cruderudeglass

Space spoons

This is my bread and butter....its made using a blue base tube thats then poked and prodded to make small dents then covered in a layer of gold and silver fume ...

Opal tech pendant

This pendant features a layer of small opal shards suspended between two layers of clear glass sleaved over a layer of black. Then shaped into a hallow disc wit...

Dichroic vortex

This is a dichroic vortex. Dichro is a layer sprayed on glass it appears as a multi color sheen. It burns when entered into a direct flame so i encase it in a l...

Space racers close call

The cruderude space racer got into the 3nd round and scored this close victory with a 2.73 scrond run and a 0.004second win you can see my front tire just edge ...

Glass "pine" wood derby car

At a trade show i recently attended we had a glass pinewood derby race with the cars being sold to charity at the end. The rules were it had to be made of glass...

Elephant opal end

Here where the elephant opal ended up. The beaker is created by sleaving(layering) a base color (cobalt) in clear after fuming gold (oranges)and silver (blues) ...

Elephant opal gem cut

Here is the elephant in its gem cut glory it has 16 faces on the first cut 8 on the 2nd and 4 on the 3rd with a table cut on top to view the opal in all its glo...

Faceting the elephant

Yesterdays elephant opal is back in the shop getting gem cut .jpg)...

Opal elephant

Today i encased an elephant shaped gilson(manmade) opal its measures 12x20mm tomorrow it gets faceted like a gem stay tuned ....

Tools of the trade 1 lathe

This is one of the most vital tool i own to creating my art.its a glass lathe by Litton its 7 feet long and can fit up to 75mm piece of glass 5 feet long i use ...

Flower drawn on glass

This pendant was made by my friend windstar glass it was created using pencil lead thin stringers of colored glass to literally draw the image on the glass in r...

Colaboration color changing rig

This rig is a colab with @drinkysquirrel on instagram she made the dot stack a technique where you layer dots in a symetrical pattern the rig is made of glass t...

Fume trap

This is one of my favorite glass techniques it involves taking a colored tube of glass and making marks and striations then vaporizing gold and silver to make a...

My latest creations

Heres a beautiful rig inspired by the ocean with sea turtle and manta ray shaped opals. Along with a orange chain and flower pendant colaboration with my friend...

Fancy 16oz space cup

Another in my line of cups featuring gold and silver trapped between two layers of glass.holds 16oz Painting by Amy fritz Available comment or DM me @cruderude ...

Space glass drinking cups

In my journey to make everything I use glass heres a set of 12-16oz glasses . They are created using a blue base then gold and silver is vaporized infront of th...

Gangsta granny

My grandmother Honey rocking a custom glass chain and pendant i made in the mountains Of colorado. This lady has my heart she loves and supports me like no othe...

Crude rude space tubes

These 14mm 6 inch tall beakers are some of my favorite things to create.their filled with gold and silver fummed into a beautiful rainbow with amazing function ...

Splat! Marble

Checkout this cool splat marble i made with a gold and silver fumed implosion in the center...

Hi everyone

Hi everyone im a glass blower from chicago Il i cant wait to share all that i create...