work and about his life, career, and sources of inspiration. Roboglass was first exposed to glass art through a soft glass class that was available at his high school, Roboglass took the class and heard rumors that they might add an actual lampworking course but the school apparently decided against the idea because they were wor

We talked to lifelong glassblower Daniel DeLashmutt of Oracle Glass, Inc. about his extensive history working with glass art. Daniel's family hails from Germany, where Daniel lived for much of his childhood, and he was exposed to art glass from a very young age due to the region's rich history of lampworking, crystal glass, and crystal mineral carving. Daniel's uncle was an artist who worke

We talked to longtime glassblower Jason Barr of Highboy Glass about how his life led him to a career of making glass art. When Highboy Glass was a kid in Colorado he had a neighbor and family friend who was a professional glass artist. The neighbor mostly made trophies and other decorative items from clear glass which he would sell to art shops, and this gave Highboy Glass an early exposure

We talked to artist Jem Glass about her career as a glassblower and the unique aesthetic style that comes out in her work. When she was growing up Jem Glass always liked art, and as she reached adulthood she sought to harness her artistic ability and make a career out of it. She attended a local community college to study art, and it was around this time that Jem Glass' then-boyfriend noticed

We talked to longtime friend and core member of the Elev8 Premier team Sean O'Tron Glass about his career in glassblowing and his unique artistic style. Sean is one of the longest standing members of our team of glassblowers at the Elev8 Premier studio, but before he joined our company he never imagined that he would some day become a glassblower. He often admired the works of other glassblow

We talked to longtime glassblower Otto Sturdivant, also known as Hoodrattshit, about his career in the glassblowing industry and his entrepreneurial spirit. Otto isn't just an amazing glassblower; Hoodrattshit is a lifestyle brand that reflects the namesake artist's personal vision, sense of visual style, and love for motocross culture. Beyond the Hoodrattshit brand, Otto is an avid motocross

We talked to longtime glassblower Hilljack Glass about his extensive career in the art of glassblowing. Hilljack Glass remembers being interested in glass from a fairly young age; like many others glassblowers he had a fascination with fire and was a bit of a pyromaniac as a kid. Hilljack Glass used to watch soft glass demonstrations at amusement parks and felt drawn to the molten glass,