El Hefe All Black Dry and GonG Push Slides

I would have to say that today’s been kinda strange. Much of the day consisted of typical work related tasks, yet for some reason things seemed a bit “off.” One thing that did make everything balanced was the new shipment of SYN that just arrived. We re-uped on several SYN pipes and some ill new bowls. A staff favorite is this little guy. It’s a custom piece made by El Hefe and I feel it’s...

El Hefe Window Slides and Electroform Slides

Glassblower El Hefe continues to show us why he’s one of the rising stars of the glass pipe scene. We just got in a bunch of slides from him. Around 15 of them! Mostly windows and encasements. They all have an El Hefe etched signature or El Hefe milli marble. There were a few electroform slides too. Two of them had so much copper on them that it prohibited them from making a proper seal. Well those are going back, but...

Cowboy Bubbler, Dry Pipes, Faceted Glass Slides, a...

Glassblower Cowboy is from Kansas. He started blowing in 2003 under Ian Razor, who was an apprentice of Bob Snodgrass. He has blown with Fro, Banjo, Eusheen and more. He currently teaches at Revere in CA and Pratt in Seattle, where people want to know how he does his reversals and wig wags. You can clearly see the spectrum of Cowboy’s skills in this shipment. As for hand pipes and bubblers… We just got in a fire...

New El Hefe Electroform Bowls

Kulture Downtown just got in some El Hefe electroform bowls. Electroforming is a metal skin is built up on a surface that has been rendered electroconductive through the application of a special paint that contains metal particles. These are plated with copper, nice and bright. These will develop a nice patina over time. Snic made the process popular. We had a couple Snic face bowls in recently and we just ordered some...