Hip hop is a gateway craft. “Hip means to know, hop is movement–hip hop is conscious movement, intelligent action... (KRS-ONE)” Glassblowing is intelligent movement. Like breakdancing or writing graffiti, molten glass is a body-oriented medium, subject to the external forces- time, temperature, and gravity. Working through a hip hop lens to amalgamate traditions into unique forms, I collapse seemingly disparate craft languages into sculpture. I reconfigure techniques and blend them into my process to dismantle the traditional perceptions of glass and push up against the boundaries of craft, subverting traditions with intelligent movement. I make glass that is an expansion of hip hop. The movement’s original elements–DJing, MCing, breakdancing and graffiti writing– are the foundation of the culture, and we b-boys and b-girls are not mere participants: we are the purveyors of the culture, we live hip hop. My elements-blowing, cutting, enameling, illuminating- build on that framework of expression. I'm a glassblower cross pollinating techniques and reorganizing traditions into principles of the hip hop canon, using the material of glass to open your mind to different knowledge.