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Takoda was a great guest and fun to watch! We got to learn how he got his start. After seeing glass blowing for the first time at 16 in his hometown in Vermont he realized his love for the art. As he grew in the industry and learned more and more about how big and awesome it was. In his own words, he says this journey has grown to be more amazing then he could have imagine. Like most glass blowe

Danny “The Glass Parrot” N is a local Colorado Springs glass blower who joined the elev8 team this week on another Elev8 @ 8. You can give him a follow @theglassparrot. Danny is also a part of the Elev8 premier glass blowing team so it was awesome to hear his experience and journey of glass blowing. Danny is a veteran of glass blowing so hearing some stories of the changing times was awesome. His

Another one down and another amazing hang out and smoke session! This week the Elev8 team took us down memory lane. We had the chance to hear the origin story of their amazing 16 year old company Elev8 Distribution. Started in Steve Kelnhofers garage, he has built a company to be proud of. The back bone and soul of the company, The Silver Surfer Vaporizer has been a reliable and innovative product

How to Start Your Own Business First thing, decide between Sole proprietorship Vs. LLC- Make sure you know your various federal,state, and local registrations. Be prepared for startup fees Choose business name- File your business with secretary of state, and get your FEIN Obtain local tax certificates (if required) Obtain Sales Permit (if needed.) Look into accounting software

Liz’s Glass blower name is her real name, Liz Wright. She says preferred her real name to an Instagram handle. Liz started working glass in Early 2011 after taking some classes at her local community college. The course she was taking had her doing hot shop work with soft glass. Liz expressed her interest in borosilicate glass to her instructor who recommended she go to Virginia Beach at VCU

Why would you need a hard case for your glass and how hard is it to pluck one for yourself? Hard cases provide dependable protection and we think its a good idea to pick one up if you find yourself in need of storing an expensive glass. The other benefit of hard cases is organization, pluckable cases offer customizable compartments that make it easy for you to keep your various glass and t

August GiveawayLiz Wright and Winstar GlassElev8 Glass Gallery will be hosting two giveaways starting in July featuring Liz Wright and Windstar in our monthly new Elev8 featured blowers of the month!Liz Wright Glass GiveawayStarts August 7th and Ends August 10thLiz Wright is a talented glass blower who is well known for her flowing sculptures and sea creatures. She makes a variety of work from sol

July GiveawayTakoda Madrona and Modified Creations Elev8 Glass Gallery will be hosting two giveaways starting in July featuring Takoda Mardona and Modified creations in our monthly new Elev8 featured blowers of the month!Takoda Madrona Glass Giveaway Starts July 10th and Ends July 13thon Takoda is most known for his Instagram videos and fillacello technique. On his instagram videos he does gr

Takoda Mardrona is a lampworker well known for his fillachellos and his Instagram videos. Takoda is currently 27 but started working glass almost 11 years ago and has been working full time as a glassblower for 5-6 years. Currently he has his own dairy farm turned glass studio out of Sheldon Vermont and enjoys taking on a variety of glass projects. Takoda says hes learned a lot from other glass bl

Modified creations aka Gauge Hamilton is a glass artist who started in Mobile, Alabama. He started 7 years ago with glass etchings and got his name from working in a series of tattoo shops. Modified Creations admires Joey Malaquias and Saiyan Glass for their sculptural work and Steve Boehme for his boundary pushing millies. Gauge says he draws inspiration from classic Venetian style glas

Wow what a fun live this past Friday. We had another special guest join us @Micro Each Elev8 At 8 live you learn some cool glass terms and just great industry facts. Any terms you may not know are always explained as well as can be found here.  It's just great to hear from the artists and what goes into their craft! The millie work and creative mind of Micro was really cool to learn more

This week on our Elev8 @ 8 we were joined by one of our very own glass blowers. Thats right, we are a company started by a glass blower SSV_STEVE_ELEV8 so we are lucky to have a glass blowing studio with a team of American made glass! During this live the special guest was Skoeet Glass.It was a good watch, a couple of jokes were cracked. He is definitely a funny guy. Even cooler we got to h