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Heady glass is functional glass art made one piece at a time by a named artist. Where the word comes from, what makes a piece heady, what you are actually paying for, and how to start.

What somebody who makes glass looks at instead of the color: welds, wall thickness, whether it sits and stands, hole sizes and airflow, annealing, a signature, and the questions to ask any seller.

Toro names its pieces after how they are built. The arm counts, the perc types, the size words, and what a full model name tells you before you have seen a photo.

Flameworking at the torch, not furnace work. The three beginner classes we run, what you make, what it is actually like, and when you take your piece home.

Are you tired of dabbing off of a hazy, chazzed banger? Sick of constantly shelling out cash for new quartz? Stop the chaz cycle with a few easy steps that will ensure that your quartz functions like new for as long as possible! Did you know that allowing your quartz to become chazzed/devitrified quartz reduces its heat retention and emissivity (Ability to transfer that heat to the good stuff)? Whether you're dabbing off of a slurper or a bucket, you can avoid the bloom and devitrification that creates that frustrating hazy, gray or black buildup within or on the quartz by following the steps in this guide.