Ngosuku oluqhelekileyo, uChris “Special K” Uhlhorn, okwabizwa ngokuba nguBongfather, unokubonwa kwi-IGTV enxibe isinxibo saseSeattle Seahawks, evuthela iglasi ngentonga, eyilawula ngezixhobo ezahlukeneyo, kwaye ayijikelezisa kwi-oveni eshushu.Kudla ngokuba nzima ukwenza ingoma ethile kwaye kufuna uncedo lwabantu ababini okanye abathathu.
Uhlhorn waqala ishishini lakhe le-Special K Glass e-Seattle ngo-1998 kodwa wabuyela kwidolophu yakhe yase-Eugene ngo-2005 ukuze akhulise abantwana ababini abancinci.Ifumene inkolo ilandelayo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kwiglasi yayo entsha esesitayile, enokufumaneka kwiivenkile zecuba kunye nemibhobho kulo lonke elaseOregon, kunye nakwiwebhusayithi eKhethekileyo ye-K.
“Isikipa sethu esilandelayo siza kuthi ‘Ipod yam yokuqala ibiyi-Special K’,” watsho, “kuba siva oko ngalo lonke ixesha kwaye ndiyayithanda.”
Ngaphambi kwe-COVID, i-Ullhorn yayisebenza kakhulu kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo kodwa yayingekathengiswa kwi-Intanethi.Ngoku ngokuthengisa kwi-intanethi kunye nokuthatha, yonke into itshintshile.“Bathatha iimpahla kwindawo yethu yokugcina impahla,” watsho u-Uhlhorn.Ayizange yenzeke le nto ngaphambili.
Ngokungafaniyo neengxaki zemali ezibangele ubhubhane kumashishini amancinci azo zonke iintlobo, i-cannabis dispensaries kunye nee-ofisi eziyintloko zibonwa njengeziyimfuneko.Ku-Special K: “Eli lelona xesha lotshintsho kwishishini lam kwiminyaka engama-21,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn, oshishini lakhe levenkile lithe laqala oko bhubhani.Wonke umntu utshaya ukhula ekhaya, kwaye le yeyona nto ifanelekileyo kwabo banyanzelwa ukuba bahlale ekhaya ehlotyeni kwaye bafuna into emnandi.
Uhlhorn wongeze ukuba iiglasi ezininzi zeglasi zifumana ukukhula kweshishini elifanayo."Babexinene nje."Emva koko kwafika i-4/20 kunye nomjikelo wokuqala wokuhlolwa kwe-stimulus, athi wanceda amashishini ukuba ahambe ukusuka kwi-300 yeedola ngosuku kwiintengiso ze-intanethi ukuya kwi-1,000 yeedola ngosuku phantse ngobusuku.
E-Portland, uya kufumana mhlawumbi i-Special K naphi na iibhobho kunye nee-bongs ezithengiswayo, kodwa iNdlu yeglasi kaMary Jane kunye neNomad Crossing (4526 SE Hawthorne) inokhetho olulungileyo.
Uhlhorn ngoku uhlala eMzantsi Eugene, kufutshane neYunivesithi yaseOregon kwikhampasi kunye neebhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka kwikhaya lakhe lobuntwana.“Itshintshile kancinci ukusukela ngo-1991… Ndandikwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye ndathenga umbhobho wam wokuqala weglasi kwikhiyoski encinane ebizwa ngokuba yiClay Babies eOregon Fair.Yayisisilinda.isiqwenga esaqala yonke intshukumo yeglasi enkulu yanamhlanje, eyenziwe nguSnodgrass, uthixo weglasi.
Enye yezinto eziphawulekayo zikaEugene nguBob Snodgrass, owaqala ukusebenza kubuchule bakhe ngelixa wayekhenketha nabafileyo abanombulelo ngeminyaka yoo-1970s kunye no-80s, kwaye unikwe imbeko ngokuphuhlisa itekhnoloji yetyhubhu yeglasi esetyenziswa kwihlabathi liphela namhlanje.Ukongeza kuBob Snodgrass, u-Uhlhorn naye wafunda malunga nokuvuza kweglasi kumhlobo wakhe wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo u-Sky, lowo u-Uhlhorn ambiza ngokuba "yi-super OG glassblower".Abahlobo baqala ukwenza imibhobho kunye ne-bong kwiyadi yangasemva yaseSkye.“Ndazi kwangoko ukuba ndiza kuphela ngale nto,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn.
Ngo-1998, ngelixa ehlala e-Eastlake, e-Seattle, u-Uhlhorn wafumanisa uluntu lokudala, apho waqala khona umbhobho weglasi kunye neshishini lokuvuthela i-bong.U-Uhlhorn uthi: “ISeattle yeyona nto iphambili eMelika kwiglasi ethambileyo.“Ulutsha lokwenene lwalusebenzela [umkroli weglasi waseMerika] uDale Chihuly.Sivule indawo yokusebenzela encinci yeglasi kanye ngaphaya kwaDale Chihuly,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn.U-Chihuly uyaziwa ngofakelo lwakhe oluninzi emhlabeni jikelele kwaye uye wavula indlela yamagcisa amaninzi kwindawo yase Seattle.
“Abafana abancinci abasebenza apho babesiza kwivenkile yethu size senze iibhengs,” ukhumbula u-Uhlhorn.“Ndandineminyaka engama-25-26 ubudala.Xa ndithetha inyani, bendiyenza yonke imihla ukususela ngoko.”
Namhlanje, ungazibona ngokulula iziqwenga ezikhethekileyo ze-K ngotyikityo lwazo lwentamo ejikelezayo, iziphatho ezigoso kunye neenkcukacha ezigoso.
“Ilisonga ngokuqinisekileyo yinxalenye yesitayile sam sokutyikitya,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn malunga noyilo oluphefumlelweyo lwaseVenetian.“Ikwanophawu olusebenzayo kakhulu.Abantu basithanda ngokwenene isiphatho.Ukusonga kusivumela ukuba silolonge intamo kwaye sincike emva kancinci. "
Ngelixa ingezizo zonke iimveliso eziza nomqheba weglasi we-spiral, zonke ii-hookah ezikhethekileyo ze-K zibonakalisa imixube yombala edlamkileyo enemibala eyahlukeneyo (kubandakanywa iindawo ezikhanyayo-ezimnyama) kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zeemilo ze-epic;akukho zimbumbulu zimbini, iiglasi, iintsimbi, iicones, iigubu okanye amaqanda zifana ncakasana.
“[Abathengi] bayamthanda lo mlinganiswa.Abafazi abaninzi bazichaza ngombala weenwele okanye iinzipho zabo.Yiyo loo nto imfusa yayithandwa kakhulu.“Bakwathanda nokubanika amagama,” uqhubeka u-Uhlhorn.“Ndikhe ndeva ezinye iivenkile zisithi kum, 'Chris, kufuneka ube neyona ngqindi idumileyo kuba wonke umntu oyithengayo uyabuya aze asixelele ukuba uyibiza njani.''”
Malunga ne-99% yemathiriyeli ekrwada esetyenziswa nguSpecial K (kungabandakanywa iipeyinti abazithengayo) zizinto ezihlaziyiweyo zasemva koshishino.I-Uhlhorn yenza imiqheba ngee-tweezers, iirhawusi kunye nesikere kwaye yongeza iinkcukacha zoyilo kwiqhekeza ngalinye ngelixa kushushu.“Konke oko kuchukunyiswa kuncinci kundinceda ngokwenene ukuba ndohlule kwizinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle eTshayina,” utshilo.
Nangona iUhlhorn inceda abathengi abakubudala obahlukahlukeneyo, uyavuma ukuba “ulutsha oluninzi ngokucacileyo lwaqalisa ngomsebenzi wam.Banako ukuyifikelela.Ndicinga ukuba yinxalenye enkulu yempumelelo leyo.”
U-Special K uthi kungcono ukusebenzisa ityuwa yelitye kunye nokuhlikihla utywala xa ucoca, emva koko uhlanjululwe ngamanzi abandayo.“Sicebisa ukuba ungawasebenzisi amanzi ashushu,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn.“Akufuni nje ukucocwa.Inokuqhekeka ibe ngamaqhekeza.Uyifunde kabuhlungu loo nto.”Kodwa ukuba inxalenye encinci, njengesitya okanye isiqu esisezantsi, yonakalisiwe, kulula ukuyibuyisela.
Uthi: “Iziqendu endizithandayo zezo ndandizenzile kusuku olungaphambili.“Kwaye ndiyathembisa ukuba kukho isiqwenga e-oveni yonke imihla apho ndizama into entsha okanye ndenze into eyahlukileyo… kodwa kuhlala kukho impumelelo.Xa kukho impumelelo kwaye udala into entsha, yeyona nto yanelisa kakhulu “.”
Xa ebuzwa ukuba ukhetha ukutshaya intsangu ngee-bongs, u-Uhlhorn wathi ewe.
“Sisebenza imini yonke,” utshilo u-Uhlhorn.“Ekhaya, kufuneka ndiye egaraji, apho kukho imibhobho emincinane yendlu.Ndizama ukuba nobulumko, kodwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo kukho abantu abatshayayo kwivenkile yethu.Intle kakhulu.”
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-13-2022