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T<\/span>his week, some of the world\u2019s best lampworking pipesmiths competed at 2018 Champs Glass Games Masters Final to take home the trophy and a $10,000 prize.<\/p>\n Over the course of two days, competitors shaped their entries while the world\u2019s largest and oldest smoke shop trade show went on around them.<\/p>\n On day one, the 40 glass artists<\/a> each embarked on their different paths forward. Some began to sculpt larger works right off the bat, others crafted many smaller pieces for future assembly, and still others prepped crazy pairings from the color spectrum to go wild with later. Every competitor had earned the right to be here, and from the start, it looked like nobody planned to squander this opportunity due to lack of effort.<\/p>\n Things really came together on day two. Favorites quickly emerged as the full spectacle of what these guys and gals were producing came to light. Artist Byron Kiernan<\/a> often had a crowd around as he assembled his take on \u201cworld peace.\u201d The multiple-time competitor told Cannabis Now what it requires to plan for a competition like Glass Games.<\/p>\n \u201cPretty much all the time as you can possibly have,\u201d Kiernan said, when asked how long he needed to plan his world creation. \u201c[I started planning] as soon as I had won in the summer games in July. And even before that, any time you can try something new and push the boundary in any way, it gives you more incentive than you already had to push it as far as you possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n Kiernan said that he believes creating challenges for himself to conquer is the best method he knows for pushing himself to make amazing art.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that for this event, you need to push yourself out of your comfort zone and give yourself some obstacles you can jump over. I mean, the best you can do is actually make something that\u2019s actually a masterpiece considering this is the Masters Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n Kiernan said that the full field of competitors was making \u201cinsanely crazy pieces, super detailed and super big.\u201d<\/p>\n On the second day of competition, Kiernan said that he had no idea who would emerge the victor. \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to go, there are so many good pieces here and everybody is so talented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In the end, a man who had previously won the silver on two occasions would take home the gold with a stunning self-portrait piece. The winner, Josh McDaniel, said that his expertise in the ancient Roman stylings of millefiori allowed him to draw a fairly accurate representation of his face and, unbeknownst to all for most of the glass games, the t-shirt he\u2019d be wearing for the final day\u2019s judging.<\/p>\n Function video of my Masters piece!<\/a><\/p>\n A post shared by Josh McDaniel<\/a> (@mcmilleman) on Feb 21, 2018 at 11:54am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n \nPrior to the announcement of his big win, McDaniel shared his thoughts on the contest.<\/p>\n \u201cThe competition is looking really tough this year, there are some amazing pieces out there. I\u2019m excited about how well everyone did,\u201d said McDaniel.<\/p>\n He went on to describe the inspiration that led to the top prize.<\/p>\n \u201cThe theme this year was to make a statement,\u201d McDaniel told Cannabis Now. \u201cSo I took a large dose of LSD and asked the universe what I was supposed to make, what I wanted to make. And what I came back with was to see and honor the sacred in others you have to see and honor the sacred in yourself. So my piece is an attempt to recognize and explore my own spiritual nature.\u201d<\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> who do you think should have won the 2018 Champs Glass Games Masters Final?<\/p>\n The post LSD-Inspired Self-Portrait Wins 2018 Champs Glass Games Masters Final<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest events on the glass calendar took place this week in Las Vegas, over three days of constant creation. This week, some of the world\u2019s best lampworking pipesmiths competed at 2018 Champs Glass Games Masters Final to take home the trophy and a $10,000 prize. Over theContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23930,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,3428,3429,240,565,532,228],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23931,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23929\/revisions\/23931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Glass](\"http:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GlassGames2018kiernan.jpg\")
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