Here at IgniteMe we love to feature artists on the rise, and after only 7 months on the torch E-Box has just finished a whole bunch of work for the summer as well as his bio…. Plus he’s got more stuff on the way! Check it out!
My Glassblowing name is E-Box. I am 21 years old and I recently started blowing borosilicate glass 7 months ago starting in March 2011. I have picked up rather quickly from an inspirational artist named Sasha Hess. I met Sasha out in Colorado at a String Cheese Incident show which happens to be my favorite band, and coincidentally he lived 20 minutes away from me in Jacksonville Florida. Him and his wife became my friend at first and eventually that friendship brought me into the wrath of glassblowing and made me feel like I was part of their family.
He taught me the basics and let me watch him blow glass whenever I wanted. Eventually he let me get on a torch right next to his station where he blew glass and the magic started happening from there. I first started out making small little pendants and lattachinos and eventually grew on to making essential oil dishes. From there I decided to buy my own equipment and set up a studio in less than a 10×10 room. I ended up converting a bathroom into a studio and started buying my own glass.
I am very interested in striking colors, how they work in the flame and how they change color according how they cool down and heat up. I am still slowly but surely building technique and learning something new with glass everyday I work. I find glass to be interesting because it consists of elements of the earth being constructed into sculpture. Not only did I find out how to construct sculpture but I found out the sculptures I starting making became functional pieces of art work people could use and enjoy on a daily basis. I enjoy the the physical and mental challenge it provides whenever you start on a new piece. I also enjoy meeting new glassblowers because most of them can relate to my personality and how I function as a person on a day to day basis. I hope that my artwork progresses with my personality and eventually gets to a point of success where I will be able to know how the glass works to perfection. I have many inspirations in my life and I want nothing more than to make those people who inspire me happy with what I do with my life. Glass has not only taught me patience but it has taught me that I can do anything I set my mind too.
A big THANK YOU goes out to the glass community and I can’t wait to see the progression of glass as I live my life.
-E-box
Currently, E-box is saving up for some nicer equipment and to also move to the Oregon area to learn from the best up there! his work is available on a regular basis if you contact him via Facebook, if you’re looking for something truly unique that won’t break the bank this is your guy! We look forward to see what’s next from E-box and we’ve already placed an order for some of his work here at the IgniteMe office.
Here are some more pictures!
35 Responses to “E-Box Roffman – Summer Portfolio”
ebox is dope! lots of respect for this hustler!
He’s a real G man E-Box throws it down in the glass blowing world like a champion. 7 months and he’s already on a roll!
wow i know people that have blown for years that aren’t even close to that level, but every style is uniquely cool tho
yep ebox has evolved quick, i admire his work and hope to excell the same pace! props to ebox roffman!
Wow! I love the domes, and those dishes has such clean work. I like the whole vertical domes, my is one somewhat of an angle and E-Box’s are a much better design!
YA HIS DOMES KILL IT!
HELL YEA BRO E-BOX HAS GREAT DESIGN I LOVE HIS DOME
i enjoy his pipes alot too so clean and flat headed.. very smooth on the lungs
The designs are really intricate! I’m impressed that so much artistic beauty can come from somebody who’s so new to blowing.
those might be the nicest domes ive ever seen
After only blowing for 7 months he’s producing glass of this quality… wow! Some of these designs are strikingly different from typical glass works I see in my local headshops. Can’t wait to see what he comes up with once he fine-tunes his skills
i agree he deffintly has fine tuned those glass blowing skills! props to EBOX!
super inspirational… makes me try my hand at blowing! and i second what andy said, those spoons are unconventional in the best way. stoked to see what the future holds for this guy!
NICEE IS THAT A GREEN MOSS COLOR?
YEAH DUDE. THERE’S A TIGER ORANGE AND A RUBY RED ONE TOO! NICE.
awesome! i love those colors soo much , thanks for spreadiing the knowledge!
He really does use unique tones and colors! The glass here looks different from anything in my local headshops.
i dont know wher ur at but i think hes in florida! if u wanna check out his work more
yeah i haven’t been seeing vivid shit for a while, definitely a breath of fresh air in the glass community
Awesome stuff, I dig the colors as well
yea they picked out some sick colors to do a pull with! diggin it!
i’m diggin the “marbled” dish
it’s beautiful!
hell yea thats the one i was eyeing as welll
I always love new artists and looking at their potentials! I love the coloration with your pieces, all the pieces look pretty basic, but hey you’ve been blowing glass for less than a year?! Keep it up mang, I’m excited to see gnarly worked pieces in the future
when new artist come out it makes me stoked to see whatll come outta them and the progression that happens
Thank You all for the compliments! I hope to strive as far as I can with design and functionality for my glass. Please contact me if your ever interested in anything special/custom.
yourwelcome! great work man! hit me up if u ever make it out to cali!
damn, very very impressed, wish i could add some of his dishes to my collection, kinda my fixation lately
Dude his profile has dishes for sale IN$ANE PRICE$ get on it Cam!
o hell yea i saw , some real amazing prices!
hit him up on facebook cameron…. thats were most artists are available to reach!
i like the main pic its real sick btw
dishes and daberrs im fixed on those things too atm
Kick ass pieces! <3
I normally complain about my bong being broken and smoking out of hand pipes, but I definitely wouldnt mind smoking out of one of those babies.
i agree with you these pieces look like some nice smoking utensils!