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We talked to glassblower 23Glass about his career, the pandemic, and how he has embraced social media to connect with his fanbase during the COVID-19 lockdowns. 23Glass started glassblowing around 2014, but had been interested in learning the craft since around 2008. After years of searching unsuccessfully for someone to teach him, 23Glass met a glassblower named  Nic Asturino (@an

We talked to husband and wife glassblowing team Jaime Lionel and Etchin Gretchen, collectively known as Deranged Lion Glassworks, about their love for glassblowing and for one another. Jaime and Gretchen work as a team to create amazing pieces with distinctive etched designs. The methods that that they use to achieve these hand-drawn designs results in their unique and signature appearance.

We talked to seasoned glassblower Anderson Coats, known professionally as Like a Moth to the Flame, about his extensive history in the cannabis glass industry. Anderson Coats' journey into the world of glassblowing started in 1994 with legendary glassblower  Bob Snodgrass. At that time Snodgrass was known for the fumed pipes that he produced out of a converted van at the parking lot

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We talked to Florida glassblower Trouble the Maker about his career, his extensive catalog of collaborations, and his love for the glassblowing industry at large. Trouble the Maker is a glassblower who is all about community and interpersonal relationships, and this is reflected in his work both in the studio and outside of the studio. Almost all of Trouble the Maker's glassblowing work is do

We talked to married glassblowing duo Eon Glass about their relationship and the process of making art as a couple. Eon Glass is the collaborative brand name of Ian and Nadia Marrero, a couple that has been making glass together for over 12 years. Ian caught the glass bug well before he met Nadia; when he was in his early twenties Ian was in a bit of legal trouble, but he was trying to get ba

We talked to the brains behind the newly-formed company Role Model Glass about how their collaborations led to a full glassblowing partnership. Role Model Glass is comprised of  Bob Dawg of Dawg House Glass and Gauge Hamilton of Modified Creations Glass, and if you want to learn more about these artists on an individual level then click the preceding links to check out the one-on-

We talked to ceramic artist DCN Porcelain about how the cannabis glass industry has impacted his career as a ceramist. DCN Porcelain inhabits a unique niche in the cannabis and ceramics industries as he is one of the few contemporary artists making functional ceramic water pipes, dry pipes, and rigs. DCN Porcelain became a professional ceramist after excelling at ceramics classes in high scho

We all have that one friend, you know the type: a stoner with a decent collection of glass, nice pieces, a few that you wish you had yourself, but this person never changes the water in their rigs. It looks like the Swamps of Dagobah in those rigs and smells twice as bad. The water is black, there's a film on the surface of the water, and there's huge chunks of reclaim bobbing ar

We talked to glassblower Moo Glass about his career and what lies in the future for his brand. Moo Glass' journey in the world of cannabis glass began when he was just a teenager in high school. He was already interested in cannabis at that time, and he used to go to a local head shop called Soulshine Glass to look at the pieces that they had for sale, all of which were handmade by local gl

We talked to Modified Creations Glass, one of the brains behind the newly formed company Role Model Glass, about his career as a glassblower and his collaborations with his glassblowing partner Dawg House Glass. Modified Creations Glass is run by Gauge Hamilton, and Modified Creations Glass was born out of Gauge's medical cannabis use. Gauge has epilepsy and has been using cannabis to ease

We talked to Eyeball Glass, formerly Katz Glass, about his experiences in the worlds of academic glassblowing and functional cannabis glass art. Eyeball Glass became interested in glassblowing after watching a lampworker who worked out of an RV in San Diego. Eyeball Glass was fascinated by the process of shaping molten glass, so he did some research and found a lampworking hotshop near his