Meet Bob Snodgrass, The Hippie Deadhead Who Invented Heady Glass
Meet the man who is affectionately known as the Godfather of Glass
The world of functional art glass—i.e., beautiful hand-crafted pipes, bowls, bongs, and dab rigs—started out underground, by necessity. But even today, when cannabis itself is legal many places, the scene remains most comfortable in the shadows.
Yes, major art galleries have started to take notice. Yes, some of these bongs go for six figures. And yes, there’s annual trade shows, avid collectors, a few coffee table books, and a killer documentary about this sub rosa subculture.
But the real action still takes place in obscure online forums and smoky back rooms, where the scene’s aficionados hotly debate which glassblower or lampworker pioneered or perfected a certain technique, whose art deserves the highest praise, which high-level collaboration proved greater than the sum of its parts, and what hot new talent is currently coming up to change the game.
One thing nobody debates, however, is who deserves to be called the “Godfather of Glass.”
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