Hey,

I remember BEFORE this board got started and all of the art glass/bead making forums (I.S.G.B, Glassline, etc...) were all complaining about us clogging up their forums with pipe techniques. ...

Hey now,

Well, I just cannot resist the drama of a good thread. I have not made a goblet since 2004. But to be fair here are examples of my work to tear apart if you feel they suck (or if you...

That is some cool stuff! Nice stuff MichaelAngelo.

........Bird

Hey,

Naw, no photos. soon on my art site I will have some.

Just to avoid confusion...This is Bird. My websites are http://www.rexwerx.com (old school pipes) and...

I don,t have any photos, but I fuse the pieces into large panels now, then use sterling silver wiring to attatch them together and put that on a wooden base with a switch and a bulb wired in, then I...

If you are learning alone, you may end up with lots o' broken shit. Hell I still always crack at least one piece every few weeks, sometimes I go months.

Here is a photo in about 2000 or so of...

Jerry God Damned Garcia....

Man,

GG Allin? REO Speedwagon? Kings of what? Dumbassed-ness (at least GG Allin I mean c,mon)

If you want to hear tone percect, blues dripping raunchy guitar, then beautiful pschycedelic...

Hey,

That Robert Johnson is pretty sweet bro...

........Bird

Hey,

Like I said, they paint over most of them. If you want to see some stuff from around 1988 go rent the video called (Bones Brigade 6, "Ban This"), and watch for murals that say "Dope" in...

Hey,

I have made many many stencils and know how to use photoshop. I too do graal work and know what goes into it, I have an exacto set, a sandblaster, resist paper, and a scanner as well.

I...

Hey,

These are both art forms... Anybody who sees enough of it can discriminate good art from bad art in any medium, be it glass, spray paint, or marble sculpture. Although opinions may differ,...

Hey now,

I used to write, big time, when I lived downtown L.A. Mostly in places that are known basically only to other writers (graffitti yards), pretty much legal to paint there. Places like...

Hey Mark,

Great! Sounds like something really cool there... When is your deadline? I am glad to see the story told, and I am sure I will be buying a few copies, and sending you my...

Hey,

Is there going to be a section in this book (the history part), that details how pipemakers have influenced this movement?

...........Bird

Hey,

If accident is the Mother of invention, then mistakes are surely the Father...

...........Bird


mistakes

Hey,

I have seen some simple looking ones at the music store and they actually sound pretty good. If you Google pyrex glass flute you can find some examples for sale I,m sure. Though they are...

Hey,

I like pipes, and have a lot of them. I have met most of the people who made my "daily drivers", but I got the pieces because I like glass, it really never occurs to me if the guy/girl who...

Hey,

I never said stop lookin, I asked if anyone could own a "technique"

No. The guy that owned Jerome Baker designs tried to patent the doughnut once I was told, and someone at the patent...

Hey Brent,

Good to hear you dude! Yea, still here.

Man last time I saw you we were drinkin' moonshine in Vegas, and ragin' the High Times party.

Say hi to Matty, Mark, and all the boys...

Hey,



Like I said, call them tricks of the trade if you want (tamato/tomoto), but yes, I do think major things have been discovered in pipe shops/glass shops accrossed America, and continue to...

Hey Phab,

Nice to know there is another person here who knows what it means to do concrete/masonary work.

Sorry to get so off topic, I just had a double expresso :twitch:

...........Bird

Hey,



O.K. you can call them tricks of the trade if you want, I still got some as I,m sure you do, just like in any of the most ancient of trades, people got their tricks (lotta ways to skin a...

Hey,

I can see both sides of this story...

First, Phab, when you were getting paid to learn to finish cement, your boss was also probably making money off of you, and also probably getting the...

Hey,

I like using Kimax for rod best (the Kimax tubing is a different c.o.e. or something 'cuz it cracks real easy and sucks to work with.) I like the Kimax rod because it has the least...