Nine professionally filmed instructional videos. Five master glass artists walk you step by step — from choosing your first torch to pulling finished sherlocks, hammers, water pipes, and goblets. A complete education in borosilicate glass art.
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In borosilicate glassblowing, failure isn't free. Every cracked piece, every botched fuming, every ruined tube costs you material, fuel, and hours of work. Random YouTube clips don't teach you how to avoid those failures — they just show you the highlight reel.
People don't pay for information. They pay for reduced failure. That's exactly what a structured, step-by-step system from experienced artists gives you.
Each video is a complete, structured lesson — not a highlight reel. Watch a master artist build a piece from raw tubing to finished work, explaining every decision along the way.
Have you ever wanted to blow glass but didn't know where to get started? This video covers it — tools, torches, and kilns included. Two master artists demonstrate two different styles of making color-changing glass. Your essential starting point.
Learn how to make inside/out glass, side-car bubblers, and hammers. Learn how to sink the dowstem to make your piece into a water-filtered design. Builds directly on Volume 1.
Learn step by step how to create a two-piece bubbler sherlock water pipe. Learn how to pull color and latticinos using a cordless drill. Techniques that save you prep time so you spend more time creating new pieces.
Learn new techniques for pulling dicro cane and color. Step by step making of a five-piece opposing spiral sherlock using purple dichroic glass, mallard, and cobalt blue. Heavily worked from top to bottom.
If you love large glass inside/out opposing spiral hammers, this is the video for you. Heavily worked from top to bottom. Step by step so you won't miss a thing. One of the most advanced builds in the series.
If you love large glass water pipes, this is the video for you. Heavily worked from top to bottom. No lathe work — completely hand blown in the torch. The most advanced construction in the entire series.
Learn new techniques for pulling lattichinos, ribbon lattichinos, and beautiful color. Step by step how to make simple jars that make great gifts. Perfect for craft fairs, holidays, or building your skills in vessel forming.
How to apply dichroic glass, millis, and magnifiers to your artwork. Advanced jar techniques that build directly on Volume 1. Elevate your jars from functional gifts to collectible art pieces.
If you love drinking wine or know someone that does, they're sure to love hand-blown wine goblets. Great for craft fairs or gifts during the holidays. Step by step you learn how to create these wonderful pieces of art.
Bundle courses together and save significantly versus buying individually.
Everything you need to go from zero to making advanced pipes, sherlocks, hammers, and water pipes.
All 9 videos. Every technique. 11 hours of master instruction — the full Boro Mastery education.
The Secrets series was professionally produced in working glass studios with multi-angle camera setups — real artists building real pieces from raw tubing to kiln, narrating every decision at the torch.
Originally released as a DVD collection, the full series has now been digitized and remastered for streaming and download. Same master instruction. No discs, no shipping — instant access on any device.
Each instructor brings a distinct specialty. Volume 1 features two artists back-to-back so you see two approaches to the same technique. Later volumes go deep with individual masters.
Pioneer of the color-changing technique — silver and gold fuming to create iridescent shifts across the glass surface. The first voice you hear in Volume 1.
Specialises in inside-out work, side-car bubblers, and downstem sinking for water filtration. Teaches the advanced techniques in Pipes Vol. 2 that separate beginners from artists.
Two-piece bubblers, latticinos pulled with a cordless drill, and five-piece opposing spiral constructions with dichroic glass. The sherlock specialist across both volumes.
Inside/out opposing spiral hammer construction — no lathe, completely hand blown at the torch. One of the most technically demanding builds in functional glass art.
Lattichino pulling, dichroic application, millis, and magnifiers. Teaches the vessel-forming fundamentals that underpin all advanced work — jars through wine goblets.
All five instructors have been blowing borosilicate glass professionally for 10+ years. Their videos were shot in working studios with professional multi-angle camera setups — the same techniques, the real environment.
Volume 1 covers every piece of equipment in detail. Here's the overview so you know what you're getting into.
An oxygen-propane bench torch is your primary tool. Beginner options include the Bethlehem Alpha and GTT Bobcat — both handle boro and run on oxygen concentrators.
Didymium glasses that block infrared, UV, and sodium flare. Non-negotiable — your eyes need protection from the torch's intense light and radiation.
Oxygen and fuel regulators control gas pressure. T-grade hoses with B fittings and flashback arrestors keep you safe. The foundation of your studio.
Graphite paddles, tungsten probes, tweezers, glass nippers, scoring knife, and claw grabbers. These shape your molten glass into finished art.
Clear borosilicate tubing (COE 33) plus color rods and fuming metals — silver and gold — for the signature color-changing effect.
Slowly cools your finished glass to relieve internal stress. Without proper annealing, your work cracks. Boro is held at 1050°F and cooled at 1–2 degrees per minute.
Follow this progression. Each course builds on the last.
Glass Pipes Volume 1 ($19.99) — Equipment, torches, kilns, and tank storage. Two artists demonstrate two styles of color-changing glass. You finish this video knowing exactly what to buy and how to make your first piece.
Glass Jars Vol. 1 & 2 ($19.99 each) — Lattichinos, ribbon lattichinos, dichroic glass application, millis, and magnifiers. Jars teach vessel forming and wall control that transfer directly to advanced work.
Glass Pipes Volume 2: Advanced GlassBlowing ($29.99) — Inside/out glass, side-car bubblers, hammers, and dowstem sinking for water filtration. This is where your work starts to look professional.
Sherlocks Vol. 1 & 2 ($39.99 & $49.99) — Two-piece bubblers, pulling color and latticinos with a cordless drill, five-piece opposing spiral construction with dichroic glass, mallard, and cobalt blue. 2.5 hours of focused sherlock instruction.
Hammers ($59.99) & Water Pipes ($59.99) — Inside/out opposing spiral hammers and large-scale water pipe construction. No lathe work — completely hand blown in the torch. The pinnacle of functional glass craft.
Wine Goblets ($39.99) — Hand-blown borosilicate wine goblets. Great for craft fairs and gifts. Proves your range as a glass artist and opens an entirely different market.
The errors that waste the most material, fuel, and time — and exactly how to avoid them. Free PDF guide based on 11 hours of instruction from 5 master artists.
Begin with Volume 1 for $19.99 — or get all 9 courses and save $110 with the Complete Collection.