NuWu Sessions: Jason Harris of Jerome Baker Designs
On this month’s episode of NuWu Sessions, we sit down with Jason Harris, one of the founding members of innovative glassware company Jerome Baker Designs, offering the most creative American made glass available on the market. The company has truly perfected the craft of glassware intended for cannabis consumption, crafting their bongs based on the expertise of OG stoner icon and blown glass connoisseur Bob Snodgrass. Snodgrass, who mastered his craft while on tour with rock n roll legends Grateful Dead throughout the 1970s and 80s, eventually personally apprenticed Jason Harris in Oregon in the 90s. Harris has taken this invaluable expertise to Jerome Baker Designs, highlighting the old school style of glass, comparing their craft to the ‘Harley Davidson’ of glassblowing. Both Snodgrass and Harris are considered by Leafly to be glass artists ‘who have changed the game’.
Jason Harris outlines his amazing journey throughout the world of cannabis and glassblowing, describing his success in Oregon with Bob Snodgrass, raking in millions in profits and supplying celebrities like George Clooney, Snoop Dogg, and Adam Sandler with personalized bongs. Harris became one of the most prolific glassware makers in the country, raking millions in profits annually, until Operation Pipe Dream, a nationwide federal investigation targeting drug paraphernalia manufacturers, halted their business and glassblowing operations in 2003. Harris details this time in his life, where he decided to move to Hawaii and even further extend his knowledge in glassblowing, learning new techniques from local Maui art students and glassblowers. Harris describes to the NuWu Sessions how Jerome Baker Designs meets in the crossroads of high quality, American made, OG style blown glass, while maintaining artistic elements learned from Hawaiian culture and arts. This results in a diverse, eclectic selection of hand crafted, thoughtfully designed glassware, ensuring the best tasting and most effective hits.
Be sure to check out previous episodes of NuWu Sessions, including smoking sessions with UFC welterweights Jonny Parsons, Sasha Palatnikov and Daniel Rodriguez, and insightful interviews with local industry leaders including Steve Cantwell of GLP and Bella Ferrari of Lit Spices. Subscribe and stay tuned for new episodes of NuWu Sessions, uploaded on the first of every month!
