The Sticky Glass world, brimming with bulbous and colorful glassware, is funky and fun. Helmed by Grace Whiteside, the trans- and queer-led design company applies fascinating shapes and contrasting hues to drinkware, pipes and bongs, decor, flytraps and, soon, a lighting collection that’s debuting in April. But there’s more than whimsy behind these jolly forms; there’s multi-functionality, emotion, acceptance, identity and thoughtfulness. At the heart …
NYC-based glass artist Paul Arnhold has partnered with Edie Parker for another series of swirling and mesmerizing one-of-a-kind bongs. Handmade by the artist, these bongs feature a longer, slimmer neck and kaleidoscopic swaths of color that are each limited to one edition. They make for a whimsical display, even when not in use.
The founder of Cleveland-based Pattern Play Glass, Jordan Fine imbues joy and whimsy into her textured, color-forward glasswork. For her Blue Crush Flower, Fine sculpts one-of-a-kind pellucid green stems with blue petals, flecked with a mesmerizing pattern that evokes the marbled sunlight on the ocean floor. No two are alike—and the flowers range from eight to 11 inches in length.
