I count myself lucky!

[Samurai]

can i put a order in ...would love one of your pieces..at least a couple of your slides...pm me if its possible please....i have a few ideas to personalize ...super keen..HM

[aussie made glass]

Are bongs being made illegal? what are these new laws you are talking about.. I live in QLD and there are bongs for sale at all tobaconists..

 

here is youtube clip of the kind of thiong I'm talking about (vapeorizer).. I imagine the ceramic filter will be the roadblock here..

 

cheers

puka

 

 

Victorian State law comes in effect on Jan1, no bongs for sale or display allowed and middle eastern style hookahs will be restricted from display as well, but not banned from sale, as far as I understand it. Google Victoria Bong Ban and you'll come up with info on this. Our french premier and his health minister seem to think that banning bongs will reduce the number of people who smoke weed and hence reduce the incidence of mental illness. They will find, but never admit, that it will have no effect on reducing the number of people who smoke cannabis. Instead it will force people into making their own implements out of whatever they can find; the plastic bottle, neighbour's garden hose and alu foil will be very popular. It's ridunculous. But that discussion really belongs to another thread.

 

btw, I'm not sure if it's just me, but your youtube pic didn't stick

[Ford Fairlane]

Sorry AMG prob helps if I press paste..My linkThey sure are some shit laws. Reminds me of when I was teenager in QLD, back when we couldn't buy bongs... It does get you being creative though I've smoked out of all sorts of things; from a matchbox to a carrot. and of course the old orchy bottle with garden hose or soft drink cans with holes punched in the side... I don't miss making cones out of alunminium foil though. I'm shit enough at remembering without throwing alziemers in too..... perhaps you could export your pieces interstate, they are very proffesional and I am sure there would be plenty of shops willing to stock them...

[aussie made glass]

^ I'll have to check out the legality of actually making utility glass in Vic after D-day, even if I don't sell it here. Like I said, I sell almost exclusively to the U.S. so I guess I should go and find out about it sooner than later.

 

Now, for the vape, I'm pretty sure a lot of this style of vapes uses sintered glass filters. I don't have any of those in the shop anymore, because I haven't done any scientific glass in years and years and there is not much call for me to have them on hand. They're generally used in funnels to sep out impurities in a solution. So, I'm sorry, this particular thing is definitely a lot cheaper for you to buy online than for me to go and get the filters even (I know a sci who'll have them, but he's across the other side of town, probably 2 hour round drive for me) then you'll have to add the material and work time as well.

 

thanks for asking, though

[Armada]

Those eye slides area amazing.

 

I wish you were still able to make a living from your art

[aussie made glass]

thanks Armada,

hopefully I'll still be able to make money from my art for a long time. Paraphernalia is just a little fun for me, out of self interest, these days, I don't rely on it at all for food and bills, I have a bunch of other things on the go

 

This is some of my non pipe related stuff, I have heaps of images of work, but this is some of the more recent stuff:

 

a couple of glass rattles with

furs rescued from op shops, the feathers

are from natural molts or gamebirds

 

 

a couple of pics of perfume bottles

 

another marble, this time with a sabertooth skull

 

some eye pendants, I was recently in Turkey

because I got invited to teach this technique.

Istanbul is awesome!

 

and a larger scale sculpture collaboration with

my girlfriend who specialises in casting glass.

I used real nautilus shells in this, the rest is all glass

 

so, yes, I count myself lucky that I don't rely on making glass paraphernalia for an income anymore

but it's a shame I can't do it for fun

Edited October 13, 2011 by aussie made glass

[iTiC]

ive seen them packaged as oil decanters....

Im really impressed with your olive spike and dish collection.

Somethign Id be proud to have in a displaycabinet somewhere.

and im currently shopping around for a new 'decanter' to better appreciate my oilve oil

Edited October 16, 2011 by Johny4pple2ee0

[dani]

Aussie they're amazing every unique piece.. thank -you so much for sharing your work with us.. hope there's more to see

 

 

[yobgodcm]

Gorgeous mate

[Ford Fairlane]

Are bongs being made illegal? what are these new laws you are talking about.. I live in QLD and there are bongs for sale at all tobaconists..

 

cheers

puka

 

I have to say I must have been living under a rock the last few years, I just googled qld bong laws, and they most certainly are illegal to sell in QLD, I do know of some tobaconists that stock bongs though, so perhaps not really enforced to stringently.. a copy of the law can be found here QLD Bong LAw