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Valentine Glass

Lintz Glass

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“He’s known for his Acorn and Capsule Caps that crush terps!”

Born and raised in Washington, Keegan Lintz started working with glass at the Boro School in 2014, learning from local legends Erin Bourguignon and Nate Dizzle. He did mainly sculptural pipe work until he took a lathe class from Ben Belgrad in 2017, and has been addicted to lathework ever since. His style has been described as, “Like a mad scientist…accurate, precise, well-planned out, complex and scientific” – and he’s known for his Acorn and Capsule Caps that crush terps! Lintz tells us, “Some huge inspirations for my work are definitely my teachers, my local Seattle peeps I grew up with at the Boro School, and my shop mates at Pipe Place Market.” Don’t miss his hand-blown insulated mug in this month’s Coffee & Cannabis pairing on page 58.

“If you need a good binge, you can also watch him on season one and the holiday special of “Blown Away!””

Growing up in the Tacoma/ Seattle region, Edgar Valentine said he was, “Bound to cross paths with glass art at some point.” Thanks to the Hilltop Artists program, he started working with hot glass at the young age of 12 – and what started as an afterschool activity soon transformed into an absolute obsession with 16 years of furnace glass now under his belt. Valentine has spent the past three years bridging the gap between his soft glass and borosilicate skills, studying pipe making and slinging out some incredibly unique, hyper-detailed flameworked sculptures. If you need a good binge, you can also watch him on season one and the holiday special of the Netflix series “Blown Away!”

“...a lineup of six unique quartz designs and a ton of flawlessly functioning accessories.”