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A B O U T T H E C OV E R Choosing a single artist to grace one of our staff’s favorite annual issues was no easy task, and picking out the photo for the honor was an even greater challenge. Ultimately, we went with this surreal underwater scene from the glass artist Joe Peters, who has become well-known for creating stunningly beautiful pieces of glass art inspired by the natural world, science fiction, robotics and outer space. Read more about Joe’s incredible work in a fun feature interview by Maryland Leaf’s Wyatt Early on page 40.
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Editor’s Note Thanks for picking up the Glass Issue of the Leaf! GLASS HOLDS a special place within Cannabis culture, as it both defines our movement through artistic expression and provides the tools necessary to consume our plant. Without glass pipes, bongs and dab rigs, we’d be stuck smoking joints and out of apples in a return to college shenanigans. Today, glass pieces regularly sell for five to six figures and a rig can define a stoner’s personality – the same way a cool car or pair of shoes do. It’s through the beautiful combination of fire and borosilicate that an artist shapes both how we smoke and how we perceive that act of inhalation, and this annual Glass Issue of the Leaf is dedicated to celebrating the artists and art that shape the visual arm of our industry.
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While I generally keep my editor’s note focused on the theme of our issue, I want to dedicate the remainder of this space to sharing a message of hope and world peace. Last month we saw humanity edge closer to world war and nuclear proliferation than ever before, something that simply cannot happen if our species and planet are to survive. My heart breaks for the millions of displaced Ukranians, the Russian soldiers sent to kill or die at the hands of their neighbors, and the whole of Europe waiting to see if war will spill across their “MAYBE THE borders. There is no justification for the aggression we are seeing in Ukraine, and HIPPIES OF I’m sure that the victims of other recent wars of aggression like Afghanistan and THE ‘60S WHO Iraq are having their own “Me Too” moment of grief as the global war machine THOUGHT PEACE, LOVE AND DRUGS shifts attention from the Middle East to Eastern Europe.
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WORLD WEREN’T As much as global politics and media propaganda have bled into the societal views JUST HIGH ON of war and justice, it seems clear now that the powerful deciders of humanity GREAT LSD, BUT are bent on destruction. Whether it’s traditional war for power or resources, the WERE ACTUALLY genocides of religious divides, or the exploitation of the planet and the poorest ONTO SOMETHING.” humans, our species is rushing angrily into a century that many had high hopes for. Information technology has the potential to bring equality and awareness to all corners of the globe (no flat earth pun intended), but we continue to see those with the power using it for manipulation and profit. This brings me to Cannabis and the role it might play in changing our collective trajectory. Almost every industry in the world is built on profit at the expense of the people and the planet, but the Cannabis and hemp industries are breaking that mold. Not only is our industry shedding the old ways of one-percent wealth building and breaking the vestiges of the drug war, it’s also bringing enlightenment and peace with every gram and joint sold … and smoked. I honestly believe that if Putin would smoke some weed, we wouldn’t be in this situation. Who gets baked and decides to invade anything other than the refrigerator? The same can be said for conflict around the planet, where one side profits at the expense of the other – not exactly your typical stoner behavior. Maybe the hippies of the ‘60s who thought peace, love and drugs could save the world weren’t just high on great LSD, but were actually onto something. It’s only once they swallowed the capitalist success that the boomer generation went from “we” to “me” – but it’s not too late for the coming of age millennials and Gen Zs to embrace the idea of world peace, one puff at a time. Perhaps that’s just my high hopes for our future, but I’d like to think that Cannabis has the potential to save the world.
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he NCAA announced last month that it will be relaxing its marijuana policies, raising THC threshold levels and reducing punishments. Under current NCAA policy, one failed marijuana test gets a six-month suspension. The NCAA will raise the threshold for THC from 35 to 150 nanograms per milliliter. This change brings them in line with new World Anti-Doping Agency standards. There is no punishment or loss of eligibility for the first positive test, if the school “provides a management plan and education” for the athlete. For the second positive test, there could still be no punishment if they are compliant with the management plan. If they are not, an athlete would miss 25% of their games. Should a third positive test happen, there could still be no punishment if the athlete still complies with the management plan. If not, they will miss 50% of the games.
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ennsylvania Department of Health has expanded its financial assistance program for state medical marijuana patients. The program includes waiving annual fees for eligible patients enrolled in financial hardship programs such as SNAP, MedTHE STATE SAID IT PLANS TO icaid and WIC. “The departDISTRIBUTE CASH BENEFITS ment is pleased to be able to TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. expand assistance to medical marijuana patients and caregivers who may be experiencing financial hardships,” said acting Health Secretary Keara Klinepeter. “Patients deserve to have access to their medicine to treat medical conditions, and cost should not be a barrier.”
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srael has decriminalized the adult use of marijuana and is expunging the criminal records of those convicted of personal possession or use of the plant, President Isaac Herzog and Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced in March. Those with adult-use convictions can submit a request to have their records voided, and those with pending criminal proceedings can contact the police with a request to drop the charges. The move, said the statement, will “lift the criminal labeling and the stain that accompanies it” and “complement” decriminalization regulations published in February. The new regulations don’t apply to those also charged with other offenses alongside Cannabis use, including those possessing drug paraphernalia, those convicted during military service, and minors.
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osta Rica’s Congress passed a bill in March which legalizes the use of Cannabis for medicinal purposes. The bill also allows marijuana cultivation for industrial use. The cultivation and sale of adult-use marijuana for recreational purposes, however, will remain banned. Supporters of the bill say it will boost farmers and increase jobs. Costa Rica joins a host of other Latin American countries where medical marijuana is legal. weird
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his comes 25 years after he was disqualified from the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship for biting his opponent’s ear. Tyson’s marijuana brand, Tyson 2.0, named the new product with a smirking reference to what’s become known as “The Bite Fight.” That’s the 1997 bout against Evander Holyfield where the infamous incident took place. Tyson’s weed brand announced the news via Twitter on March 15. According to Tyson 2.0, the gummies will soon go on sale at dispensaries in Massachusetts, California and Nevada. The retired boxer and current weed dealer even put his stamp of approval on the marijuana-infused edibles, writing, “These ears actually taste good!”
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untaxed grow sites were raided over the past five weeks by Calaveras County, Calif. deputies.
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aw enforcement has settled a lawsuit over the mass arrests of 64 Georgia partygoers on marijuana charges. Cops charged each of the 64 individuals at the 2017 lingerie-themed party with possession of under an ounce of marijuana. Police, who found less than an ounce of marijuana outside on the ground, arrested all 64 partygoers. They said they did this because nobody would claim the weed. Gerald Griggs, an attorney and past vice president of the Georgia NAACP, organized a campaign to get all the charges dropped. “It’s a very large settlement,” Griggs said, according to WSB-TV. ”So it sends a message to Georgia that if you violate somebody’s civil rights, the NAACP and civil rights attorneys will hold you to task and protect those young peoples’ rights.”
marijuana plants were seized when an indoor grow was raided in DeKalb County, Ala.
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Cannabis plants will fill West Virginia’s largest medical grow facility by 2025.
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MARYLAND LEAF BUDTENDER OF THE MONTH
EMILY SHAPIRO-LANG WHEN DID YOU START USING CANNABIS? I started experimenting in high school when my friends would bring it out, so it was more of a social thing at first. As I started getting older, I [learned] I had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – which is something I realized that Cannabis could definitely help with. So I started getting more information to bring to my parents, so they would allow it. They didn’t know I was smoking at all, but were very receptive once I explained my side of the story and gave them information. Then I started coming to Mana because it’s a smaller, family-friendly place, which was good for my anxiety. HOW DOES EHLERS-DANLOS AFFECT YOU AND HOW DOES CANNABIS HELP? So, it’s a connective tissue disorder where basically my joints are a lot weaker than your typical person because the connective tissue doesn’t develop properly. My joints started “I NEVER THOUGHT I dislocating when I was young, and I loved WOULD BE playing sports so it was a big issue and QUALIFIED TO hindrance to me. I use RSO as a topical WORK IN THIS on my dislocations – I straight up put it on INDUSTRY … a bandage and let it sit for a day or two I STARTED FROM before washing off any residual oil.
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DO YOU STILL SEE PEOPLE WITH A NEGATIVE STIGMA AROUND CANNABIS? It’s definitely getting better and now that I am deeper in the Cannabis community, I have been able to meet a lot of different people and see different aspects of the industry. I don’t really see the stigma as much anymore, because of what I do for work and the people that surround me.
DO YOU STILL RIDE HORSES? I do not ride anymore. I used to train off-the-track thoroughbreds. Honestly, I use Cannabis before my workouts at the gym. I take my pre-workout joint with me and it has definitely helped with my mind-muscle connection.
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MY HOCKEY PLAYER FRIENDS USED TO SMOKE A BUNCH OF GOOD WEED! WAS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE ON THE VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM? No, not for that high school – at least that I knew! I was also one of only two freshmen to make the team, so I was very reserved. I went to Archbishop Spalding specifically for hockey, so I kind of got in and got out. DID YOU EVER SEE YOURSELF ENDING UP IN THE MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY? I did not think I would end up in the industry, period – but I am very happy that I made the decision that I did. I never thought I would be qualified to work in this industry, because I didn’t know the ins and outs of Cannabis, terpenes, etc. I started from the ground up and began to build my knowledge from being around it so much.
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IS YOUR EXPERIENCE AT MANA DIFFERENT FROM YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY? As a smaller dispensary, I get to have more meaningful one on ones with patients. It makes me feel better about what I am providing to the patients with the experience. Everyone here is happy and like a family. My second day I felt like I was at home, working on the register without issues … and I had a lot of guidance.
M I LY S H A P I R O - L A N G didn’t originally envision herself working in the Cannabis industry, but her personal appreciation for the healing powers of the plant nonetheless led her to an unexpected profession – as well as the opportunity to positively impact the lives of Maryland medical Cannabis patients.
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SHOP REVIEW
PENINSULA ALTERNATIVE HEALTH
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SETTING & VIBE Whether you’re an MMCC patient picking up your medication or nonpatient grabbing CBD from the wellness shop, Peninsula Alternative Health in Salisbury is your one-stop shop for all your plant medicine needs. The ethos of PAH was built on providing patients high quality alternative medication with an emphasis on education to ensure a safe and therapeutic experience. The front wellness shop boasts a wide selection of CBD tinctures, smoking accessories including PuffCo and the Magical Butter Machine, and CBD treats for your pets. Their focus on breaking the stigma of Cannabis through their monthly “lunch and learns” is aimed at educating new patients on the potential benefits of Cannabis therapy. Be sure to order online and take advantage of their curbside pickup service on your way down to Assateague Island or Ocean City this summer!
FLOWER Peninsula Alternative Health has deals for days on their flower selection. The Gelato Cake (Wedding Cake x Gelato 33) by District Cannabis is a patient favorite, as it consistently boasts high terpene and THC percentages with a gassy profile. You can find a wide variety of pre-roll selections from Kind Tree, Nature’s Hurricane and Grassroots. Stop in for $9 pre-rolls on Saturday, or an eighth of shake or two grams of flower – both for $20.
CONCENTRATES This awesome establishment has a wide variety of concentrates from the best brands in Maryland. We’re talking sugar, shatter and badder galore, plus plenty of cartridges from the likes of Nature’s Heritage, Cresco and SunMed Labs. And don’t hesitate to ask questions about the plentiful options – the patient consultants are extremely knowledgeable on directing you to products and strains best suited for your needs.
EDIBLES From gummies to chocolate to beverages, edibles are a versatile way for new patients to try Cannabis – and there is an edible for everyone here at Peninsula Alternative Health. If chewy sweet stuff isn’t your jam, consider the Dixie Elixir beverage line or CBD edibles in various forms. And make sure to check out their Rick Simpson Oil and Rythm’s Terp Sap.
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One thing you must know about Peninsula Alternative Health is their emphasis on education and developing treatment goals during patient consultations via a thorough needs analysis. New patients receive a consultation with the patient consultants who make symptom-based referrals for products in the dispensary. The consultants were all MMCC patients before being recruited by PAH to join the team, and go through extensive training to ensure their understanding and confidence surrounding Cannabis. Check out their podcast and virtual tour on their website!
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THE glass ISSUE
Keep an eye out for their “drops” – where you can get exclusive pieces of glass and accessories that you will rarely find available elsewhere.
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THE SCENT OF QUALITY
Manager Chris Jennings uses a combination of techniques to keep the gallery stocked with desirable pieces of glass.
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Aroma Glass Gallery opened in April of 2019 and is located in Gold Leaf Dispensary in Annapolis. AROUND A YEAR after they opened, they began carrying a variety of pieces in different price ranges and styles – a little bit of something for everyone, whether you need a vape cart battery, want to ball out on a five-figure pipe, or anything in between. You can also expect to find a huge range of CBD products to assist you on your wellness journey, which makes this a one-stop-shop for patients across Maryland. Manager Chris Jennings uses a combination of techniques to keep the gallery stocked with desirable pieces of glass. Locally, he works with artists
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like Glasgow Glass, Spaga Glass and Scrapple Glass to bring heady pieces that are beautiful, affordable and made in Maryland. Social media is often used to acquire pieces from artists that live out of state, bringing another element of exquisite taste to this gallery. And of course, Chris and his team attend events like CHAMPS Trade Show in Las Vegas (see pg. 20), serving to keep Aroma stocked with the latest and greatest in the world of functional glass. Whether you are consuming concentrates or staying true to flower, Chris and his team can point you in
the right direction. Keep an eye out for their “drops” – where you can get exclusive pieces of glass and accessories that you will rarely find available elsewhere. Gold Leaf is the only dispensary in Maryland that is carrying such a variety of heady glass pieces, which only builds on the aesthetic of the beautiful storefront. Be sure to pop in Aroma if AROMA GLASS GALLERY you’re headed to Annapolis, 2029 West St, Annapolis, MD or on your way to the beach aromaannapolis.com this summer. They are going @aromaannapolis to be having some crazy (410) 267-3000 deals coming up around 10AM-9PM Mon-Sat 4/20 and all summer long. 10AM-6PM Sun
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Historically, the functional glass industry has never been huge on mainstream publicity and the spotlight that comes with it. Perhaps this residual apprehension is the result of the feds turning the industry upside down during the Operation Pipe Dreams era, or maybe it’s the continued treatment of functional glass artists as fringe and of lower class – but whatever it is, it means that most glassfocused events today happen in small circles, where private studios will open up to host invite-only shindigs for limited numbers of friends and family. There are, however, a number of highly respected glass events that are well worth attending should you get the opportunity…
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DEGENERATE FLAME OFF Founded by Abe Fleishman and Libby Goettelman of Northstar Glass in 2009, DFO is an annual celebration of glass, live glassblowing competition, and boro-derby event held each year in Oregon. It is family friendly and feels more like a festival than anything else, with the headiest of the heady showing out to witness an incredible lineup of artists do their thing live and in-person. Celebrated for many years in Eugene, the event relocated to Portland in 2018 where it has been held annually (with exception of 2020 and 2021) ever since. dfoportland.com @dfofamilyreunion
GLASS VEGAS Glass Vegas appeared on the scene in 2016 when Jack Long built a platform to expose up-and-coming artists, helping them get established in the industry and gain more recognition for their craft. This B2B-focused event brings out heady glass artists, smoke shop owners and dispensary owners each year for a unique networking opportunity and competition in a variety of categories. glass.vegas @glassvegasexpo
CHAMPS Founded by the legendary Jeff Herschfield, CHAMPS is one of the largest trade show-style events serving the glass and smokeware industries. It holds multiple events each year in markets all over the country including Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlantic City, Denver and Tampa. These huge shows often clock over 1,000 vendors, making it one of the largest annual alternative culture events the industry has access to. While the event itself is an impressive production, the afterparties are renowned for being equally grand in scale and presentation. champstradeshows.com @champstradeshows
THE AMERICAN GLASS EXPO This massive festival of glass is currently on hiatus, with their most recent show being 2019 in Las Vegas. Founded in 2007, it was quite possibly the longest running glass-focused event in the country until the pandemic hit in 2020. AGE has historically drawn out some of the best in the game, with some of the biggest names in the functional glass art world representing with a booth space, selling their work directly to collectors, shop owners and other artists. ageshowusa.com @ageshow
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henley beall BORN AND RAISED in Annapolis, the 23-yearJoyce’s talents inspired Henley to join an old has served as a graphic designer and sales arts program in middle school, bringing forth a rep for Cannaline Custom Cannabis Packaging in multitude of techniques in fine arts and digital Columbia for the past two years. programs she uses to this day. Her artwork took “It switches depending on the day; I’m half design a hiatus in high school as she dove into the and half sales,” said Henley, whose name originates world of competitive lacrosse. But by graduation, from England, meaning ‘high meadow.’ “They’ve experimentation with Cannabis pulled her back to helped me learn a lot and advance my digital work. her roots and expanded her practice. We’ve collaborated to put my artwork on their “Cannabis always helps with creativity,” she said, ounce jars.” adding a preference of caryophyllene-led sativas. In her free time, she creates paintings, public “It helps with blocks. I’ll hit the bong to start the murals and private commissions. day and go to work. Then I’ll come home and do it Henley is learning on the fly though, having just again to help me get back into the art flow.” a semester of college under her belt – a six-month Anxiety was her initial reason for acquiring a experience she found regrettable. She relies much medical Cannabis card. Henley’s creative mind on the foundational teachings that were instilled sometimes has a hard time slowing down. during her childhood by her Aunt Joyce. “It’s a major relief,” she said. “I also have “[Joyce] was an artist,” said Henley of her late trouble sleeping. Cannabis and CBD really make a aunt. “She was the main reason I got so interested difference. I like to combine them when I‘m feeling in drawing. My earliest memories consist really anxious. It helps calm me down right of watching her draw a butterfly and paint away.” See more of murals in our rooms. She’d teach me A scattered brain often leads to Henley Henley’s work how to paint different animals and plants. henleybeall.com working on multiple art projects at a She’d paint whatever my siblings and I time. To overcome creative blocks, she @henleybeall would ask for.” microdoses psychedelic mushrooms –
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“Cannabis always helps with creativity. It helps with blocks. I’ll hit the bong to start the day and go to work...and do it again to help me get back into the art flow.” fostering ideas at a fastidious rate. “I find it helps me finish pieces faster and helps me with a flow,” she said. “Smoking Cannabis can be the same. Sometimes I just see what I want to paint in my head more accurately.” With nearly three years in the Cannabis industry, Henley is hoping to grow her presence and continue to improve upon her talents. “I’d love to be a freelance artist,” she said. “I’m still working on how to do that.” Painting or any form of physical art is preferred, as it comes natural to Henley. “I love the Cannabis industry,” she said. “So I’d love to gear my work towards that.”
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If you’re familiar with the work of Andy Roth, then you’re already aware of the stunning, simple elegance and flawless symmetry of his art. His unique vision translated and brought to life through the glass medium results in expertly crafted artwork with intense aesthetic appeal and fantastic function.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM, AND WHERE ARE YOU CURRENTLY BLOWING GLASS NOW? I was born in
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Pennsylvania, but grew up in California. I have spent some time living in Washington state, but have landed back in California near family.
“ I D R AW A LOT O F I N S P I R AT I O N F R O M ARCHITECTURE, WHETHER IT BE FROM A BUILDING, S KYS C R A P E R O R ANY INTERESTING S T R U C T U R E .”
WHO OR WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET ON THE TORCH? I would see beautiful
glass pipe art on the internet, and knew nothing about how they were made. After finding out the glass was melted with a torch, I couldn’t not try my hand at blowing glass. The process of controlling the flow of molten glass has held my attention ever since. HOW DID YOU HONE IN ON YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE – WHAT MAKES AN ANDY ROTH PIECE AN ANDY ROTH PIECE? Architecture and simplicity. I draw
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IF YOU COULD COLLAB WITH ANY ARTIST OUT THERE, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? There are too many
great artists I would love to collaborate with. Both inside the glass world and of other mediums. WHAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ASPECT OF BEING A FULL TIME GLASS ARTIST? I would say the most difficult
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part would be the ups and downs of productivity. Which I think can be said for any path in life. Being inspired or having motivation isn’t always going to be there, so it is important to remain disciplined and keep moving forward. And eventually the inspiration or motivation will flow back.
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MIA SHEA @M I A S H E AG L A S S @ T H E A R TO F M I A S H E A
If art is a reflection of who a person is, Mia Shea is a muse of the goddess – alchemizing glass into exquisite Venusian statues, vases, candle and incense holders, pendants, pipes and chillums.
Based in Seattle, Mia has a studio in the Old Rainier Brewery where there are three rooms dedicated to making glass art. She’s the only female glassblower amidst the 20 or so men in the building, but she’s used to the male energy; the glass industry is overwhelmingly male-dominated (as most industries are). “I don’t think women’s bodies are meant to be machining over torches all day long,” says Mia, who gained her experience at Zen Glass in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2011. “But when glass is flowing and melting and blending, it’s all very therapeutic and feminine in nature.” Shea regards the artistic “IT’S ABOUT COMING medium of glassblowing as I N TO A H E A LT H Y a practice of healing the O R I E N TAT I O N O F mother – as in the earth, the THE MASCULINE womb, the feminine. AND FEMININE, “Almost all of the women RECONNECTING in the glass industry are TO O U R B O D I E S sculpting the female body,” AND THE EARTH, she says. “I get it … we’re A N D R E S TO R I N G all healing our connection to B A L A N C E F O R A L L .” the feminine.” Shea isn’t solely focused on channeling the divine feminine into her art, though – the juice behind her primal, psychedelic glass work requires tapping into the divine masculine as well. Channeling the power of both the yin and yang energies allows her to plant seeds for healing and change through the medium of glass, to cultivate love and trust, and to breathe life back into our bones. For her, blowing glass is an expression of her spirituality and revolves around a deep integrity for what’s natural. Every piece she makes is infused with these noble intentions. “It’s about coming into a healthy orientation of the masculine and feminine, reconnecting to our bodies and the earth, and restoring balance for all,” Shea attests. No doubt the world needs more of that right now.
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creativity is boundless, Darby is perhaps best known for two trademark design elements – the first one being the cactus, which he uses in a majority of his pieces. “It’s actually kind of funny because most people assume I’m from Arizona,” he chuckles, “but what brought those out is my traveling. I’ve spent a lot of time driving through Arizona, and when I’m out in the middle of nowhere, I like to stop and hang out for a while … eat a sandwich, burn a bowl, or whatever. So one day, I was staring at this big old gnarly cactus, and I was like, ‘Whoa, that looks like a Sherlock pipe!’ So when I got home, I tried to make one – that’s how it all got started.” The other concept he returns to time and time again is the ray gun. “The ray guns, they definitely come from my childhood,” Darby reminisces. “Marvin the Martian, Buck Rogers, Star Trek, and all of that. I really like ray guns because I can “ I R E A L LY L I K E get futuristic and all R AY G U N S of that weird kind of B E C AU S E gadgetry just comes I CAN GET out of my head.” FUTURISTIC Today, this lifelong AND ALL OF Oregonian works out T H AT W E I R D of a shop at his home KIND OF in Grants Pass, where G A D G E T RY he’s passing the JUST COMES torch (literally) to his OUT OF oldest son Caleb (@ M Y H E A D.” shurlockholm). And after a quarter-century in the glass game, he still appears to be as inspired as ever. “I’m constantly blown away by all of these artists’ ability to keep upping their own game, and how the function keeps up with all of the amazing ideas brewing in their heads … ideas that are just waiting for the proper time to flow through their hands to bring another beautiful creation to life.”
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Unfortunately, she faced a major setback after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Struggling to battle through the heat exhaustion that comes with shaping molten glass into art, Emily Marie was uncertain what her future would hold. But even a debilitating chronic illness like MS couldn’t keep her down. Once recovered from her first bout of sickness, she leaned even harder into her art. “Having MS made me a lot braver because I realized how fragile life is. It gave me the courage to put myself out there,” she said. Only one year removed from her diagnosis, Emily Marie performed a miracle by winning gold at her first live glassblowing competition at Champs. She would end up walking away with fourth place in the Masters’ Final. “I think that may have been a sign that I should have started getting out there sooner,” added Emily Marie with a laugh. Although she has since transitioned from pipe making into the world of artisanal dinnerware, her work is no less awe-inspiring. Using playful colors and a complex sandblasting technique, she has once again left her stamp on the glassblowing world.
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In 2008, Emily Marie had the best date of her life – but it wasn’t the conversation that had her swooning. Instead, it was the heat of fiery glory holes and torches that piqued her interest. While her date had planned to woo her with his glassblowing prowess, Emily Marie discovered she had chops of her own and thus began her illustrious career in the artform. For the next seven years, she worked with legendary blower Kristian Merwin to perfect her craft.
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Joe Peters was immersed in an artistic environment for the entirety of his youth, but it wasn’t until he found the flame at age 19 that his passions found the perfect outlet. “Oh hell yeah, I get to play with fire,” he reminisced. “It was the easiest decision I ever had in my life.”
The glassblowing world had a special way of capturing Joe’s attention unlike his other dabblings in painting and pottery. This artform gave Joe a sense of urgency to get things done and finish pieces, placing them in the kiln before they had time to break. He was also intrigued by the fact that with glass, you can’t directly touch the art you’re making. While a longtime lover of weed and passionate about pipe-making, the mid-2000s weren’t exactly the best years to be blowing glass for weed-centric purposes. Rather than risk getting busted making pipes in his parents’ garage, Joe honed his craft and made a name for himself and his glass sculptures in the art show and craft fair scene – even doing an installation in a children’s hospital that he describes to this day as some of the most meaningful work of his career. In 2010, Joe couldn’t ignore his dream of pipe-making any longer and
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decided to take his glassblowing skills to the Cannabis world. The honeycombs and honey drips on his pieces drew countless admirers out of the gate, and he took the time to perfect these elements while blowing glass alongside some of the world’s most respected artists. This all led Joe to the realization that sculpting was his speciality, and both the functional and non-functional glass worlds could benefit from his skillset. “It’s finding out what your strengths are and what you enjoy doing, and going from there,” said Joe. “I’m just a human being. I like to make cool stuff. I want to make the best work that I can. I want to survive and make a good living – and that’s it. The best is just an opinion.” These days, you can expect to see glass art from Joe in the form of aquatics, robots, dragons, spaceships, aliens, bees and honey (of course) and much more, all coming to life in vibrant and masterfully-sculpted fashion – for both your smoking and non-smoking pleasures.
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The glass artist known as Sakibomb Hackysacky is a quirky Japanese gal with a penchant for all things feline and feminine. Though she first started smoking weed when she was 17, Saki (as her friends call her) didn’t smoke out of glass until nearly eight years later and was immediately taken with the medium. “I started wondering how it’s made and thought it would be wonderful if I can make my own pipes and also be able to fix what I break.”
Sakibomb arrived in America in 2001 and five years later, at the age of 30, began her new career as a “DUCHESS” glassblower. She quickly picked up new techniques JOE PETERS and approaches to the business by working alongside some COLLAB of the top artists in the game – nearly all of which were men. “The industry is growing very fast, but one thing that never really changes – and I wish it would – is that it’s still a male-dominated business,” she points out. “We need more ladies who actually make pipes!”
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“ WO R D P L AY I S Saki puts her unique brand of feminism on A N OT H E R T H E M E full display in her art: Among the most prominent T H AT R U N S themes expressed in her work are pussies – both the THROUGHOUT animals and the genitalia (think Hello Kitty meets H E R B O DY Georgia O’Keefe). O F WO R K .” “I make popsicles with vaginas that I call ‘popussycles,’ she says. “And I make vagina rings, so you’re literally ‘fingering’ them when you wear them.” This kind of wordplay is another theme that runs throughout her body of work. “I made a ‘six-foot’ bong, but instead of it being six feet tall, I put six human feet on it!” she giggles. “Or like my nose pipe … flower is ‘hana’ in Japanese, but hana is also nose, so my flower pipe is a nose.” In addition to vaginas, Saki’s art also frequently incorporates animal prints, the color pink, and lots and lots of cats. In fact, the care and rescue of furry felines is one of the primary passions in her life. “If everyone on this planet could adopt one cat each, we could make a world with no stray cats … and I would be so happy!”
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The rarity of glass art being produced today is perhaps the most significant aspect that increases its value. As opposed to a mass-production bong company with dozens of glassblowers producing pieces, many high-end glass artists operate completely on their own. In the same time a production company could make 100 bongs, an individual artist will make one completely unique piece comprised of endless collective hours of work. Because of these time constraints, glass blowers are only able to produce a limited amount of pieces per year – and with the same amount of fans as production companies or even more, that creates a very high demand for a small amount of art.
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There are dozens of techniques that glassblowers employ when making a piece. These can include sculpting, disk flips, dot implosions, wig wags, cold-working (faceted glass surfaces) and many more. What makes a certain artist’s work sought after is usually a mastery of one or more of these – whether they make the most clean and well-functioning Klein seal, or they have specialized sculpting techniques – all of the skills are extremely difficult and executing them properly is seen as a highly valuable attribute in the eyes of collectors.
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In the process of collaborating with other artists, geography is a significant factor that greatly contributes to the cost. Some of the world’s best glass artists live in Japan and other countries outside the United States, and travel is not always easy. In order for those artists to collaborate with a U.S.-based artist, sections of glass need to be shipped back and forth – which is not only expensive, but risky. Imagine an artist completed their section of a piece and sent it out, only to arrive broken at the other artist’s studio. That sends both glassblowers directly back to square one, with time and materials wasted in the process.
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Hands down, acquiring one of these pieces is not as easy as one may think. When buying a high-end painting or any other medium of art, would you simply order it online and wait for it to arrive in the mail? No … you would go to that gallery in New York City. You would hit up that artist’s exhibition, no matter where you were in the country or world. With such a diehard group of glass collectors out there, this is your best bet for acquiring glass art that is as exclusive as we see today.
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The materials used in making high-end glass art can be finicky and expensive. When experimenting with new colors, an artist will order a large amount of colored glass rods without knowing if they will react similarly to other colors when put under the flame. For example, a certain color may bubble or be more difficult to work with than others. The rarity of specific glass colors like “rozay” and “lemon drop” also increases as the hype for them grows, and many artists do custom pulls to achieve a desired color unique to their fans like “Deppes Darkness.” When buying a mass-produced piece with coloration, you don’t know if they used materials safe for inhalation, or just a very thin layer of paint (which has happened in the past with these pieces).
IN TODAY’S DAY AND AGE, we are constantly seeing glassblowers push the boundaries of their craft to never-before-seen heights. And alongside these mind-boggling innovations and intricacies, typically comes an eye-popping price tag. But should a single piece command five to six figures? Why does high-end glass art come at such a high cost? The answer is yes. And the reasons are many.
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Historic Headshops Profiling the pioneering purveyors of paraphernalia.
BOBBY BLACK
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WORLD OF Cannabis
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Before the advent of the internet, there was only one place to find all of the stoner essentials: a headshop. From blacklight posters to bongs (excuse me …“water pipes”), records to roach clips, vibrators to vaporizers – the classic headshops were not only emporiums for all things sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, they were also hubs where counterculture art, ideas, information and publications could be disseminated. THE PSYCHEDELIC SHOP The very first headshop in America opened its doors to the public on January 3, 1966 – in precisely the location you’d likely expect: at the center of the drug-fueled hippie revolution in San Francisco. Called the Psychedelic Shop, it was founded by Army Vet Ron Thelin and his brother Jay, who used $500 of savings to lease a storefront at 1535 Haight Street, then plastered the walls with burlap, mandalas and hallucinogenic art, and stocked it with esoteric books, beaded jewelry, incense, pipes and other paraphernalia. Almost immediately, the Psych Shop became a hub of the emerging hippie scene – selling tickets to concerts and other happenings, serving as a meeting place for the Diggers activist group and distributing underground literature. The Thelins even used some of the shop’s revenue to start their own counterculture newspaper, which later became the San Francisco Oracle. Predictably though, their establishment drew unwanted attention from law enforcement; that November, the SFPD vice squad raided the shop and arrested one of their employees for selling a copy of “The Love Book” (a compilation of graphic sexual and religious poetry) to an undercover officer – charging him and Ron Thelin with distribution of obscenity. Their subsequent court case became the longest-running criminal trial in San Francisco’s history and a nationwide cause célèbre for freedom of speech.
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Above: The archetypal headshop—Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe. Left: Jay and Ron Thelin in front of their Psychedelic Shop on Haight Street, 1966.
Despite this setback, the shop continued to thrive throughout the Summer of Love … but by the fall of 1967, the crowds and commercialization had become too much for the Thelins. Believing the hippie ideal had gotten lost in the circus sideshow of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, they decided to close the Psychedelic Shop. On October 4-6, Thelin and the Diggers organized a “Death of the Hippies” happening – giving away everything in the shop, placing the store’s sign in a casket and leading a symbolic funeral procession through The Haight. And just like that, after less than two years, America’s first headshop was history.
VILLAGE VANGUARDS While the Psychedelic Shop was the first ostensible headshop, it would be a similar store which opened four months later in New York City that would give the new industry its name. In May 1966, an ex-architect from the Bronx named Jeff Glick and his wife Betsy opened an alternative smokeshop on East Ninth Street in the Lower East Side called simply the Head Shop. Though Glick never officially explained the reason behind the name, common wisdom assumed that the word “Head” referred to the colloquial term for a drug enthusiast, such as a “pothead” or “acid head.” Though there are a few other urban Trippy promo for the legends about the Head Shop in NYC. origin of the name, Glick’s shop is, to my knowledge, the first official use of the term and therefore deserves the credit.
Psychedelic Shop’s first anniversary poster (1967).
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CAPTAIN ED’S In 1967, stoner buddies Edwin Marsh Adair III and Bob Silverman rode from Venice Beach up to a little underground headshop on Van Nuys Boulevard to score a “Captain Ed” Adair & his pack of rolling papers (which, smoke shop in Van Nuys. in those days, weren’t as easy to find). While there, Silverman inquired about what it might cost to open a similar shop, to which the owner reportedly replied: “Why do you have to open one? This one’s for sale.” Well, the two friends did just that – they bought the shop and renamed it Heads & Highs. Thanks to Silverman’s business acumen and Adair’s welcoming personality, the store became such a success that by 1969 they’d opened a second location in Reseda. In fact, Adair was so adored by his patrons that they gave him the nickname “Captain Ed” (a reference to the Walt Whitman
In 2017, Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe celebrated its 50th anniversary and is now the oldest continuously operating headshop in America. poem “O Captain! My Captain!”). One such customer was a veteran around Adair’s age named Jack who had only recently gotten high for the first time, so Adair took him under his wing – encouraging him to seek out as much information on Psychedelicatessen Cannabis as he could. storefront (above) Jack embraced his menand one of their ads tor’s imperative, gradfor pipes (left). ually compiling all the historical information he collected into a definitive Cannabis reference book. That book was “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” and that vet was Jack Herer. Herer went on to become a headshop owner himself, opening High Country in Venice Beach in 1973. A decade later, he became the first proprietor in the Valley convicted under state law for selling drug paraphernalia. After a brief stint in jail, Herer moved up to Portland and opened another headshop called The Third Eye. Like Jack, Adair Jack & Ed: The faced his own legal worries Hemperor and with Heads & Highs. Under his Captain. the Reagan Administration’s hardline drug policies, the Feds targeted the shop over its name, which they insisted implied illicit drug use. Under legal pressure, they renamed the store Captain Ed’s Smoke Shoppe. Despite having to change its name, being busted and having its inventory seized multiple times, and the eventual death of its founders in the 1990s, this legendary shop has managed to survive. In 2017, Captain Ed’s celebrated its 50th anniversary and is now the oldest continuously operating headshop in America. EAST-WEST Captain Ed’s might be the longest operating headshop on the West Coast, but back East that distinction falls to an eccentric little “rock ‘n’ roll superstore” in Union City, New Jersey called East-West Novelty. After being turned on to weed by his Army sergeant in Vietnam, Cuban-American Veteran Alex Savino returned to New Jersey and began working at a headshop in the West Village called the Thieves Market. Tired of commuting,
he eventually decided to open his own shop closer to home. “I opened it so that people like me didn’t have to travel into NYC,” he explains. “There was no headTop: Alex Suvino behind the shop in New Jersey yet counter at East-West Novelty … the Village was rein 1974. Above: Suvino & son ally the only place that Luke circa 2015. had anything at all.” With just $900 startup money, Savino opened the shop in 1971 and began selling posters, pranks, t-shirts, records and smokeware. He named it East-West, after his favorite album by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Initially, the shop was only pulling in less than $50 a day … but that changed drastically, Savino claims, once High Times hit the scene. “When High Times came out in 1974-75, that was the explosion,” this colorful character recalls. “To see that lifestyle and culture mass-distributed to America, it opened up the door to major things. We really flourished.” Despite the paraphernalia crackdowns of the 1990s, East-West managed to endure by strictly enforcing the ban on words like “marijuana” and “bong” within the store and by bringing in new, non-drug-related products like skateboards —the suggestion of Alex’s son Luke, who has now expanded the family business. In 2019, Luke officially put the “West” in East-West when he moved out to Colorado to open a second location in Steamboat Springs. “A headshop is more than just a store … it’s almost like a museum,” Luke observes. “There’s so much to look at, there’s always good music playing … people often come in and don’t even buy anything, but they always come back.” Speaking for us old stoner outlaw types, I find it comforting to know that the magical, taboo places known as headshops still exist...and as long as they do, we’ll keep coming back.
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Glick’s initial $500 investment soon blossomed into a $3,000-per-week revenue stream, allowing him to open a second location in the West Village. Before long, more headshops began sprouting up all around – most notably on St. Marks Place, where smokeware artists and vendors began to line the street (and still do today), and on Avenue A, where another infamous institution also opened its doors in 1966: Psychedelicatessen. Like the Psych Shop in San Francisco, Psychedelicatessen served as a hippie hub in NYC. Located just up the block from Tompkins Square Park, it became a hot spot for all things underground, controversial and cool – luring in counterculture icons like Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary and even getting written up in the February 24, 1967 issue of Time magazine. But alas, like its SF counterpart, it was gone in less than two years. It seems that owners Rick Southworth Swede and his wife Susan – who were also the leaders of a psychedelic drug cult (similar to the notorious Brotherhood of Eternal Love) called the Church of Mysterious Elation – were allegedly dealing drugs out of the shop. As a result, on June 22, 1968, Psychedelicatessen was raided by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and permanently closed.
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IT SURE SEEMS like everyone has a trigger or 50 these days. Not to say that people haven’t always been fragile, but now we have classified the proper terminology that pinpoints that moment where something clicks like a slipped disc in your mind and propels you down a rabbit hole of displeasure. Obviously, the term generates from the trigger of a gun – activating an emotional response that equates to a heightened reaction. The catalyst kind of hits you like a bullet, too, creating an abrupt shock to your mood. You may not be entirely aware that your reaction to the incident stems from something traumatic in your past that is affecting your attitude in the moment, but either way, your current state is altered and provoking an immediate reaction. In this modern age of psychology, we’ve become very efficient at analyzing nuances in the human temperament and identifying how drastic changes can exacerbate symptoms. Like a hundred years ago, people just called it rattling the nerves. But once you place a validated medical term on it, people can clutch onto the diagnosis like a life preserver … a safe zone. But the problem with that is we’ve become accustomed to having a technical explanation for everything we feel, raising expectations that because it is well-defined, there must be a simple way to resolve it. And it’s usually with a pill. Or a drink. Or a fit of rage. And the misunderstanding from which most people suffer is thinking that acting out negatively is the most effective way to resolve the situation. But as we all have learned from experience, these confrontational reactions only exacerbate the problem. And therefore, I would like to share my philosophy on settling an issue before reacting in a way that could prove irreparable. My lighter is a trigger. And my bong is my gun.
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