AGE Las Vegas 2012

My flight & hotel are booked and my AGE inventory is piling up! I'll have collabs with Burtoni, CalM, Worm, Darby, SG, Kind, ChadG, BigPizzle, Robin Moore, Berzerker and more TBA (maybe Joe Peters while he's in town?), as well as some new 29mm domes & adapters and other random goodies. No sneak peaks, no dibs...you just have to wait it out old-school like Chrissy. =)

KUSH Magazine Interview

I recently had an interview published in Colorado's Kush Magazine (seen here: http://www.kushmagazine.com/magazine/2161-kush-magazine-colorado-february-2012 - pages 24-26). Check it out when you have a minute. =) Thanks Paul!

Artist interview at IgniteMe.co

Ignite Me (www.igniteme.co/) is a lifestyle e-zine that has been making a solid effort to cover the glass industry and culture via artist interviews and product profiles. This month yours truly made it into their spotlight. Check out the article, bookmark the site, and be sure to check back frequently to catch up on the latest happenings in our industry.

http://www.igniteme.co/nathan-n8-miers-the-borosilicate-carl-sagan

Where to find Intergalactic Space Glass by N8

My workload is a little heavy these days, so for those of you who can't wait a week (or longer at times), I figured I put up this little mini-guide to the wonderful galleries and shops who carry my glass. You can find and contact most of these stores on Facebook, Yelp, Google, or email me and I'll get you the direct contact info.

Illuzions (Denver, CO)
MadHatters (Denver, CO)
MADE (Chicago, IL)
Headventure (Joliet, IL)
Aqua Labs (Riverside, CA)
High-Priority Glass (Long Beach, CA)
High-Tide (Santa Barbra, CA)
Pacific Glass Gallery (Santa Barbra, CA)
The Gathering (Bellingham, WA)
Cosmic Charlies (Hollywood, FL)
Roots Rock Reggae (Charlottesville, VA)
The Glass Stache (Alexandria, VA)
Good Times Gallery (NH)

N8 glass is coming soon to these fine establishments in 2012:
NVS Glassworks (Portland, OR)
SupremeSmoke (San Antonio,TX)
The Steez Gallery (Nashua, NH)

I apologize to anyone I'm leaving out. I'll add more as I remember them or as I am reminded of them. ALSO, if you have a RAD local gallery or shop that doesn't currently carry my work, please contact me with their info. Thanks!

New Domain Name! NathanMiers.com

I recently purchased the domain name www.NathanMiers.com and have it forwarding to this blog. From this blog you can access all of my pipe and marble image galleries and find me on the Facebook. Ahhh, technology...

IGS in CA and DFO in OR

Wow, it's a busy time in the glass world right now! International Glass Show in Los Angeles is next weekend (May 20-22) and then the DFO in Eugene Oregon is the following weekend (May 27th-29th). You'll see me at both. =)

http://www.internationalglassshow.com/


http://www.cornerstoneglass.com/dfo.html

Colorado Project DVD Release Party Tonight at Shack Man Glass Studio!

Home Sweet Home!!!

Colorado is awesome! It's everything I imagined when I planned to move here, and more. I miss California and the accessibility to the rest of the west coast, my friends and family, but I'm seriously glad I came out here to experience the Rockies.

I'm renting a house in Evergreen, which is just west of Denver about 25 miles up into the Rockies. The commute to the Shackman (which is the shop I'm working at in Denver) is about 40 minutes during good weather/traffic. It'll be pretty interesting to see how the commuting goes this winter though - I'm sure it's not nearly as quick! At some point I'd like to setup a small home studio space to minimize the necessity to commute, but I still plan to rent space in Denver - the crew in Shackman are always in 'hustle mode', and I need to walk into that environment sometimes. Glasscraft is just down the road too and they've been one of the best and well-supplied local shops I've had access to since I was in Oregon and had Winship up the street.

The music scene here is amazing, but can be VERY threatening to 'hustle-mode'. Between a handful of local bars that love booking WHOMP on the weekends, there is Red Rocks Amphitheater and Mishawaka, among others, that continually host some great entertainment acts in amazing natural spaces.

Next week is AGI!

New York, New York

This last June I took a trip out to Brooklyn to the Easy Street Gallery for the Smoked Volume 2 book release. A company called Grit City Inc has started publishing collectible pipe art books and throwing gallery shows to display the works of art. This was their second glass pipe art publication, and I'm proud to be apart of it! I was only in NY for a few days, but glass artists are a lively crew, and we got a lot of sight-seeing done in a short amount of time. We did a ton of walking, and even more subway riding, which was quite an experience. We made trips to the Natural Museum of Natural History, the Guggenheim, Central Park, Manhattan Square, Brooklyn Bridge, and Peter Lugers Steakhouse. Then the nighlife included closing the bars at 4am and watching the sunrise before passing out and doing it all over again!

Degenerate Flame-Off - Eugene, OR - May 28-30th 2010

If you want to attend, you better get your tickets fast!

Come and show support for your favorite glassblowers!

Denver or Bust!

"Things do not change; we change." ~Henry David Thoreau

I recently decided to pack up and make another move. Those who know me well, know I do this every couple of years. When things get stale, I tend to bail. What can I say - stagnancy stifles my creativity. I waited out the timing like a school kid jumping rope, and then made the move. I packed up the Uhaul and headed out East again, this time with my sights on Denver.

I had been visiting Denver periodically throughout this last winter, deciding whether I wanted to try to move out here again. I had tried a few years ago in a desperate attempt to flee Oregon, but simply lacked the resources at the time to do so. This time I didn't feel like I needed to flee anywhere, I just simply felt like it was time for a change of scenery, and Denver was the first place that came to mind when I thought about leaving California. I like the "hustle!" mentality in Denver, too. It's fast-paced, and invigorating, unlike the mellow and laid-back mentality of living in the woods (which was greatly needed at that time in my life).

I've been house hunting for the last couple of weeks, but I'm picky about where I want to live so I haven't secured anything just yet. I am heading back to CA tomorrow to get my truck and my dog, then heading out to the Eugene Oregon for the DFO to compete in the flame-off, then heading to L.A. to dog sit for my step-dad for the first week of June. Immediately after that I'm heading back to Denver to get my hustle on!

Boro Soup

eyecandyarts.etsy.com

I just started an ETSY store for my marbles. You can find it by going to www.eyecandyarts.etsy.com. I just listed a few new ones as well as a few from years past. Thanks for looking!

Moving Sale!!!

I'm cleaning shop and getting ready for the big move to Denver. Look at the thread below to see some color and dichro that I have listed for sale:
http://www.talkglass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31986

Off to Vegas!!!

I'll be away in Vegas this week for AGE and CHAMPS. I'll be returning to the shop the following monday to resume some serious torchin. I apologize in advance for any drunken rambling text messages or phone calls you receive at odd hours in the next 7 days...peace out!
-N8-

STOP! Collaboration time!

I've been on the road quite a bit lately. I barely have time to unpack - by the time I get home and get caught up on errands and web stuff, I have to leave for the next event/destination!

But for the next two weeks, I have nothing planned other than sweet, sweet, torch time. Until the end of February I'll be busy stockpiling glass for AGE next month and when time permits, slowly getting ready for my big move to Denver next month.

I finally got to catch up on pictures of recent collaborations though, which I've been trying to do for awhile. Here are a few quick glimpses, but you can always find the complete galleries of my most recent work at www.glasspipes.org/N8

Image Gallery ---> VOORHEES/N8 Collaboration "Head Space"

LIVE Shop Cam!!!

I'll be online to stream some live glassblowing action w/chat in the next hour or so. Stop by and say hi!

Getting warmed up...

I made a few new Intergalactic Space pieces this week...check 'em out here.

Back in the saddle again...

I'm back in the shop after a 3 month hiatus - updates coming soon!!!

Weber/Miers Collab-o-rama

I took a trip a couple of months ago to Travis Weber's studio in Palo Alto, CA to work with him on some marble collaborations. Here's a short video of the trip.