Handblown glass tumbler made by me! Use these to drink wine, beer, or whatever the hell else you’d like. These tumblers feature an original coloring process meant to create a rich contrast. The process for making these is quite involved but necessary to achieve my desired balance of color and form. (See below for the process)

Tumblers range from 3.5”-3.75” tall. Each tumbler is unique so you may not get the exact ones pictured. Hand wash recommended.

The Process:

• Gather glass, color in black powder, then gather solid glass color strings onto the glass

• Introduce a bubble into the glass; the glass expands causing the opaque colors to dilute

• Shape glass using wood, metal, and paper to the desired shape

• Place tumbler into kiln to anneal, a process in which the glass is cooled to room temp

• At this point, the tumbler looks like a cone; the excess material is hot popped using a small torch, thus the mouth of the glass is revealed

• The mouth of the cup is ground down using diamond lapidary disks and placed in the kiln; the kiln is brought up to 1150 degrees Fahrenheit

• I pull the tumblers out and flame polish the mouth of the tumbler thereby rounding the tumbler mouth

• The tumbler is placed back into the kiln to cool down and TA-DAAAA! A tumbler is born!

These tumblers feature metallic spots. This was an unforeseen occurrence. Certain colors react with one another resulting in a reduction reaction. The metals that create the color come to the surface, losing their previous appearance.