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Bill and Rae Grout are both artists from Corvallis Montana. We share our lifestyle, work and hobbies with the intent of inspiring others to pursue their passion. From science geeks to glassblowers, we share our unique journey through life spreading love and harmony one piece at a time.

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In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start by creating a lined cane trapping half gold and half silver fuming onto a clear rod. This piece is then folded in half to become the whole core of this marble. The background is completed with red frit on top of a reflective gold fumed base. The back side is decorated with raked lines of tan, dark blue and amber purple floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/yDaMAHFxbyg Colors used in this build: Sublime, Rhapsody, Cherry Red Frit, Dark Cobalt, Silver Strike 5, Dark Blue, Triple Passion Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 11/17/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=8581 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/Ydppeg3XufY?si=dsraSt2P5mX9BuuW This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out by making a silver fumed cane with a pale green core and another cane twisting lines of gold fumed cobalt blue. The canes are striped vertically with ghostly rubble layered behind over a black background. The layering creates depth and motion to the interior walls descending into a nice deep core. The back side is decorated with raked lines of tan, dark blue and blue green floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/wrqKV26_BZU Colors used in this build: Nemo, Dark Cobalt, Blue Green Frit, Black Jet, Silver Strike 5, Dark Blue, Blue Green Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 11/10/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=9711 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/8hLH8YvZSOs?si=ZGW2TApwJQRBcjOG This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out by making an impression mark with a modified floral frog, and then adding dots of red and blue. After working through a compression technique and a transformation to a cone shape, I add small silver fumed dots, then larger gold fume dots and finally a few large silver fume dots. In the background I add black frit and a layer of aqua blue. The back side is decorated with raked lines of tan, sparkling blue and rootbeer floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/rMgpaBvbAbQ Colors used in this build: Cherry Red, Blue Spruce, Black Jet frit, Aqua Azul, Silver Strike 5, Unobtanium, Root Beer. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 10/27/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=9707 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkYSHf7SCs This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out by making a gold fumed cane with a dark cobalt blue rod. Next I build a cage structure with clear stringers and fume this with gold and then a touch of silver. When transformed into the starting cone shape I add the cobalt stringer with five lies and then fill in between with five colors. The back side is decorated with raked lines of mint, sparkling blue and translucent red floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/AqRZdfgI1t8 Colors used in this build: Dark Cobalt, Blue Spruce, Lava, Chocolate, Aqua Azul, Purple Lilac, Black Jet, Mint, Unobtanium, Dragonsblood. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 10/20/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=6828 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/iJpwH0QZLnM?si=zIP0fEy2x4Cb04vS This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out building a concentric cane of a silver fume layer and a gold fume layer. This is plunged into the center of the primary clear glass rod the marble is constructed on. Concentric lines of red and blue applied to the basic pointed end of the build. Several gold fume bands are added before laying down a black base that is then gold fumed before building up the bulk of the marble back. The back side is decorated with raked lines of aqua blue, deep blue and tan floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/Tjg2O6YkbU4 Colors used in this build: Cherry Red, Blue Spruce, Black Jet, Silver Strike 5, Deep Blue, Opaque Aqua. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 10/13/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=8800 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/g7fNhifcKNI?si=0BCUp94zkq4AVQIw This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out with a pin push color core and then alternate spirals of silver fume and gold fume. The fume lines are manipulated with a pinwheel pattern repeatedly applied. In the background an open spiral of black runs over a gold fume layer with deep blue filling in the gaps. The back side is decorated with lines of sparkling blue, deep blue and tan which also get rows of pinwheel patterning. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/aY_OzM6MW6Y Colors used in this build: Andromeda frit, Blue Green frit, Black Jet, Silver Strike 5, Deep Blue, Unodtanium. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 10/06/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=9631 You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/g7fNhifcKNI?si=0BCUp94zkq4AVQIw This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
We live on 2.5 acres of land Bill's mother purchased when she bought a 250-acre ranch. Sage Cottage http://www.sagecottage406.com/ was one of the first buildings he built on our property while building our home. Since its first design, Bill and I rebuilt Sage Cottage as a fully furnished, small vacation rental house. We incorporated our art into the building as Bill's hand-blown glass drawer pulls; this small house was made with love and was our biggest art project. We have several buildings we work out of on this property, including a torch shop, a steampunk shop, and Bill's large shop, which includes his brew house with an attached greenhouse. People who stay at Sage Cottage get a full tour of the shops we work out of and are welcome to visit the gardens. More about us: We are full-time artists with extensive backgrounds in the high-tech industry, which helps us with the technical aspects of our artwork and glass blowing. We love to incorporate science into our functional art pieces. Our work-from-home lifestyle is centered around our small organic farm, which offers a picturesque view of the Bitterroot Mountains. Several buildings on the farm are dedicated to our artistic endeavors: Rae’s creative space, the Steampunk Shop, the Torch Shop, where we blow our glass, and the Big Shop, a hub for general mad science, and Bill's electronics lab. Since 1993, our work has produced glass art, including hand-blown contemporary marbles, steampunk designs, and blown glass Pixie Orb ornaments. We are spreading love and harmony - one piece of art at a time. Or websites at: www.AspenHotGlass.com or www.RaeGrout.com
In this video I create a borosilicate glass vortex marble from start to finish. I start out making a large gather off the main clear rod and shaping to a conical tip. Gold fume striped with color and clear dots are built out in layers before marvering into a gentle twist. Blue frit and a black base complete the background. The back side is decorated with raked lines in aqua blue, deep blue and purple amber floating over the reflective base. VIDEO OF THE FINISHED MARBLE HERE: https://youtu.be/BcgQRpGEHOE Colors used in this build: Dragons Blood, Cherry, OJ, Blue Spruce Frit, Jet Black, Agua Azul, Deep Blue, Double Amber Purple. Learning and exploring new ideas for artistic designs in glass is an ongoing journey. I hope you enjoy this video series showing the whole process. If you are interested in glassblowing and how contemporary vortex marbles are made, this video series has it covered. Please like and subscribe if you find this content useful! Our Aspen Hot Glass web site: https://aspenhotglass.com Our Square online store: https://aspen-hot-glass.square.site/s/shop This marble will go up on eBay 09/22/2024. My Auction listings are here: (Ebay, username aspenhot) https://www.ebay.com/sch/aspenhot/m.html We have an astrophotography setup in our backyard and a blog full of images taken. The page for the image at the end of this video is here: https://astro.sagecottage406.com/?p=9700 Sage Cottage 406 is our vacation rental located near our home: https://sagecottage406.com/ You might like to check out my William Grout channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamGrout My wife Rae has her beautiful children’s books available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rae-Grout/author/B0BWJW4FLC? And her book series website is here: https://punkshopdragon.com Listening to HANA https://youtu.be/paYFnhTxkDk?si=M2YQ1Wkf88IIdons This three camera format was recorded using OBS Studio and edited to include the fourth face cam in Power Director 365
This cottage was Bill's first building on our farm. He lived in it until he built the larger house we live in now. We remodeled the cottage a few years ago, incorporating our art, like Bill's hand-blown glass drawer pulls. This truly was a labor of love and the biggest art project we have done. More about us: Bill and I are full-time artists with extensive backgrounds in the high-tech industry. This background helps us with the technical aspects of our artwork and glass blowing. We love to incorporate science into our functional art pieces. Our small organic farm overlooks the Bitterroot Mountains, and several buildings are dedicated to our work-from-home lifestyle. The Steampunk Shop is my creative space; the Torch Shop is where we blow our glass, and the Big Shop is for general mad science. We have been producing glass art since 1993. Our work includes hand-blown contemporary marbles, steampunk designs, and blown glass Pixie Orb ornaments. Spreading love and harmony - one artwork at a time. Cyber Huggies, Rae http://www.sagecottage406.com/ https://www.aspenhotglass.com/ https://raegrout.com/
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To love is to breathe into one’s heart, and Bill and I breathe with fire

Blown Glass, Steampunk, and Miniature Terrain Building

Bill and Rae are full-time artists who live in Corvallis, Montana. “We are science geeks to glassblowers.” They both have technical backgrounds in the high-tech avionics industry but left corporate life to live their dream.

Bill became a full-time artist and started blowing glass in 1993. He specializes in the vortex, contemporary marbles, hummingbird feeders, and Pixie Orbs.

Rae left the corporate world in 2002 to be with Bill and become a full-time artist/glassblower. In 2016 Rae began incorporating metalworking steampunk designs and terrain building into her art. She has been building scale model miniatures since the mid-’70s. She loves combining her love of Wizards of the Coast, all the wonderful fantasy/tabletop games, and science-fiction role-playing games like Harry Potter, Magic The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and many more. Rae’s art miniature creatures and dioramas become gaming or display pieces.

Together Bill and Rae live on a small farm that includes orchards, an extensive garden with a greenhouse, a Steampunk shop, a Torch shop for torchwork glass blowing, Bill’s observatory, and Man Cave equipped with an electronics wing and Brewhouse.

They have a Youtube channel ~ Bill & Rae Show ~ that they post how they blow glass, brew beer, make soap, and generally live on the farm. 

Their farm has fantastic views overlooking the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. Together they spread love and harmony, sharing this amazing journey called life.

Their company is Aspen Hot Glass specializing in blown glass hummingbird feeders, Pixie Orbs, contemporary vortex marbles, bottle stoppers, shot glasses, cabinet knob/ drawer pulls, Steampunk designs, terrain build dioramas, RPG creature game pieces, and more. These can be purchased on either their Etsy site or their Shopify site.

 

Bill blowing glass at the Ravalli County Fair
   Blowing glass at the Ravalli County Fair

           This is their home overlooking the Bitterroot Valley in Corvallis, Montana. They live in a private setting that enables them to create, inspired by the beauty surrounding them. Along with their glass blowing, steampunk shops, and man cave, they also have astrophotography. Pictures of the galaxies and nebulas Bill’s photographs can be seen on his blog at sagecottage406.com/astro/astro-blog/