Glass Blowing Process - Knowledge About Blowing Glass

How To Make A Bubble Implosion Marble

Making a bubble implosion marble is fairly easy and very rewarding! In order to make your implosion marble you will need a 10-16mm rod of clear glass. Melt this rod so there is a ball at the end and then press it down. Then heat this flat part up so you can get your dimples […]

How to make lined tubing with the stick stack method

Making lined tubing is something that we just love as glass artists. In this blog we will go over how to make a stick stack lined tubing section. What you need: You will need a 1-inch graphite rod. This is used to put your color around and hold it as you put the color in […]

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How To Sand, form and polish graphite for glassblowing

Glass blowing involves upkeep and maintenance. Today we wanted to talk to you about polishing, reshaping, and cleaning your graphite tools. Any tool made of graphite will eventually see some wear and tear. This can decrease the effectiveness of your tools and can cause them to stick to hot glass. Depending on the kind of […]

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How To Encase An Opal & Remove An Air Bubble

Adding an opal to your work will for sure add bling. We personally LOVE opals and how they shimmer in the light. We will attempt to give you a guide on how to encase an opal. HOW TO ENCASE AN OPAL IN A TUBE Get your opal ready by cleaning it. The best way is […]

Meet Some Talented Blowers

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Elev8 with Chris the glassblower AKA Skoeetglass

Elev8 with the amazing Chris the Glassblower! Last week we were lucky enough to have Chris stop by down here at Elev8 Presents! Always a great time with this cool cat. 8 years ago I had the pleasure of meeting him before he was a blower. Over the years we have seen Chris grow into […]

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Elev8 with Hops and Rocko Glass Artists

A duo of brilliance with Hops and Rocko The great thing about the AGE show is the chance to meet some of the industries leaders and my mentors! Walking along I happen to find two talented artists that go by the names of Hops Glass and Rocko. Hops started blowing glass back in October […]

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Elev8 with David Graeber glass artist at the Age Show

A moment in time with David Graeber. While at the 2018 Age Trade show I was very fortunate to find an amazing artist named David Graeber. Walking by his booth this giant marble grabs my eye and my mind was blown! Lucky for me David was kind enough to give me some of his […]

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Meeting Matt Z.

I have been spinning glass since 2006. I started blowing glass out of a small shop in the backyard of Steve’s house, I was working with Steve building vaporizers and we needed somebody to make the glass parts we use on the silver surfer vaporizer. Steve asked me if I was willing to learn how […]

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Talking with Jeff from Elev8 Premier

Sit down and talk a little with Jeff and Alex Jeff has been working at the glass blowing trade for near 7 years and has worked up to be the shot caller at Elev8 Premier while blowing glass. Functional work is what he likes most keeping it simple and clean. This is one of the […]