Jan 19th–Jan 25th, 2023 phoenixnewtimes.com phoenix new Times State Licensed Dispensaries & Doctor Cer tifications 45 I think that helps me build a lot of pieces that I make.” A portion of the hookah resembled a tower crane with a protruding jib and a string connected to a glass hook block. Drury also has a musical background, which helps with the composition of his creations, he noted. The musical section of the ensemble has a black-and-white finish that resembles chords with musical note accents. “The pieces are fully faceted — it’s where I want to take my career. It’s full of working glass; I kind of wanted to make it look like a gym,” he added. Drury also offered more affordable glass pieces during Hendy’s Heady Holiday. “[The event] is geared toward local artists even if they’re not glass blowers,” Drury said. “We have artists here that do paintings; it’s all about the local art gath- ering of this community. The way Bud supports us and brings us all together with a spot to show all of our art is what it’s all about.” ‘My Favorite Is This Sherlock’ Inside Bud’s Glass Joint — which has a spot along Grand Avenue in addition to the Fifth Street location that hosted the holiday event — hundreds of glass creations made by local glass artisans are for sale year-round. The shops also sell unique gifts, accessories, a wide variety of rolling papers, and paraphernalia for bud smokers. Tucson-based artist Ash Polzer sold her glass pieces at the event and hopes to get her creations into Bud’s stores. “I’m from Tucson Torch Works; we have a place where we teach glass, and there are also resident artists. I recently just returned from Italy; I went to Murano, the glass- making island.” With six years’ experience in blowing and shaping glass, Polzer still learned a few things in Murano and brought some inspi- ration back to Arizona. “We have a lot of new students,” she said. “There are a lot of people coming into the industry because everything is becoming rec legal, and glass came out of the hole because we had to kind of hide [the artistry], and now it’s kinda glorified because it’s on Instagram.” Polzer sold glass spheres with glass sculptures inside, including one that contained a miniature Christmas tree. “I blew a 4-inch bubble and had it on a punty. I blew a hole on one side, opened it up, and I have a disc to cap the hole [on standby]. So I inserted the tree and sort of welded the disc piece over the hole to make it look seamless.” She also offered other bubble-type pieces with candy cane-looking elements protruding from their tops. “My favorite is this Sherlock,” Polzer said. “I made it in two hours.” The 5-inch- long black, green, and red trumpet-shaped pipe resembles the type of pipe the fictional Sherlock Holmes smoked. Polzer added a miniature rose with leaves onto the pipe, and a friend created the accent piece on the rose. The creation was priced at $60. Diamonds, Opals, and Wig Wags In front of the graffiti-painted house that is home to Bud’s, Mario was repping Sonoran Roots in Tempe and the Ponderosa Dispensary in Peoria. “[The event’s] not a market with your typical plastic bongs anymore,” he said. “It’s gotten more intricate, and it’s come a long way. One thing I like about certain glass blowers is they use opals, adding more energy to whatever you’re smoking.” Mario, who asked to be referred to by his first name, oversees the dry care opera- tions at the Sonoran Roots cultivation facil- ities in Tempe. During Hendy’s Heady Holiday, he passed out sample pre-rolls, live resin carts, flower, RR Brothers edibles, and swag. “Some of the glass looks unreal,” he continued. “And the raffles they were giving out were awesome.” Attendees credited Hendy Glass, which is based in Chandler, for hosting the event. “Not many people do this for glass artists,” Adam Montañez said. “For one glass artist, Hendy, to do this for the rest of us, it’s pretty fucking awesome.” Montañez, who goes by @The_Glass_ Dream on Instagram, has been creating glass pipes and rigs for four years. He had a table at the showcase filled with his recent pieces. “Making the glass is kinda easy. In the end, selling it is the tough part,” he said. He was selling a blue iridescent-colored Sherlock for $250. It featured gold fumes that had a greenish tinge when hit with a particular light. It’s “like sparkly blue on the wig wag,” he said. “It’s got three large opals and two diamonds on it.” | CANNABIS | Glass from p 43 Ash Polzer, a Tucson-based artist, was among the artists selling their work at Hendy’s Heady Holiday. Mike Madriaga
