Pretentious Glass Co

Handmade in Knoxville, TN

Link to new line of bourbon decanters: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PretentiousB**rGlass?section_id=290081 Matthew Cummings is an artist/designer working primarily with glass. He lives and drinks in Knoxville, TN, a place where craft b**r flourishes. The PBGC is his answer to boring and under-designed b**r glasses. The PBGC originated from a small drinking club at the Mellwood Arts Center in Louisville, KY. Each friday afternoon, we would take off work early to sit in the courtyard and drink great craft b**r. After a couple too many (all good ideas start this way, right?) the club decided that I should make b**r glasses for everyone. I designed the Hoppy B**r glass and gave each member a customized version of that glass. After making that first glass, I started to notice a lack of unique b**r glasses for craft b**r. It was just such an obvious problem that it was invisible…hiding out in the open. I started the Pretentious B**r Glass Company as a remedy for that problem, and spent over 6 months making, testing, and refining designs that highlight different styles. I make all the glasses by hand at the Flame Run Hotshop with the assistance of Alex Rickel. I use techniques that haven’t really changed in several hundred years (except for a few safety features). Molten glass is collected on a hollow blowpipe, and shaped with the use of wet newspaper pads or wooden tools. No machines touch your b**r glass from PBGC! After the glasses are finished hot, I take each glass to my coldshop where I engrave and/or grind the bottoms flat. Once finished, I personally hand-sign each glass and package them in branded gift boxes. Despite the volume and breadth of distribution of these products, it is all still a one-man operation with the help of a few friends. I hope that you enjoy drinking out of these glasses as much as I have enjoyed making them for you.