April 2024 - Northwest Leaf

GLASS

ART

BY

MOTHERSHIP GLASS X BUCK GLASS X SCOTT DEPPE

GLASS ISSUE

soothing sunday

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pandamonium

best buds tuesday 20%

munchies thursday

20% off all edibles & beverages

flower power friday

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WITH ARTIZEN’S EIGHTH BUNDLE

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pure flavor. pure enjoyment.

PHOTO BY GABE SHELTON-JENCK

PHOTO BY DANIEL BERMAN

ABOUT THE COVER

Every year, the Leaf team looks to assemble a dazzling array of glass artists at the top of their game for our annual special. This year was no exception, and we are pleased to present the incredible work of Mothership Glass. The stunning piece named “Hologram Anglerfish,” is a collab by Buck Glass and MSG Founder Scott Deppe. You can learn more in their profile on pgs. 54-55, and online at LeafMagazines.com, where you can see more photos from the artists featured this month.

PHOTO BY LUCAS REILLY/MOTHERSHIP GLASS DESIGN BY DANIEL BERMAN @BERMANPHOTOS

WES ABNEY

Editor’s Note

Thanks for picking up The Glass Issue of Northwest Leaf!

Our longest consecutive issue here at Leaf Nation, we first started photographing glass in 2010 and released our first 420 Glass Issue in April of 2011. From the start as a Cannabis user, I was transfixed by glass art and how smoking weed could be accessorized or simplified depending on the piece being used. This was pre-dabs and bangers and electronic rigs, but there were still crazy bongs and pipes to be found at the local head shop … all labeled “for tobacco use only.”

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DANIEL

CREATIVE DIRECTOR daniel@leafmagazines.com

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"SO MUCH OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PLANT IS FACILITATED BY GLASS."

Glass blowing was an underground art for decades and artists risked more than stigma for choosing to turn borosilicate into bubblers. In 2014, I interviewed Tommy Chong about Operation Pipe Dreams, a DEA task force that raided glass blowers around the country and shut down his Tommy Chong glass company. He served nine months in federal prison for his role, and those in the legacy glass game still remember hundreds of doors being kicked down from Eugene, Oregon to Pensacola, Florida. Reminiscent of a communist country banning art and expression, the government targeted glass artists as a pathway to keep Cannabis illegal – a plan that ultimately failed.

The two forces at play were seeds and creativity, neither of which can be stifled for long. Cannabis prohibition failed, and in the last 15 years glass has gone from a somewhat sketchy genre to a legitimate art form that commands prices and attention similar to mainstream works. No longer just a pipe dream, the world of glassblowing has taken a legitimate place in the world of collectibles and art, and I believe both the marketplace and the consumer demand is still in its infancy.

So much of our relationship with the plant is facilitated by glass and it’s impossible to overlook the importance of a good piece. From function to art, simple and affordable to so expensive it’s scary to dab from, glass is how we experience the plant – and how Cannabis users can express themselves through the art they purchase. The pieces in this issue are a beautiful representation of the plant and the high that it provides us, which is why we’ve celebrated glass for the last 13 years.

I hope that our selection of high art inspires you to seek out more on social media and at your local glass shop, and to invest in an American-made piece for your next purchase. By supporting the artists that get us high, we complete the circle that feeds our culture, community and plants.

CANNABIS HELPS RELIEVE DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

While many stoners have been studying the effects of Cannabis on depression, anxiety, sleep and pain for years, the inquisitive folks at the medical journal Pharmacopsychiatry have confirmed what we already suspected.

With at least 21 million Americans suffering from depression, it’s no surprise that big pharma has suppressed Cannabis legalization and efficacy data in pursuit of profits from pills since the beginning of the war on drugs.

“The regular use of Cannabis was found to significantly reduce the severity of users' depression and had no discernible side effects outside of dry mouth and increased appetite.”

But unlike SSRIs and other drugs prescribed for depression, Cannabis doesn’t have the pesky side effects that depression pills bring like nausea, headache, insomnia, nervousness, agitation, suicidal thoughts and sexual dysfunction. That’s how patients get stuck in a loop of pharmaceuticals – treating one symptom with another pill until there’s too many to count.

To study the effects of Cannabis, the participants selected had all failed to treat their depression with traditional pharmaceuticals and were instead given access to vaporize Cannabis flower over the course of 18 weeks. The regular use of Cannabis was found to significantly reduce the severity of users' depression and had no discernible side effects outside of dry mouth and increased appetite.

While the study organizers say more research is needed to confirm the effects of Cannabis on mental health and illness, those of us doing at home research have already concluded that Cannabis is safer than pharmaceuticals in treating depression, pain and many other ailments.

INSIDE PENNSYLVANIA’S FIGHT FOR CANNABIS FREEDOM

he Health Subcommittee on Health Care and Judiciary Support has taken up the subject of Cannabis legalization at the behest of Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has repeatedly pushed legalization from the stump and through budgetary requests. The state has a somewhat limited medical Cannabis program that initially restricted patient access to only infused pills, oils, topical ointments, tinctures or liquids. A 2018 law change allowed patients to vaporize dry flower – but it’s still illegal for patients to smoke Cannabis or grow their own medicine.

With unnecessary burdens placed on patients and the war on drugs continuing through marijuana enforcement, the Joint Committee has been tasked with creating a Cannabis legalization framework that addresses social equity, criminal records and the right to bear arms, among other more common areas like testing, possession limits and regulations for businesses.

Many states have found pathways to legalization through initiatives such as Washington’s I-502 or California’s Prop 64, which were written by private groups with varying interests and concessions that got them onto the ballot and ultimately into law.

Pennsylvania has a unique opportunity to legalize via the legislative process, in which lawmakers can potentially craft a more nuanced and developed form of legalization that is based on successful parts of other state’s experiments. With two thirds of polled state residents in favor of legalizing, it’s safe to say that anticipation is high for a new law change.

Quoted

“We’re putting people in a very vulnerable position where they have large amounts of cash. We’re encouraging criminals to break into businesses that deal in Cannabis. I am neither a user nor suggester of using, but the fact of the matter is every state that’s voted on it has made it legal, and I appreciate your work and whatever I can do to help you on there.”

-Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), addressing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last month during a House Appropriations Financial Services And General Government Subcommittee hearing on the conflict between federal and state marijuana policies harming legal Cannabis businesses.

LEGALIZATION

NY GOV. DECLARES STATE'S POT PROGRAM A "DISASTER"

Although Cannabis plants are known to grow slowly, nothing prepared the consumers or industry of New York for the sluggish rollout of the legal marketplace.

Cannabis has been legal in the Empire State since 2021, when legislators passed the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act.

“...there are only 85 legal stores open, with over 1,000 illegal storefront competitors in the city alone.”

For citizens and tourists, the last few years have felt like legalization was open and done, thanks to the proliferation of illegal dispensaries and delivery services operating from Times Square storefronts to tables in Central Park. This explosion of illegal players has created a booming black market that is not enforced or restricted. While individuals never deserve criminal charges or time for Cannabis possession, the lax prosecution of crime in New York has given the illegal market a head start – while licenses and applications for legal businesses remain mired in bureaucratic red tape.

The New York Times recently reported that of 7,000 applications for licenses to grow, process or sell Cannabis, only 109 have been approved this year. While a total of 500 licenses have been issued since November 2022, there are only 85 legal stores open, with over 1,000 illegal storefront competitors in the city alone.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared the rollout a "disaster" and has pressured state officials to clean up the mess and get legal Cannabis stores open. The dichotomy between the legal and illegal markets reached a fever pitch at a Cannabis Control Board meeting last month, when the governor directed a full review of the licensing process. Whether that will speed up the system for those companies desperately awaiting a chance in the legal market is sadly something only time will tell.

MOROCCO CELEBRATES FIRST LEGAL CANNABIS HARVEST

Morocco’s recent shift towards legalization and cooperative growing has delivered huge yields –including a 2023 bumper harvest of 294 metric tons of plants grown. While recreational Cannabis is still illegal in the country, it has been grown and shared in the country for centuries. Over the last 200 years, Morocco has grown to become a large Cannabis exporter – and more recently in the ‘60s and ‘70s, became a hash-producing oasis supplying most of the hash smoked in Europe.

In an effort to protect local tribes and the livelihood of over a million people in regions that depend on Cannabis production for income, the government is working to license medical grows to supply the growing global market for legal Cannabis.

While this export of medical Cannabis and industrial hemp is good for the economy, it still leaves a gap in freedom to grow and smoke on a personal level. So don’t book a cannatourist trip yet to this North African country, but if you really desire a taste of Moroccan hash, just visit an Amsterdam coffee shop. And always remember to ask for hash with edges, not in a ball!

SECOND ANNUAL AWARDS

For the second consecutive year, the Washington industry responded with a collective “Hell Yeah!” to what has become the new standard in Cannabis competitions at the 2024 Northwest Leaf Bowl. The night beamed with fanfare and glorious energy as the dressto-impress crowd collectively delighted in the successes of their own hard work, as well as those fortunate enough to revel on stage while accepting their deserved recognition for greatness.

At the stylish Seattle Design Center, this proved the most exciting event yet for the I-502 market as attendance doubled from last year to approximately 1,500 fine folks – with twice as much to experience and yet another 12 months of everyone’s collective journey realized. Featuring PRC’s Atmospheric Arcade with an LED-lit High

With 350 entries from about 100 companies, the Leaf Bowls continue to grow in abundance like a well-curated Cannabis plant.

Energy Lounge, Floyd’s Elevation Station, Penway Media’s fun photo booth and so much more, the elegant but odd identity of the Leaf Bowl brand proudly prevailed. With 350 entries from about 100 companies, the Leaf Bowls (now produced in multiple states nationally) continue to grow in abundance like a well-curated Cannabis plant. And as preparations are already being made for next year’s event, you better get going on your growing! Congratulations to everyone who took home a trophy, but even more importantly: Congratulations to everyone who is still in the game, turning their dreams into reality … one toke at a time. SEE

GALA

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

FLOWER - MIXED-LIGHT / GREENHOUSE

GAS / OG / CHEM

Cosmic Pie from Dewey Cannabis WINNER (196)

Oil Tanker from Viking Cannabis & Free Rain Farms RUNNER-UP (189)

DESSERT

Zkittlez from CannaOrganix WINNER (195)

Cherry Fritters from Sacred Cannabis RUNNER-UP (188)

JACK / HAZE

Jack Herer from Sacred Cannabis WINNER (216)

Old School Lemons from Viking Cannabis & Free Rain Farms RUNNER-UP (205)

TROPICAL / FLORAL

Malibu Glue from Sacred Cannabis WINNER (193)

Purple Mango from Dewey Cannabis RUNNER-UP (185)

SWEETS & DREAMS Island Cookies from Dewey Cannabis WINNER (194)

EXOTIC

Plu-dough from CannaOrganix WINNER (192)

OPEN CATEGORY

Permanent Marker from Viking Cannabis & Free Rain Farms WINNER (192)

Premium Mac from Toasted & Clarity Farms RUNNER-UP (140)

FLOWER - LIGHT DEP

GAS / OG / CHEM

GMO from High Country Horticulture WINNER (196)

Red Bullz from Lazy Bee Gardens RUNNER-UP (178)

DESSERT

Hot Mess from High Country Horticulture WINNER (191)

JACK / HAZE

Powderhound from Lazy Bee Gardens WINNER (183)

Mac Herer from High Country Horticulture RUNNER-UP (171)

TROPICAL / FLORAL

Tropical Runtz from High Country Horticulture WINNER (191)

Black Prussian from Cannasol RUNNER-UP (160)

SWEETS & DREAMS

Grape Gasoline from Lazy Bee Gardens WINNER (198)

Papaya from Lish Organics & Cannasol RUNNER-UP (175)

EXOTIC

Slurricane from Lazy Bee Gardens WINNER (170)

OPEN CATEGORY

Bacio Bars from Lazy Bee Gardens WINNER (172)

FLOWER - SUNGROWN

DESSERT

Purple Punch from Cannasol WINNER (160)

Fritter Glitter from Painted Rooster RUNNER-UP (153)

SWEETS & DREAMS

Purple Trainwreck from Cannasol WINNER (166)

Pomelo from Pacific & Pine & Frozen Farms RUNNER-UP (159)

OPEN CATEGORY

Gelato OG from Toasted & Clarity Farms WINNER (154)

Dirty Zprite from Painted Rooster RUNNER-UP (152)

FLOWER - INDOOR

GAS / OG / CHEM

Permanent Marker from Blue Roots & Fugu Farms WINNER (202)

Face Lock from Ooowee RUNNER-UP (201)

DESSERTS

Permanent Marker from Minglewood & K Savage WINNER (197)

Gary Poppins from Freddy's Fuego RUNNER-UP (196)

JACK / HAZE

Chocolate Orange Cream from Freddy's Fuego WINNER (202)

Vanilla Lime from Honeydew & Bliss Road RUNNER-UP (197)

TROPICAL / FLORAL

Flyin Hawaiian from 1937 Farms WINNER (203)

Trop Cherry from Royal Tree Gardens RUNNER-UP (202)

SWEETS & DREAMS

White Truffle Bx4 from 1937 Farms WINNER (203)

Rozay x Tropicana Cherry #7 from Khush Kush RUNNER-UP (201)

EXOTICS

Tricho Jordan from 1937 Farms WINNER (207)

Blackbeard's Truffle from Freddy's Fuego RUNNER-UP (205)

OPEN CATEGORY

The Cat's Pajamas from Fine Detail Greenway WINNER (214)

Trop Cherry Purps from Sky High Gardens RUNNER-UP (211)

FLOWER - CBD-RICH

Huckleberry Web from Mt Baker Homegrown WINNER (169)

Cosmic Charlie from Cannasol RUNNER-UP (168)

PRE-ROLLS

TRADITIONAL

Mimosa Pre-Roll from Bacon Buds WINNER (206)

Permanant Marker from Lifted RUNNER-UP (196)

INFUSED / ENHANCED

Zuper Bubble Hash Hole from Backpack Boyz WINNER (209)

Gelonade x Pineapple Burst Rosin Rolo from Constellation Cannabis RUNNER-UP (208)

CONCENTRATES

BUDDER / BADDER

Permanant Marker Live Badder from Lifted WINNER (183)

Zour Larry Live Badder from Lifted RUNNER-UP (174)

CRUMBLE / SUGAR

Cherry Pie Face from Flawless Extracts & Prismatic WINNER (144)

Alcoholic Alligator Cured Sugar from Lifted RUNNER-UP (124)

DIAMONDS & SAUCE

Rainbow Belts Rocks from Refine & Mt. Baker Homegrown WINNER (176)

Strange Lemons Gems & Juice Live Resin from Dabstract RUNNER-UP (150)

PULL ‘N’ SNAP / SHATTER

Cranebow City Shatter from Northwest Concentrates WINNER (142)

ROSIN

Super Boof Cold Cure from Constellation Cannabis WINNER (199)

Nerdz Rosin from Mama J's RUNNER-UP (192)

FULL MELT / BUBBLE HASH

Super Boof Full Melt from Constellation Cannabis WINNER (195)

Black Cat Premium 6-Star

Full Melt from Cloud 9 RUNNER-UP (169)

FECO / RSO - HIGH THC Blackberry Kush RSO from Skagit Organics & Cannasol WINNER (104)

RSO from Skunk Processors RUNNER-UP (89)

FECO / RSO - HIGH ALT. CANNABINOID

Jack Frost CBG Original RSO from Skagit Organic WINNER (96)

1:1 RSO from Skunk Processors RUNNER-UP (89)

VAPE CARTRIDGES

ALTERNATIVE CANNABINOIDS

Pog 2:1:1 Disposable Cart from Agro Couture WINNER (137)

Gummy Shark 2:1:1 CBN

Disposable Cart from Agro Couture & Ohana RUNNER-UP (132)

CO2

Marilyn #9 CO2 Oil Cart from Doctor & Crook & Treedom Productions WINNER (109)

Old School Lemons CO2 Oil Cart from Doctor & Crook & Free Rain Farms RUNNER-UP (106)

GENERAL HYDROCARBON

Boysenberry Creme Brulee from Lifted WINNER (108)

Oishii from Skord RUNNER-UP (107)

DISTILLATE - FLAVORED/BOTANICAL BBrand Melon Gum from Buddies WINNER (126)

Zhirley Temple Airgraft Pod from Regulator RUNNER-UP (120)

DISTILLATE - CANNABIS TERPS ONLY

Key Bump Watermelon Blast Diamond Juice from Ooowee WINNER (132)

Canna Cart from Dank Czar RUNNER-UP (110)

LIVE RESIN

Orange Zottzz from CannaOrganix WINNER (131)

Pure All-In-One Terpee

Slurpee from Bodhi High & Ground up Cultivation RUNNER-UP (130)

SOLVENTLESS

Yellow Mermaid from Minglewood & High Tide WINNER (137)

Papaya Guava / Cosmic Candy Rosin Day Dream Dual Chamber All-In-One Vaporizer from Dank Czar RUNNER-UP (131)

EDIBLES

BAKED GOODS

Dank Joys from Khush Kush WINNER (150)

Chocolate Marsh-Mellow Squares from Khush Kush RUNNER-UP (144)

SAVORY / OTHER SNACKS

Pineapple Nano Chillz Ice Pop from Skunk Processors WINNER (179)

BEVERAGES / TINCTURES

Rosinfuzions from Dank Czar WINNER (181)

Moonshot CBN Black Cherry 1:1 from Constellation Cannabis RUNNER-UP (168)

GUMMIES

Strawberry Guava Fruit Gummies from Binske & Lucid Brands WINNER (181)

Sour Tangie Live Hash Rosin Gummies from Treat Edibles & Pacific & Pine RUNNER-UP (180)

CAPSULES/ TABLETS

Space Capsules CBG 1:1 from Constellation Cannabis WINNER (158)

ALTERNATIVE CANNABINOID

Pioneer Squares Blueberry Dreams 1:1:1 (THC:CBD:CBN) from Craft Elixirs WINNER (185)

Orange 1:1 Nano Chillz from Skunk Processors RUNNER-UP (165)

TOPICALS

CREAMS / LOTIONS

Solace Body Cream from Green Revolution WINNER (181)

Elements Skin Care from Bodhi High RUNNER-UP (161)

BALMS / SALVES

Wild Mint Muscle & Joint Salve from Skagit Organics WINNER (176)

Wonder Rub from Hazy Daze RUNNER-UP (165)

BEAUTY PRODUCTS

Face Cream from Kush Creams & House of Cannabis WINNER (156)

OILS / SPRAYS / LUBES

Icicle Roller Ball from Kush Creams & House of Cannabis WINNER (154)

Scan here to view a slideshow of the entries. For a complete list of the judges' scores visit LeafMagazines.com

LUANA NELSON-DAVIS

NORTHWEST LEAF BUDTENDER OF THE MONTH

DO YOU PREFER FLOWER OR CONCENTRATES? I’m more of a flower person. There’s so much to learn every day, so I’ve gotten a lot more interested in ingredients and such. So, I’m more into edibles. I really like to cook and when I combined my cooking with Cannabis, it created a whole new world for me. Connecting Cannabis with eating healthier has improved my life.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR DISHES THAT YOU INFUSE?

I’m always looking to infuse anything, it’s like a lifestyle hobby for me. I’ll infuse spaghetti, grilled cheese sandwiches, sauces for meals – you name it. I got into being more experimental in the kitchen once I took a class from Mary J. White. It made me really inquisitive. My favorite recipe out of her book are olive poppers. I made those so many times at home that I got everyone hooked on them. I love making infused butter, too – so I’ll make brownies and chocolate chip cookies, but my favorite is peanut butter.

JOINT RIVERS

2121 AUBURN WAY S, AUBURN, WASH.

JOINTRIVERS.COM

@JOINTRIVERS_

7AM-11PM DAILY (253) 263-8899

“CONNECTING CANNABIS WITH EATING HEALTHIER HAS IMPROVED MY LIFE.”

Her passion is traveling around and experiencing new cultures and customs, with over 30 countries on six different continents stamped onto her passport. She’s into beading, hiking, and getting into the great outdoors and exploring national parks with lots of unique wildlife. Most importantly, though, she loves including her children in her environmental activism and teaching them about the value of nature. Follow Luana on Instagram @_sweetums_1980_

I’M SALIVATING. DID YOU GROW UP WITH CANNABIS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD? Yes, I noticed that my parents used Cannabis when I was younger –not openly so much, but it was around. My dad used to grow. He had a garden and he would invite me to come with him to tend to it, but I didn’t really know what the plants were when I was much younger. He passed away in 2018.

DO YOU THINK YOUR DAD WOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR CAREER CHOICE? Yes, I think about him quite often. He used to play bingo a lot in the building next to Joint Rivers. I think he’d be proud of me. I feel like he’s watching over me.

IF YOU COULD MAKE DINNER FOR HIM, WHAT DISH WOULD IT BE? Enchiladas. It was his favorite.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

With gorgeous, natural-wood construction and a waterfall in the lobby, it’s easy to see why Cedar Greens has been voted the most beautiful dispensary in Washington. Walking into the shop is awe inspiring – with high-vaulted ceilings, the sound of water running gently, and a gigantic selection of Cannabis. Here you’ll find a central counter with tons of quick purchase options, a traditional dispensary bar, and a custom-built fridge wall with a giant selection of fresh hash and chilled drinks. With friendly and knowledgeable staff that feel like a family, Cedar Greens is a destination for excellent products and a stunning customer experience.

MEDICAL FOCUS

As a Tribal-owned retailer, the purpose of offering Cannabis to the community goes beyond making a sale – stretching into community building, harm reduction and medical Cannabis therapy for tribal members, as well as the greater consumer base that frequents the shop. Cedar Greens is the only recreational retailer in the state to maintain a pharmacist and medical Cannabis consultant on staff. Inside, patients are greeted by a licensed pharmacist, who advises patients on Cannabis products, medication complications or recommendations, and support for using Cannabis as an exit drug for opiates or other addictions. This service is provided for free! Additionally, budtenders are medically certified and can help patients sign up for cards, and access the tax break that saves patients the 37% excise tax at non-tribal locations. With a large selection of DOH medically-certified products and a knowledgeable team, Cedar Greens is a fantastic resource for new patients, as well as those shopping with specific medical needs in mind.

Cedar Greens Cedar Greens

“CEDAR GREENS IS THE ONLY RECREATIONAL RETAILER IN THE STATE TO MAINTAIN A PHARMACIST AND MEDICAL CANNABIS CONSULTANT ON STAFF.”

CEDAR GREENS

OPERATED BY THE JAMESTOWN S’KLALLAM TRIBE 52 SOPHUS RD, SEQUIM, WA CEDARGREENSCANNABIS.COM

@CEDAR_GREENS_NEWS

OPEN 8AM-12PM DAILY (360) 489-6099

CURATED SELECTION

The purchasing team at Cedar Greens is focused on quality above all else, which is a testament to the Tribe’s goals with the store. Instead of focusing on buying the cheapest products at high markups like many volume retailers, the buyers here put relationships with the farms first. By creating positive partnerships, there’s less pressure for profit and more focus on quality. This means that the flower, hash, edibles, and over 100 different pre-rolls on the shelves are bought because they are the best products within a category. This intention can be seen in their curated selection of high-end products, from the beautiful hash fridge to the giant wall of edibles – making Cedar Greens a true connoisseur's destination.

THE ARTERY OF THE PENINSULA

There’s one main highway to get around on the Peninsula: the iconic US Route 101 that runs all the way from Washington to California. The stretch that Cedar Greens is located on is the proverbial doorstep to the Olympic National Forest, which features amazing hiking and outdoor opportunities year round. A Leaf team favorite is the milelong Hall of Mosses hike, featuring beautiful old-growth forests and mosses of many varieties. Cedar Greens is an easy turn off the 101, and is part of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe offerings that include the Seven Cedars Resort and Casino. With amazing local seafood at the House of Seven Brothers, the turnoff for great Cannabis can lead to other culinary and gaming adventures.

CLAIRE CAPRIOLA, RPH, CEDAR GREEN’S IN-HOUSE MEDICAL CANNABIS CONSULTANT AND PHARMACIST

SUPER BOOF BUBBLE HASH

If Superman’s only weakness is Kryptonite, then the stoner version of the green-glowing crystals must surely be the Super Boof.

But what is boof, you might ask?

It’s weed slang for mids, aka average weed that’s simply OK. Which is why it’s ironically cool to call it the Super Boof, which is not boof at all. Grown by Soulshine Cannabis and processed into hash, this euphoric indica strain is a cross of Black Cherry Punch and Tropicanna Cookies. Bubble hash is made by processing high quality flower that has a lot of resinous trichomes, using only water and ice. This solventless extraction happens by filling bubble bags with buds and soaking them in ice-filled water, agitating the trichomes as the batch is stirred like a stoner witches brew. The bubble bags have different filter ratings called microns, which gather the trichomes that fall off the buds. This process of separating the resin from the plant is both ancient and modern, and the result is a flavorful and pure expression of the plant that is fantastic for smoking, or using in edibles. Soulshine has a line of delicious, strain-specific 100mg drinks powered by their hash – and they smack!

Lucky for us, today we get to smoke the hash. Coming in bright packaging that’s printed on paper offset by forest restoration, smoking trees that help to plant trees feels good! Opening the jar reveals golden-amber trichomes that are grouped together in beautiful hash that glows with notes of tropical flowers and earthy gas. Stirring it up releases a wave of honeyed cherries with an orange zest that teases the senses before it’s even smoked.

Bubble hash is often smoked on top of a bowl of flower, or through a hash pipe using a glass rod to vaporize the resin. We chose to load a small bowl of flower into a normal dry pipe and then coat it in a layer of hash. To smoke it, you pass the lighter flame over the hash gently – causing it to melt and bubble as the offering of smoke is released.

First inhales are bright and taste distinctly like cherry punch, exhaling with a sweet rush of tropical terps. The high hits the frontal lobes quickly, sending a rush of euphoria that wraps around the mind and body like a glowing aura that’s worthy of the brand name Soulshine.

GROWN AND PROCESSED BY

SOULSHINE CANNABIS

hash burger hash burger

GROWN BY ROCKET CANNABIS

“FIRST TOKES SEND A SYRUPY AND THICK SMOKE INTO THE LUNGS THAT’S EXCEPTIONALLY SMOOTH, EXHALING WITH A PUNGENT RUSH OF HASHY GAS THAT LEAVES THE PALATE TINGLING.”

FOR ALL MY millennials and Nickelodeon classic lovers out there, Kenan and Kel was in many ways a stoner teen show … minus the weed. The “Good Burger” skit continues to be a classic, just like Kel’s love for Orange Soda – a truly underrated refreshment when it comes to curing a case of cottonmouth. Which ties this all together, because smoking the Hash Burger from Rocket Cannabis is definitely going to leave you parched and baked in the most lovely of ways.

A cross between the Han Solo Hash Plant and Double Burger, the Hash Burger carries a thick and pungent odor that is undeniably hashy and delicious. Opening the jar releases an oozing sour-lemon gas with a raw, funky-earthy-pine rush that finishes with a mineraly, hashy tang that’s as complex as a fine wine.

The buds have a beautiful structure with frosted purple coloring and a medium-light density, breaking up easily while coating fingers in sticky trichomes, hinting at the reason this plant has hash in its name.

First tokes send a syrupy and thick smoke into the lungs that’s exceptionally smooth, exhaling with a pungent rush of hashy gas that leaves the palate tingling. The burn is clean and consistent, and after a few bowls we found ourselves feeling floaty with a cerebral rush flooding the brain. This is a sedating strain that doesn’t cloud the mind, which is helpful for pain management and stress relief.

It’s a heavy high though (despite the fun name), and it’s the type of buzz that makes no mistake that you are completely stoned – like a goofy hat that nobody can see, but everyone can smell on you. So get ready for a supersized bowl (different silver screen reference, I know) and take a big rip of the Hash Burger by Rocket Cannabis.

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FAR MORE THAN JUST COOL, HEADY BONGS, THE PIECES CRAFTED BY THE MOLTEN ART CLASSIC CREW ARE SOME OF THE MOST ELABORATE & UNIQUE FUNCTIONAL GLASS SCULPTURES THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.

GRAVE DABBER MONSTER TRUCK

What began nearly a decade ago as an excuse for a few glassblower buddies to get together has evolved into one of the world's most ambitious glass art collaboration projects: the Molten Art Classic.

FIRST ORGANIZED in 2015 by glassblowers Carlos Ali, Steve "Hops" Hoppenfeld and Adam "Hoobs" Whobrey, the project was initially called "The Ziggys Classic" – named after Ziggys Smoke Shop (Ali's glass gallery in Huntington Beach), which hosted the live glass blowing event to celebrate the shop's fifth anniversary. Over the course of a week, six artists worked together to create a phenomenal, functional funny car called “Tow U.”

The crew had so much fun that they decided to make it an annual event, and it's grown exponentially bigger ever since. In 2016, nine artists contributed to the creation of the “Ziggy’s Correctional Bus” piece. Then, in 2017, things really started getting serious: Before the event began, Hoobs and Hops spent two weeks constructing a preliminary framework upon which 16 other artists would then contribute their own unique elements. The result was a vaunted vessel weighing over 18 pounds and standing 29 inches tall that they dubbed “The Sea Cow Pirate Ship.” By that time, Hoobs and his partners recognized they were onto something big. So in 2018, they rebranded their annual mega-collab as “The Molten Art Classic,” created

a website for it, brought in sponsors, and made arrangements to film a documentary and publish a book about the project. That July, their “Glass Odyssey Space Station” art piece became the largest glass art collaboration in the nation – weighing in at a whopping 50 pounds, standing 48 inches tall, and featuring over 3,000 hours of work from 27 different artists.

That was followed by another boat, “Shipwreck 420 Leagues Under the Sea” in 2019, and then the mean, green “Grave Dabber” monster truck in 2020 – featuring wheels that actually roll, made of rubber-coated glass with ball bearings and sandblasted tread (which later won first place for Best Collab at Glass Vegas’ 2022 World Series of Glass competition).

Due to the vast amount of time and resources necessary to produce one of these epic pieces (thousands of hours and tens of thousands of dollars), the MAC team has decided that going forward, they'll only have the bandwidth to produce their pieces biannually.

Sadly, due to Covid, the MAC was canceled in 2021 … but the group returned to Hoobs’ Classic 33 Studio in fall 2022 to create another badass borosilicate behemoth: the “Kiln Buster” Samurai Robot (over 2,500 hours of work, 33 inches tall, 45.5 pounds), which again won first place for Best Collab at Glass Vegas in 2023.

“Currently, our goal is to complete one more project this year, complete the filming and editing of a short film about the project, and plan a nationwide museum tour of the entire decade-long body of work that will tentatively begin in 2025,” Hoobs tells us.

“After that, we will be transitioning into a new series of even bigger ideas that will span multiple years to accomplish each conceptual collaboration, with the goal of creating pieces that will truly stand the test of time as some of the greatest flameworked sculptures ever created.”

I think I speak for our entire community when I say we can’t wait to see what epic insanity MAC’s torches conjure up next. @MOLTENARTCLASSIC

SHIP WRECK 420 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

GLASS ODYSSEY SPACE STATION

KILN

BUSTER

SAMURAI

ROBOT

MSG FILLA EGG

Most of Mothership’s pieces are touched by several pairs of hands before they are finished. This Fab Egg has detailed sections of fire-fade and water-fade fillacello prep and UVfluorescent Illuminati glass.

FACETED

DICHRO CUP TORUS

Last year, Mothership introduced the Torus Nova, an evolution of the Torus model with an integration of the joint into the top of the piece, passing through the recycler’s drain to enter the perc chamber. This Faceted Dichro iteration has a removable mouthpiece and is intricately cold-worked.

mothership glass

IN THE LUSH EXPANSES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,

where Earth’s creativity merges with cosmic wonder, Mothership Glass descends – a beacon of celestial artistry in the terrestrial realm of high-end glassmaking. Birthed in the stellar forge of 2013 by the interstellar visionary Scott Deppe, their studio was not merely founded … it landed, propelled by a deep-seated passion for the cosmic dance of aesthetics and functionality. >>

SKULL FKT

This Fab Klein Torus was made by Mothership’s Captain Scott Deppe and is adorned with a sculpted skull that features a matching skull pendant to complete the set.

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Piece is roughly 25” tall, with Hologram prep of detailed silver and goldfumed artwork

The mission of Mothership Glass is no less than a galactic decree: to transcend the earthly confines of glasswork, elevating it into realms of extraordinary artistry that resonates with unparalleled quality, innovation and the soul of the cosmos.

From the moment of their celestial inception, Mothership Glass set its coordinates beyond the known, committed to crafting intricate, mesmerizing glass pieces that defy gravity in both function and beauty. This dedication has illuminated their path, guiding them to become pioneers on this planet.

At the core of their intergalactic voyage is a crew of artists and craftsmen, each a star navigator in their own right. Every creation that emerges from the Mothership is a constellation of countless hours, unmatched skill, and a profound communion with glass as the medium of the cosmos. Here, the boundaries of space and possibility are not just pushed but obliterated as they employ a spectrum of specialized techniques in flameworking, cold working, and glass sculpting to encapsulate stories not of this world.

Innovation courses through the veins of Mothership Glass like plasma. Scott Deppe, their commander, has charted courses into unexplored territories of glass, wielding techniques and functionalities once thought to reside only in the imaginations of beings from far-flung galaxies. This pioneering spirit has not only set new orbits, but also ignited stars of inspiration across the cosmic canvas of artists worldwide.

The Torus is among Mothership’s most recognizable functional designs. This tiny example is just over 5 inches tall and is made of CFL-reactive Terps color.

"INNOVATION COURSES THROUGH THE VEINS OF MOTHERSHIP GLASS LIKE PLASMA."

Mothership Glass transcends its artistic feats; they are a nexus in the universe, a gathering space for entities drawn to the art and alchemy of glass. Their studio thrives as a cosmic hub where creativity, learning, and the sharing of interstellar ideas about art and the essence of hash converge in a nebula of innovation. Their odyssey is one of eternal exploration and discovery, navigating the infinite possibilities of glass art and its place in the cosmos. For collectors, enthusiasts and fellow spacefarers, Mothership Glass stands as a beacon of what glass art can achieve when infused with the essence of the universe – melding the timeless elegance of the galaxies with the revolutionary spirit of the void. Welcome aboard the Mothership. They don’t just create glass … they forge artifacts of the cosmos, beckoning explorers and dreamers to join them in a journey that spans the stars. mothershipglass.com

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TERPS TORUS

Hicdogg X Windstar

“KOYAANISQATSI” SPIRIT ANIMAL #1, HELD BY WINDSTAR, LEFT, AND HICDOGG.

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THE SPIRIT ANIMAL SERIES CURRENTLY INCLUDES

FOUR PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED SINCE LATE 2019.

“It all started with Koyaanisqatsi – a cow skull that referenced the Hopi prophecies of the world falling out of balance when mankind refused to live alongside nature,” says Windstar. “When we first started making these, we had no idea that four years later we would have four master pieces – and many more planned for the series. Each of them reflects our love for the animals depicted and their mythological influence on the societies around them. These functional works of art are truly show pieces, and their power is not just in the imagery they invoke, but also in the size of their presence.”

Sirius was born in much the same way as his predecessors –through a lot of research and searching. Wolves are incredibly intelligent animals, and in some cultures, they are seen as teachers and guides. The wolf began to represent what man should have always been: a lover, a leader, a teacher, a caretaker – always reaching toward the greater good of the pack or his family, over that of himself. It also speaks to the importance of each wolf’s place within the pack and the role of good leadership and cooperation.

With this piece, we strived to embody all of those characteristics. We also chose to spend the most time and energy we had ever put into any of our previous works on this one, truly giving it our best. After working for three straight weeks, we took Sirius to DFO in Portland and finished it in competition. It follows our tradition and is a functional recycler, matching its predecessors in both high performance function and exquisite form. You can find this piece touring the country with either Windstar or Hicdogg, and it is currently available for purchase. Contact the artists for inquiries.

Spirit is the second in the series, and she was born out of our mutual love for horses and our respect for their impact on shaping the course of human history. The inspiration for Spirit’s decorative look comes from the Cheyenne people, who would decorate and parade their horses as their most cherished part of their family’s wealth. Spirit, as a work of glass, is meant to emulate the beauty, wealth and grace that the Cheyenne would show their horses – and to remind us of the continued importance of the horse in our spiritual journey in this world, always having respect for her strength and wisdom in allowing us to ride her. This piece is the tallest of the Spirit Animal series to date. It is also a functioning recycler, continuing on the tradition of matching both high-end artwork with high-quality functionality. This piece is owned by a private collector and can currently be viewed in the Torched Exhibit at the Flint Institute of Art in Flint, Michigan.

“SCORPIUS THE ROCK LOBSTER”

SPIRIT ANIMAL #3

Scorpius was born from the imagination of Windstar’s then8-year-old daughter (who is a Scorpio). When we struggled with inspiration for an upcoming class, she suggested we make a scorpion in her honor – so we decided to run with the idea and dive deep into the world of scorpions. Like our previous pieces, we did a lot of research to find the essence of this desert arachnid. We were very impressed with and found a deep appreciation for this maternal creature. Known for being the most motherly of all the arachnids and also the most fierce, it was during the making of this scorpion that we discovered that each of these pieces had its own unique spirit. This is when we realized that they were all part of the Spirit Animal series. Scorpius is an impressive piece and truly emulates all the mystery, power and energy of its name. This piece is a fully functioning recycler and stands 12 inches tall – but height is not the most impressive part of this piece. Positioned at a 45-degree angle, it is poised to strike at the heart of any true functional aficionado and delivers a venomous hit. This piece is currently available for viewing and purchase at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York.

“SIRIUS THE DOG STAR SPIRIT OF THE NORTH”

SPIRIT ANIMAL #4

“SPIRIT, THE HORSE”

SPIRIT ANIMAL #2

BLOOPER

This piece was constructed with custom Ghosted marina and Purple Rain, Peacock over China White pinnie and rettichelo.

The marbles are encased Opals, Checkerboard and Signature Milli.

A 6x3x3 Blooper diffuser gives this beast the chug.

A 10mm female fitting hold your bucket, this piece stands 7.75” tall and has a retail value of $1500.

WHITNEY HARMON

WHITNEY HARMON GREW UP IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON AND STARTED HIS JOURNEY ON THE TORCH

SINCE 2019, he’s resided in Coos Bay, Ore., continuing to push his craft at his home studio with his wife. He has mastered many Boro glass techniques in that time and has even ventured into quartz glass. The last few years he’s worked a lot on sleeving techniques that change the basic borosilicate colors into different hues that create his unique palette. Whitney continues to always innovate and push the limits of his craft by not following in the mainstream instead coming up with fresh ideas and functionalities that continue to define his aesthetic.

IN 1999. @whitneyharmonglass_

LINE WORK

The Tube and Cup set features Blackjack, butter lippes and a Dark Red Elvis over China White rettichelo.

The tube itself stands at 8” has a 10mm fitting and a removable downstem with a two hole perc.

The cup made with matching materials holds 12oz comfortably, is super thick and stands 4.75” tall. This set has a retail value of $1600.

glasshole

RENOWNED FOR OVER TWO DECADES, GLASSHOLE, A SEASONED GLASS ARTIST HAILING FROM WASHINGTON, INFUSES HIS WORK WITH AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC FLAIR INTERTWINED WITH STREET ART, CRAFTING PIECES BRIMMING WITH DISTINCTIVE VIBRANCY AND PERSONALITY.

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GlassHole’s signature spray paint can dab rig is bringing all the vibes with his innovative spin on color techniques. 10mm.

Gem stone tones and that opal bling enhance the happy personality of this GlassHole spray paint can, bringing a smile to your face with every dab.

COMMITTED TO nurturing the growth and evolution of the glass community, he has mentored numerous emerging artists while generously sharing lampworking tutorials on his YouTube channel, The GlassHole Experience. For a deeper dive into GlassHole’s world, visit his website and follow on IG.

GlassHoleGlass.com | @gl_asshole

Featuring GlassHoles 2024 color design and signature open mouth and opal tabbed tongue, this Spray Paint Can Devil is bringing the fire. 10mm.

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YUNK GLASS

DOESN’T JUST BLOW GLASS, HE BREATHES LIFE INTO IT.

His work features cartoonish appendages or fully formed, tiny humanoids that look like they could move across the table and hand you a light er. Like something out of an old TOOL music video, these faceless homunculi, seem both ready to spring to life and trapped in a moment of expression – prompting the artist to refer to them on his website as “Yunktionals.”

Operating out of the Lone Star State, Josh Yunker has spent the last 15 years honing his craft. Originally taught to make spoon pipes on a production line style, afterwards he found himself spending any time outside of the nine-to-five grind out in his mom’s garage practicing glassblowing. After two years of moonlighting, he turned to the craft full time and started working on the style he’s become so well known for. Alongside these animated pipes and rigs, his work with pendants, marbles and glassware are all in high demand when released online and sell out quickly.

Perhaps it’s because much of Yunker’s work seems to speak to both the adult and child brain simultaneously – impressing you with its contrasting use of black with clear glass, the skill in the shaping of the tiny appendages, and also making you feel as if you’re holding something that could come to life at any moment. It’s a style that is both super individualistic and yet calls back to the work of Osvaldo Cavandoli, Hayao Miyazaki or Disney Animation. If “Beauty and the Beast” would have had a pipe in the castle, it would for sure have been a Yunk Glass piece voiced by Werner Herzog.

If you ask, Yunker will tell you his work is a distilled mixture of two prominent glass art styles: Sculpted and Venetian. Sculpted references a glass object’s ability to reference something familiar in our world.

Venetian style often makes use of intricate and ornate techniques to exemplify and play with the language of glass. His aim is to “combine both philosophies by using the human form.” This duality that your brian perceives when seeing his work is the artist’s intention, hoping to convey something “both sterile and personal, high-brow and low-brow, black and white.”

Yunker says his favorite kind of piece to create is something that allows him to work a new shape or style of piece into that of the human body, something that offers a challenge as to how much personality he can instill into the Venetian style. We asked Yunker what helped stoke the fire of inspiration and he said that he’s found the ability to take inspiration from seemingly everywhere – finding that much of it seems to spring out of everyday interactions with people and a desire to communicate with others. yunkglass.com @yunkglass

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"HARD TIMES" BOROSILICATE GLASS AND UV RESIN

MAINTENANCE" COLLAB WITH PETER MULLER @MULLERGLASS BOROSILICATE GLASS, METAL AND THREAD

elbo glass

Elbo started out in the hot shop at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in his hometown of Philadelphia in 2005, where he mostly did furnace work with soft glass. It wasn’t until after he graduated in 2009 and was apprenticing for internationally renowned artist Zach Puchowitz that he began working with boro and making pipes. Elbo eventually relocated to Colorado in 2013, where he’s now the co-owner of Everdream Studio and blowing glass alongside some of the industry’s finest including WJC, Eusheen and N8 Miers.

He’s one of those artists where you can just look at a piece and immediately know, “That’s an Elbo.” He’s built a cult-like following of collectors with highly sculpted functional pieces in the shape of Raptors, Triceratops, “Recyclerdactyls” and more – and these dinosaur motifs that appear throughout his art are actually a love story.

“The woman that I fell in love with when I first started blowing glass made me these little glass dinosaurs on the torch,” Elbo tells me. “I was so focused on building my glass career that we ended up having a falling out. After that, I wanted to let her know I was still thinking about her in the studio, so I was making replicas of this Brontosaurus that she had made me.” He brought

HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A DAB OUT OF A DINOSAUR?

three of these replicas to a trade show just as side pieces to fill the table, but ended up getting an enormous amount of orders off the dino designs alone. The rest is history.

Since then, Elbo has expanded his work into many other me diums such as plushies, vinyl figurines (like the butterfly stego collab below with Felt @feltusa) and even baseball cards – which, while not made with glass, are still inspired by his functional pipes. “I was going at them as if they were prints of my work. Like as a painter makes prints of their original canvas, I was trying to develop ‘prints’ of my glass and design them based off of actual pieces I’d made in the past.”

With this approach, Elbo has been one of the few to successfully cross over from the niche glass scene into mainstream pop culture, proven by his collabs with iconic brands such as The Hundreds, Felt and Topps. His next venture is a flagship storefront in Denver – The Elbo Shop, which will be home to exclusive seasonal capsules of glass, clothing and his entire lineup of collectibles, as well as monthly events and heady hangouts.

“I’m really trying to cultivate a place for the glass community to come to where they can hang out,” he tells me. “Just like the streetwear world did with their brick-andmortars, that same vibe.”

Opening April 6th, stop by the shop if you’re in the Mile-High City.

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TELEOCRATER

LA REINA DE LAGARTO COLLAB WITH @BANJOGLASS

In A Glass Of Its Own

THE IMAGE OF GLASS IN THE EYE OF THE PUBLIC IS EVER EVOLVING.

From heady glass collectors hoarding some of the nicest pieces in existence, to TV shows on Netflix like “Blown Away” that showcase a variety of glassblowers and their skills, there are a number of ways in which heady glass continues to make room for itself in the art world. Glass and Cannabis proponent Nik Dimitrijevic gave us an inside look at his insane collection and a glimpse into how he sees t he world of glass and its place in modern culture. With a six-figure collec tion, showcasing his pieces to the masses is his approach to sh ifting the perceptions surrounding the artform, whether it’s a bong, marble or anything in between.

ROOR ART BY EUSHEEN X YOSHI KONDO DISK X MAH X ROOR GERMANY

NIK

grew up in Northern Virginia and upon turning 18 in 2011, he bought his first pipe – a Sovereignty bong. Up to that point he only smoked blunts and bowls, but he instantly fell in love with his first piece. Fast forward to 2021, he came into a little bit of money and wanted to spend some of it on something special. After following some glass pages on Instagram, he tried to buy a couple pieces from Illusionz Glass Gallery in Colorado. He went to their website and made two insane heady glass purchases – one for $30,000 and one for $60,000. Right after the transaction went through he was contacted to let him know that they couldn’t actually sell him the pipe for “that cheap.” Illusionz had some of their glass on consignment from collectors, and the owner wanted more for the pipe after the sale went through. Nik was extremely bummed out and confused, but determined to get some heady glass in his collection.

but Nik had a special relationship with them and talked them into selling him a Burtoni flamingo and a Eusheen x Yoshinori Kondo collaboration. At the time, he didn’t even realize how heady the artists’ glass he was buying was. The Kondo collab was the first functional pipe he had ever put a marble on.

Nik decided to go back to where he bought his Sovereignty 10 years prior, Glass Stache in Alexandria, Virginia. The store owners had a couple pieces that were technically not for sale,

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From here, Thomas Rose, commonly known as @glassgamestrong on IG, was introduced to Nik by the owner of Glass Stache. Thomas is known for being able to source pretty much any high-end piece of glass art under the sun, and Nik ended up scooping a bunch of different pieces with his help. Some of the coolest pipes in Nik’s collection were acquired with the help of Thomas, including the Joe Peters x Banjo Ganesha on the cover of this magazine. Being familiar with Roor, Nik asked Thomas to help him secure a heady Roor pipe and less than a week later, he had some options on the table for him – most notably a Eusheen x Yoshinori Kondo x Roor x Disk Glass collaboration from a shop in Canada. It had never even been water tested, let alone smoked out of. After taking it to a local glass show, Nik brought the pipe out and while sitting there not thinking about it, let a random stranger take the first rip off his historic pipe. He looks back at the situation and laughs, realizing how bright eyed and bushy tailed he was, being new to the glass game.

“I don’t need to smoke out of these pieces, I just need to look at them when I’m high because they’re so fuckin’ dope,” says Nik. “It’s crazy that humans can create these beautiful pieces of functional art that people can smoke out of. That concept to me was insane.”

As Cannabis products have continued to evolve in their quality and forms, so has the glass used to smoke them. If we have the best hash rosin available to the public, why wouldn’t we want to smoke that hash out of the best and most artistic pipe possible? Nik attributes that sentiment to being part of the reason people are so interested in high-end glass art.

“As things got better for weed itself, you can see the progression of glass and the newer designs like Eusheen’s redisculators. These are basically the same concept of an old school recycler, but people have gotten so creative in how they’re able to figure out the physics,” explains Nik.

At the end of the day, the glass world is now turning more heads than it is raising eyebrows – and that is a testament to the artists and their dedication to their craft.

Glass artists can spend days on days working on pieces, and some of them don’t even make it out of the kiln – while other artists collaborate all around the world, sending sections of glass internationally to make one-of-akind pieces. Thankfully we have collectors like Nik canvasing the globe for the finest expressions of this artform, bringing them together and giving us the chance to ponder just how profound a pipe can be. Shoutout to Kyle from Glass House Gallery in DC for hosting us for this photoshoot and a legendary sesh!

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ART BY WJC GLASS X N8 MIERS

Elissa Newmeyer

Bends of color twist effortlessly into symbol-like shapes or stretch out into delicate geometric lattices that have a Legend of Zelda BOTW feel to their patterns – and just like that video game, it might take you a minute to puzzle out how to hit one of these sculptural pipes. Often a wonder of design as much as functional art, she exemplifies that kind of glass blower whose work looks at home on the shelf of a Danish mid-century modern cabinet, just as it does on a coffee table or in a glass display case.

Her style has been described as “inventive, playful and genre-pushing,” but Newmeyer describes it as simply “funky and fun.”

A born-and-raised Oklahoman, she still lives in the state where she’s blown glass now for 11 years. While she’s received some previous training from an old employer, she told us that most of what she’s accomplished in over a decade behind the torch has been self-taught, building on “an insatiable curiosity via trial and error.”

When asked if there’s a particular inspiration behind her vibrant and mesmerizing work, she said it’s not really any one thing or style, but the endless creativity of others that actually drives her to produce such stunning creations.

This hasn’t gone unnoticed, as last April, Newmeyer was tapped to be part of an exhibition at the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan that focused on the historical significance of pipe-making, as well as the artists who have pushed the boundaries and changed the landscape of what we consider to be glass art and smoking accessories.

Though many of her pieces are dry pipes, she doesn’t have a particular favorite thing she likes to put into the kiln – telling us instead that it’s the sketch, the artwork itself, that really tends to drive what comes next. Looking at her Instagram feed, you can truly begin to see the truth in that … as she goes from creating pipes and bubblers to cups, jewelry, furniture, water bulbs, sunglasses, and recently even stained glass. Even the descriptions and titles of her work reflect more of a sculptural and artistic approach with names like “Third Eye Planet,” “Mid Modern Boom” and “What Punishments Of God Are Not Gifts?” Quotes from figures like Fred Rogers or Mark Nepo further provide glimpses into the journey spent constructing each one. Bottom line: Acquiring an Elnewglass item is like connecting with a piece of art that you want to display both when you’re smoking, and when you’re not.

elnewglass.com @elnewglass

When you’re looking for the most creative artists working in glass today, Elissa Newmeyer is a name that instantly comes to mind. Also known as Elnewglass, her art conjures up this futuristic yet ancient alien world where a ‘90s/Art Deco aesthetic is having a renaissance.

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ELISSA NEWMEYER “ELNEWGLASS”

"ELECTRIC DREAM" (2023)

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BOB’S BEGINNINGS

When it comes to living legends of stoner culture, there are few figures whose flame burns brighter than that of the tie-dyedrenched, benevolently bearded teddy bear of a man named Bob Snodgrass.

Bob was born in 1946 in Ohio and seemed a relatively average American for the first 20 years of his life. After a tour in the Air Force in Missouri during the 1960s, he got married, had kids, and moved back to Ohio in 1970 to raise his family. During the week he worked a job at a machine shop, and on the weekends he made candles with his wife Marie to sell at flea markets and craft shows. It wasn’t until 1971, at the age of 25, that Bob and his wife decided to try marijuana – buying a $15 bag from a neighbor that was mostly stems and seeds, which only gave them a headache rather than a high. But weeks later, when a former schoolmate offered him a joint of skunk weed, he became a believer.

INTRO TO GLASS

One day, Bob was walking his dog in Akron when he came across a new lamp shop down the street with a clear glass pipe in the window. Intrigued, he decided to pop in.

PASSING THE TORCH

“There was a fellow in there blowing glass,” Snodgrass told Puffco in 2019. “He wore a beret and was a beatnik kind of character … he introduced himself as Chuck Murphy.”

Chuck Murphy had been apprenticing under a scientific glassblower from Germany since he was 10 years old. And unlike Snodgrass, Murphy had already been smoking weed since the age of 13 when he was offered a joint at a jazz show. Murphy brought some home to share with his teacher, who enjoyed it so much that after smoking it, he fashioned a little tubular joint holder, creating the first “flare” pipe. Soon, the two were repurposing more scientific equipment into smoking devices, becoming two of the only few glassblowers in the world making Cannabis pipes –which they continued until Chuck set out on his own. Little did he realize that now, at 23, he was about to take on a pupil of his own.

At the time, selling pot paraphernalia wasn’t exactly an easy thing to do in Ohio, so Murphy was looking for any sales opportunity he could get. Thankfully, Bob agreed to take some pipes with him on one of his candle sales trips – and returned with more orders than Chuck had ever had. With huge orders to fill, Murphy enlisted Bob to help him with the “cold work” (work on glass that hasn’t been heated) – scoring tubing into sections and fire-polishing the ends.

“He hooked a torch up … and he said, ‘I’m going to tell you the same thing my teacher told me as he first lit my torch,’” Snodgrass remembers fondly. “He said, ‘Fire burns, and glass cuts.’ That was my first lesson.”

As Murphy’s part-time assistant over the next several years, Snodgrass learned the art of glassblowing – eventually buying a torch of his own in 1974, honing his new craft, and even experimenting with innovations of his own.

RUNNING ON FUMES

Much like the candle-making, glassblowing was still just a hobby for Snodgrass; he was still working full-time as a “tool and die” guy, grinding and heat-treating metals. One day, he brought home some copper filings, which he and Chuck

The glass master at work.

“Without Bob and his amiable spirit, it’s hard to imagine how the current landscape of glass pipes and flameworking would have evolved.”

SHAKEDOWN STREET

“The first time I encountered the Grateful Dead scene, a friend told me he had tickets, and I should bring my bus so we could camp in the parking lot,” Snodgrass told Leafly in 2019. “He said I was going to sell glass like I’d never sold glass before.”

then attempted to fuse into some clear glass. But when their torch started running low on propane, the flame oxidized, causing the copper filings to vaporize and imbue the glass with a hint of color. The result was that as dark resin built up inside the pipe, colors would emerge that weren’t visible before. Thanks to his alchemical accident, Bob had invented the technique of “fuming” – creating what he called “color-changing glass.”

“It becomes dazzling when it’s done right,” he told Eugene Weekly in 2014. “It’s real magic.”

But fuming wasn’t the only innovation Snodgrass invented – he also created some of the most iconic pipe shapes we all know and love: the “spoon” –a simple design in which the bowl is pushed into the pipe rather than attached as a separate piece; the “hammer,” which looks similar to a gavel; the steamroller – a bong-like tube whose wind tunnel-like airflow produces massive shotgun-style hits; and the “sidecar,” which has a bowl set to the side that serves as a sort of kickstand – a style he got the idea for after he and Marie spent the night on a friend’s waterbed and their pipe kept tipping over when they put it down.

Snodgrass was also the first to make “marbles” –glass orbs with intricate art and patterns inside them.

ON THE ROAD

Bob and Chuck began going on sales trips together all across the Midwest each summer – selling pipes and marbles at festivals, fairs, flea markets, and, of course, to whatever headshops or underground boutiques they could find. They continued these trips throughout the late 1970s and into the ‘80s – that is, until 1986 when Bob’s wife decided she wanted in on the fun.

“When I got ready to leave in ’86, Marie says, ‘Oh, you’re not getting away on your own this year – we’re all going with you!’” he told the “Elev8 at 8” podcast in 2022.

Snodgrass converted an old 1940s school bus into a mobile home/glass studio and went on tour with his wife and youngest daughter full-time. At first, he would typically produce and sell just enough product at each stop to get them to their next destination. But that all changed in 1987 when Snodgrass stumbled upon the counterculture catalyst that would catapult his sales and fame into the stoner stratosphere –namely, the Grateful Dead.

On Easter weekend of 1987, Bob and his family headed to Irvine Meadows in Southern California to experience their first Dead show. He set up his mobile studio in the vending area of the parking lot known as “Shakedown Street” (after the Dead song) and began selling pipes. To appeal to the Deadheads, he crafted a special pipe specifically for the event: a hammer-style pipe in the shape of a skull with a top hat (one of the band’s iconic images). The response from the fans was tremendous.

“We ended up working the next two days and nights straight in the parking lot trying to keep up with demand,” he recalled.

The Top Hat pipe quickly became one of his signature designs and a highly sought-after collectible. Snodgrass had done more than tap into a receptive new sales market for his pieces, though – he had found his people.

“I was just blown away by the atmosphere,” he recalled. “When I got inside and the music started, I saw everybody just go off in a dancing frenzy. I thought, ‘That’s so tribal ... I want to be a part of it.’”

From then on, Snodgrass followed the Dead –becoming a permanent fixture on Shakedown Street and building a cult-like following of heads who looked forward to picking up a new “Snoddy” each year. What’s more, his glassblowing demos in the Dead lots attracted crowds of fascinated onlookers, some of whom would end up apprenticing under Bob in years to come.

THE EUGENE SCENE

However, as fun as the Dead tour was, Bob and his family eventually grew weary of the road and sought a new place to put down roots. In 1990, at the recommendation of Bob’s first apprentice, Hugh Salkind (aka Hugh Glass), the Snodgrasses went to check out the small town of Eugene, Oregon. Falling in love with the community’s weather, weed and thriving art scene, they deciding to settle there.

University of Oregon student named Jason Harris –future founder of the world’s most successful glass smokeware company: Jerome Baker Designs.

“There was just some magical attraction to Bob,” Harris remembers. “He was the coolest dude I’d ever met. I just wanted to be like him instantly.”

In the decade that followed, Snodgrass helped transform Eugene into the functional glass art capital of the world – taking on nearly 30 apprentices and founding the Eugene Glass School in 1998.

“Under his pioneering flame and tutelage, the Eugene-Springfield glass scene in the 1990s became like Montmartre in the 1890s or Greenwich Village in the 1960s – a place where artists flocked, a hub where innovators rubbed shoulders and ideas spread like wildfire,” opines Eugene Weekly’s Alex Notman.

LIGHTING THE WAY

Sadly, the Eugene Glass School closed this past fall … but not before teaching nearly 1,000 artists the many techniques that Snodgrass helped pioneer.

Moreover, many of Bob’s family members are now among the dozens of apprentices he’s trained at his hippie compound by the Willamette River, ensuring his legacy will live on for generations to come.

“My oldest son blows glass; his son blows glass. My oldest daughter’s two sons both blow glass … My five-yearold grandson Ryder, he’s even made a marble,” Snodgrass told Leaf in 2019.

“Without Bob and his amiable spirit, it is hard to imagine how the current landscape of glass pipes and flameworking would have evolved,” attests stokedct.com. We couldn’t agree more. Thanks for lighting the way for our culture, Bob.

Once word got out that Snodgrass was in Eugene, aspiring glassblowers started making pilgrimages there to learn from him. One such admirer was a

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A signature “Snoddy” color-changing Top Hat Skull hammer pipe.

Bob selling pipes and marbles out of his school bus studio at a Grateful Dead show.

Bob with former pupil Jason Harris of JBD.

SLY VEGAS

DRAGON STEAMROLLER PIPE PHOTO COURTESY WORLD OF CANNABIS MUSEUM

SURE, YOU CAN SIT ON YOUR ASS ALL DAY and pile up the layers of blubber while filling your brain with useless information from the boob tube – but that only goes so far until it’s time to get outside and do shit. And the moment you cross that threshold from front door to sidewalk, the real-life video game begins. Be it driving down roads to licking the backs of toads, unforeseen hazards exist at every turn.

Think about it: There just aren’t too many places you can go where the Grim Reaper isn’t posted up with his sickle ready to punch the clock and get to work. Be it getting hit by lightning, tripping on a tree root that sends you off a cliff while snapping a selfie, or your building collapsing because some asshole didn’t stay up with city code for 40 years –the perils are abundant.

You never know when it’s your time to go. So, what’s the best option for navigating unpredictable physics while testing the limits of reason to help you feel accomplished in knowing that you lived a fun life? We all know it’s probably not the safest idea to bungee jump off the Rio Grande bridge in New Mexico or cruise a submarine for gold doubloons off the tip of the Bermuda Triangle, but we still long to create some relative excitement while maintaining the standard nine to five existence.

They say golf is a safe game, but last time I checked, they still haven’t begun requiring helmets on the course. And hiking is always a healthy way to get your blood pumping, but the more it flows, the more the mountain lions and wild boars want to eat your lunch.

Even Cannabis is dangerous – one drop will kill you.

If it was a bale falling out of an open window on a Boeing jet, that is.