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Ready fo’ pound!

Posted on 07.06.16 under aniani ku'i 'ai, glass, glass poi pounders, glassblowing, Ku'i 'ai, poi pounders

Aniani ku’i ‘ai.

See the vein on the left side of my forehead. I had one bulging on the other side, as well. It was so hot that day blowing glass, my body couldn’t shed the heat fast enough. I haven’t been so exhausted from blowing glass in several years.

His & Hers

Posted on 05.18.16 under glass, glassblowing, Malcolm Wong

For your drinking pleasure!

Recent stemware by Malcolm Wong.

Los Angeles…

Posted on 04.19.16 under glassblowing, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Jug Holt, los angeles, Robert Mapplethorpe, Steve Correia, topanga canyon

It’s been a while since we’ve been to LA. It’s the Jerusalem of Western Culture.

It permeates everything. Drivers seem to think that they’re in their own action movie and with a GPS, you can drive like you think you know where you’re going.

We met up with Steve Correia at his place in Topanga Canyon.

He was my first glassblowing teacher and I hadn’t seen him since 1978. He went to Honolulu for Jug Holt’s memorial service and met up with a lot of his old cronies including my old housemates. I had some photos that Peter Brown had taken and sent them on.

We reconnected and it was the old, “If you’re ever in LA, look me up,” line that old acquaintances say all the time but rarely take up on.

As it turned out we were going to LA and Steve was as good as his word. He blocked off the day and we went to Hauser, Wirth, and Shimmel and LACMA (got us in for minimal cost). There was a 2 hour standby line for the Broad, so we passed on that. But what a fantastic tour guide!

Steve’s had a great run starting with supplying the Carter administration with the art nouveau glassware. Pretty innovative, he was utilizing cheap Mexican labor back in the early 70s!

He segued into cut and polished crystal.