Glass from p 15 what he calls Rasta Skull, a skeleton char- acter with dreadlocks wearing a beanie, a white scarf with fringed endings, and an intricately detailed multicolored striped shirt. Brodsky explains, “The lines on the shirt are a tubing that is made by placing a smaller tube inside of a larger one that has a 7-millimeter distance between them and is filled with 7-millimeter rods of color to create “lined tubing.” It looks like one solid piece when heated and melded together. He collaborated with Hendy, another local glass artist, in both of the aforemen- tioned glass sculptures. Artists usually colla- berate to widen their reach as they share their in-person and social media fanbase, but it also brings another artistic dimension into one another’s glass repertoire. Think of it like building a hot rod show car: The painter laying the candy paint job will bring in a super steady-handed pin- striper, then a paint buffer, and so on. There’s another collaboration present in Brodsky’s recent glasswork: an homage to artist Stan Sakai’s Miyamoto Usagi char- acter. The piece is a rabbit samurai donning a traditional Japanese hakama (a sword). Lucas (@710swords on Instagram) made a miniature samurai sword to the scale of the 7.5” glass piece. Though the colorful creations work as home decor or pieces of art, they’re fully functional for dabbing. “They have what is called a dewar seal,” Brodsky says, “which is a full recessed joint inside the piece all connected to a down stem to make it function.” And to give the rigs that detail, the pieces are sculpted separately. “The separate pieces are all held on a glass tube, usually 12 millimeters in diam- eter, and the tubing sections are trans- ferred from tube to tube,” Brodsky says. They are then attached and resculpted where necessary. In the case of the sword- wielding rabbit, the pair of open hands with fingers, the martial arts belt ends, and pointy ears held up with a ponytail accent Jake Brodsky Jacob Tyler Dunn Jake Brodsky (left) of Friday Glass and his dragon pipe (above). are such evident glassy details. The pieces, although small, take a full day of work per unit for Brodsky, an average of nine hours. To cop Homer’s glassy miniature coun- terpart, it’ll run about $2,000. The rasta skeleton is $1,800 and the samurai rabbits fetch about $1,200. For about $1,500, a dabbing collector can purchase Brodsky’s dragon, which stands about 6 inches and weighs three- quarters of a pound. Under different lighting, the piece changes color. As with the other units, Brodsky brought in a collaborator, Steve H Glass, to make a 10-millimeter opal coin marble. It’s a more expensive design because of the collabora- tion with Steve H. Besides collabing with different artists, Brodsky shares a studio with fellow glass makers Hendy, Steve H Glass, and heavy- druty. They share the place to save money on rent, utilities, tools, and materials when they buy in bulk. Regarding cannabis consumption, Brodsky prefers to smoke flowers, primarily joints. But he says, “Smoking all day could and has prevented me from getting as much work done as I’d like. So I try to smoke responsibly and according to my plans for the day.” Desi B. Glass Desi B. Glass, 30, asked Phoenix New Times to address him by his artist name. He learned much of his glassmaking abilities from the teachers and staff at Mesa Arts Center, He has been making glass pipes, bongs, and dab rigs for 10 years out of his Phoenix garage that he transformed into a home studio. Recently, Desi made a special $2,500 Desi B. Glass Desi B. Glass (right) and his Dab Bot (above). 16 Desi B. Glass Dab Bot rig. Dab Bot is a 7-inch glass rig that resembles a robotic monkey. The rig has lanky arms extended out to hold a bowl that accommodates a ground joint to place the dab or a bowl for the flower. The mouthpiece is jutting from the back of the robot’s head. The robot’s face is adorned with translucent cobalt blue ear accents and eyes. Desi added a gold and >> p 18 JULY 7TH–JULY 13TH, 2022 PHOENIX NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | FEATURE | NEWS | OPINION | FEEDBACK | CONTENTS | phoenixnewtimes.com
