Four hand blown glass pens by Chris Barclay laid in a row, inside-out color lines and frit under silver fuming, Bic refill tips visible
Close view of four Chris Barclay glass pens showing green and red inside-out frit and green and white inside-out line work
Hand blown glass pen by Chris Barclay with sculpted green sea turtle, purple shell, blue frit spotting — sold example, each pen unique
Hand blown glass pen by Chris Barclay with sculpted octopus and inside-out color lines in green and yellow — sold example, each pen unique
Four hand blown glass pens by Chris Barclay laid in a row, inside-out color lines and frit under silver fuming, Bic refill tips visible
Close view of four Chris Barclay glass pens showing green and red inside-out frit and green and white inside-out line work
Hand blown glass pen by Chris Barclay with sculpted green sea turtle, purple shell, blue frit spotting — sold example, each pen unique
Hand blown glass pen by Chris Barclay with sculpted octopus and inside-out color lines in green and yellow — sold example, each pen unique

Chris Barclay Glass Pen — Each One Unique

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A real, working pen in hand-blown glass — a standard Bic refill lives inside, so it writes for years and refills in seconds. Built at the torch by Chris Barclay (@barclaysglassblowingstudio_), twenty five years of glassblowing, working out of High Tide in Santa Barbara.

Plain — 6 to 7 inches. Two are inside-out color line work, two are inside-out frit, and all four are finished with silver fuming, which is why the clear glass carries that shift of gold and blue where the light catches it. The four in the photos are the four available, and no two are alike.

Sculpted — the same pen with a figure worked onto the barrel. On the shelf right now: two octopus and two sea turtles, the two in the last photos. Chris makes them in small numbers and the subjects change, so what is here is what there is.

  • Hand blown by Chris Barclay at High Tide, Santa Barbara
  • Plain: 6 to 7 inches · Sculpted: 5 to 6 inches
  • Takes a standard Bic refill
  • Technique: inside-out color lines or inside-out frit, with silver fuming
  • Every pen is its own colorway — colors and details vary