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Elbo Glass: Dino Pipes & Design Dreams — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
Elbo Glass: Dino Pipes & Design Dreams
November 2, 2026 at 4:53 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Elbo Glass did not start as a pipe brand. It began as an art-school practice, grew through a mentor's torch, and became a design-driven glass world where dinosaurs, toys and... Read more...
Degenerate Art: The Doc That Turned Pipes Into Glass Art — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
Degenerate Art: The Doc That Turned Pipes Into Glass Art
November 2, 2026 at 3:07 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Released in 2012, Degenerate Art challenged the treatment of functional glass as criminal paraphernalia and reframed pipes as American art. From Bob Snodgrass and the Dead Tour to Operation Pipe... Read more...
Precision Playthings: The Coyle Condenser Story — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
Precision Playthings: The Coyle Condenser Story
November 2, 2026 at 2:28 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Coyle Condenser's path into glassmaking began in 2003 at Phish's festival IT before developing into a career combining scientific glassblowing and functional art. With formal training, laboratory experience and a... Read more...
Pipes Get Names: The JBD Era (91–99) — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
Pipes Get Names: The JBD Era (91–99)
November 2, 2026 at 1:48 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Jerome Baker Designs emerged from the early American functional glass movement, connecting technical innovation with recognizable branding and standardized production. Through Jason Harris's 1989 meeting with Bob Snodgrass, the Eugene... Read more...
Darby Holm: Desert Glass, Oregon Hands — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
Darby Holm: Desert Glass, Oregon Hands
November 2, 2026 at 1:48 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Born in 1972, Darby Holm developed his artistic identity through drawing, painting, graphic design and other hands-on disciplines before entering glassmaking. After lighting his first torch on April 5, 1996,... Read more...
The Toro Terp Slurper Story: How JP Toro Changed Dabbing — original nuggnotes Instagram artwork
The Toro Terp Slurper Story: How JP Toro Changed Dabbing
November 2, 2026 at 1:20 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Developed by JP Toro around 2017, the Toro Terp Slurper introduced a new approach to quartz nail design by using airflow to move concentrates through a heated chamber. Its innovative... Read more...
Snoddy, the godfather of glass — Bob Snodgrass tie-dye bucket hat and fumed glass hammer
Bob Snodgrass: The Man Who Changed American Glass
October 23, 2026 at 5:52 pm|By nuggnotes Media
Bob Snodgrass helped pioneer color-changing borosilicate pipes through gold-and-silver fuming and brought his work to Grateful Dead parking lots beginning in 1987. His innovations and teaching helped establish modern American... Read more...