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If you\u2019re looking for a dab rig that will stir memories of your favorite camping trip, Los 1 Glass\u2019s Trigs will definitely bring you back to the mountains.<\/p>\n
Carlos Valdovinos \u2014 the man behind\u00a0Los 1 Glass<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 got his start in the glass game a little over four years ago at the famed borosilicate school, Revere Glass, in Berkeley, California.<\/p>\n \u201cI began working with glass kind of randomly,\u201d he says.\u00a0 He was going to UC Berkeley and needed a job when he saw a Craigslist ad for maintenance work at a glass studio.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t really know about glass culture at the time,\u201d he says. \u201dI was a cannabis smoker and had my glass pieces, but wasn\u2019t really that informed about the subculture.\u201d<\/p>\n He quickly realized he was interviewing for a job at a pipe making school.<\/p>\n Los 1 Glass is creating his signature Trigs in the entire borosilicate color palette.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThey had all these gorgeous pieces there and I was basically just blown away,\u201d he says. \u201cI had to hold my composure and make sure I had a good interview.\u201d<\/p>\n Dustin Revere<\/a>\u00a0ended up hiring him and Valdovinos went to work fixing up stuff around the studio, setting up vacuum lines and completing other maintenance work that needed to be done.<\/p>\n \u201cOne day Dustin said, \u2018Why don\u2019t you get behind the torch and start playing with some stuff?\u2019\u201d Valdovinos says. \u201cI took a few classes and just tried to soak in everything in from all the awesome glass blowers that come through there.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the now popular Trigs \u2014 a mash up of the words \u2018tree\u2019 and \u2018rig\u2019 \u2014 the idea kind of just came to him. They are the pieces he has the most fun making he says \u201cand they seem to have had the most impact on people.\u201d<\/p>\n When Valdovinos started realizing the possibilities of glass he just wanted to create something that stood by itself.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just kind of look at it and it kind of brings you somewhere,\u201d he says. \u201cYou remember as a little kid when you didn\u2019t know what to buy your aunt or grandma there were these little kinds of ceramic sculptures, with like an eagle sitting on a branch or something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Valdovinos always was drawn to those miniature figurines. \u201cI thought they were just so cool as a chunk of nature, personified in a little sculpture,\u201d he says. He then sought out to create something that had a similar kind of impact, a piece that brings you back to nature or to a memory of being outdoors, such as a special time you went camping.<\/p>\n Carlos Valdovinos behind the torch working on a Trig.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201c[The Trigs] are a piece that evokes something in you even before you even know it\u2019s a pipe,\u201d Valdovinos says. \u201cThat\u2019s always what I wanted to create, something that creates a sort of emotion just from looking at it. In all its phases, I think the Trig has done that.\u201d<\/p>\n One might think Valdovinos is a NorCal local, as the trigs very much resemble the famous old growth redwoods of coastal\u00a0California<\/a>, but he was actually born in Mexico City and raised in San Diego prior to heading north for school. Weekends in Big Bear had a lasting impression on his love of the outdoors.<\/p>\n \u201cI think nature, we\u2019re all trying to imitate her in everything we do from science to art,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to find out her secrets, so I just think nature has always been a big part of my life. It\u2019s where I feel the most at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n One technique that Valdovinos uses to get the Trig\u2019s fantastic earth tones is fairly classic.<\/p>\n \u201cFuming silver and gold or a combination of the two to get that milky look is a classic style you see with a lot of the old school folks,\u201d he says. \u201cI was trying to think of a way to work the pieces a bit more and add more design aspects without taking away from that natural feel. When I did the fume work the colors came out really earthy.\u201d<\/p>\n Valdovinos believes the reds, oranges, and greens he was producing did not take away from the natural look he was pursuing, and sometimes even produced a fantastic sunset effect. From there, he was at the current incarnation of the Trig.<\/p>\n \u201cI just went for it, I liked it, and people liked it and enjoyed it,\u201d Valdovinos says. \u201cWith\u00a0glass<\/a>, there is this never ending encyclopedia of techniques you can do, so you ask yourself, \u2018What can I play with now?\u2019 and it keeps it exciting. You can really do this gig your whole life and still have something new to learn and I appreciate that very much about it.\u201d<\/p>\n His ongoing project is called the Pigments of Trigs.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m exploring the entire borosilicate color pallet and creating Trigs with just one color,\u201d he says, of an extensive pallet that includes somewhere around 300 to 400 colors out there from companies and independent glass makers. \u201cEach piece will be a one of one because I\u2019m only going to use that color once. It\u2019s just a fun way to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally published in\u00a0Issue 28\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n TELL US<\/b>, do you have a favorite glass piece in your collection?<\/p>\n The post The Pigments of Trigs<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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