A New Beginning: Elbo's Feature Glass Showcase at Purple Haze
A couple weeks ago, world renowned functional glass artist Elbo (@elboglass on Instagram) dropped in at Purple Haze to showcase his latest work in a solo feature glass show titled 'A New Beginning'.
Something Elbo has become known for during his time as a functional glass artist is his amazing functional sculptural work; especially pertaining to that of anatomically accurate representations of dinosaurs. Elbo's Dino work has persisted but evolved immensely over the last several years. After a certain stint with one style or species of dinosaur sculpted pipe, Elbo moves on to his next feature species to perfect.
Elbo is always innovating and challenging himself with glassblowing, always constantly evolving. His latest undertaking is working on perfecting the technique of ' disk flips' or more simply defined as as drawing illustrations on glass with glass. The technique of creating a 'disk flip' or 'flip' is a tedious and very highly skilled process.
AllGlass.com had the wonderful opportunity to attend Elbo's feature showcase hosted at Purple Haze in Denver to see some of his latest and greatest exemplifications of glass art the industry has ever seen.
Purple Haze (@shoppurplehaze on Instagram) is one of Colorado's premier glass galleries and smoke shops. They are regularly hosting some of the industry's leading talent with amazingly well produced glass showcases and other industry events that never fail to amaze or impress those who attend. Purple Haze has 5 locations in the Denver area with the main location being located on Colfax Ave. The management at Purple Haze themselves are heavily involved in the functional glass industry, personal collectors, and some even go as far to be personal friends with highly renowned glass artists.
Please enjoy our feature gallery of some of Elbo's latest work that was featured at Purple Haze's show 'A New Beginning'. All images are property of the rightful owners.
