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Featured Artist Nov: Leviathan Glass

@Leviathan Glass, or Dale C  is an artist based in Memphis Tennessee that’s been blowing glass since 2001. He was originally drawn in because of the rarity of glass at the time. Leviathan said he was a teenager carving pipes from wood when he decided he was going to learn how to make the cool …

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Featured Artist June: Smply GlassWorks

SmplyGlassWorks, also known as Brett Burford, has been blowing glass for the last 6 years. He’s always loved creating art and glass has been the medium he found he enjoys the most. You can definitely see some influence of his first mentor, Dawghouseglass, in the clean wigwag of pieces he produces. SmplyGlassWorks finds inspiration in …

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Featured Artist March: Empty1

Empty1, also known as Mike Turner on Instagram, has been blowing glass since March of 2002. In early 1999 he met a glass artist, and after seeing the process Mike was hooked on the idea of blowing glass. When asked about mentors, he mentioned Vastglass, Etznotsure, Tymeone, Casey, Matt and Amy from Pure Virtue as …

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Featured Artist Feb: High Bastard Boro

High Bastard Boro has been blowing glass since November of 2011, he loved glass and used to frequent smoke shops near him just to look at the functional art. It was a small jump when he realized he could buy a torch and dive deep into glass blowing on his own. When asked about mentors …

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Featured Artist Jan: Filla John

Filla John started blowing glass about 17 years ago in 2005. He was at the Tonasket Barter Faire where he saw OG Badger Glass, his first mentor, selling pipes. After picking up one of the glass pipes, he was given a business card and told to call the guy when he got back to Spokane. Filla John recalls walking into …

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Featured Artist Sep 2022: Ehi Spalding

September brings us a new featured glass artist from the Pacific Northwest. Ehi Spalding. In 1995, Ehi Spalding met a colorful character in a tuxedo and roller skates. The man was carrying a briefcase full of silver fumed, inside out pipes. Ehi told us “I hadn’t seen anything that beautiful. I bought one and said …

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