Ryan (Ryu) Wilson Glass
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herbivore21
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Do it brother, you won't be disappointed 
EDIT: Jesus Krishna, this rig with the HE nail (first time using ti nail) is really knocking me out of the field. Incredible flavour and I'm not even using quartz (although I used my Quartz Castle on this yesterday, was delicious in a different way).
The lemon mirage is beautiful, what a great time to get a new piece lol
EDIT: Jesus Krishna, this rig with the HE nail (first time using ti nail) is really knocking me out of the field. Incredible flavour and I'm not even using quartz (although I used my Quartz Castle on this yesterday, was delicious in a different way).
The lemon mirage is beautiful, what a great time to get a new piece lol
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ataxian
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Very Cool!On my never ending search to find up and coming artists that can help the community, I had the pleasure of crossing paths with Ryan Wilson aka "Ryu" (of SF fame, I'm glad to see he found work after retiring from fighting).
Ryu is an up and coming glass artist and is already producing some sick work after only a few years in the game. One part to his success, undoubtedly, is the mentoring he has recieved from his shopmates out in Peoria, Il... most notable being @gordo.scientific and Fogz! In fact, Gordo recently gave Ryu a shout out on his IG feed, so you know hes got his game dialed in.
Nice.
At the moment, I believe Ryu is working on refining his own style of oil rig and they have really caught my attention (thank you @Herr_Dampf and @Deadshort480 for pointing these out). The pieces use minimal water and offer sufficient yet minimized diffusion via a 3 hole diffy to preserve flavor. The glass is also designed so that the user gets zero spashback in the mouff.I asked. In any regard, these are legit pieces, as I am sure you will agree once you see the examples below:
http://instagram.com/ryuwilson <-- more pics and videos
http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/a4399854d08411e3bf7024be05d05060_101.mp4
http://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/7e157d10d08311e38b5c24be05950bc0_101.mp4
I've also seen a couple of his "1 UP" rigs, which look very legit! in fact I believe Fogz even made the foot for this one:
And if that isn't impressive enough, here is a colab he did with Gordo Scientific and Jamie Kravitz:
(BTW, I really, REALLY want that!)
In any case, I have invited Ryu to the forums here, and told him to contact a mod/admin for a special account. By everything he has said it looks like he is pretty stoked to come over and jump into the conversation, and stated that he should be online later this evening. Hopefully that means we will have yet another resident FC glass artist from which to pester/buy from! Heh.
Oh, and nothing solid yet but I was in talks with him regarding securing either some sort of FC member discount or perhaps doing a group buy. Ill let Ryu hash out the details on that, but I wanted to throw it out there to gauge interest. IMO a group buy which would also let the participants request custom colors/aspects would be ideal... but we shall see. Like I said none of that was OK'd by the artist, just that he liked the idea.
With all that said, Ill leave the floor open to you guys, and of course Ryu once he gets his account all set up!
In the meantime, you guys can contact him via KIK Messenger under "Ryu_Wilson", or email him at Hadoukenglass@gmail.com
BTW, welcome to FC brother.
Edit: Damn it, I feel like Im forgetting something...
Oh yea... how cool is the whole retro gaming thing? lol.
herbivore21
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Bro Ryan's pieces are amazing, and affordable and worked!
You just stumbled upon one of the coolest threads on this board
I just did my wake and bake with some delicious lemon mirage shatter in my RW piece (which has taken up permanent residency on my bedside table Today is my first time as a real extract artist, making a THC bomb x Mango Dream hybrid shatter
ataxian
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This coming fall I will order a nice piece from him.Bro Ryan's pieces are amazing, and affordable and worked!
You just stumbled upon one of the coolest threads on this board
Today is my first time as a real extract artist, making a THC bomb x Mango Dream hybrid shatter
In the mean time YEAH shatter time.
DUTCH CRUNCH = DUTCH TREAT x JACK HERER
I have some 91% ISO to make some QWISO.
BHO as alway because it's easy.
herbivore21
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I'll PM you later and we can compare shatter across the globe
Also, more pics of my piece and associated accouterments today, I have taken way too long!
here we are
Also, more pics of my piece and associated accouterments today, I have taken way too long!
here we are
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ataxian
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I was going to medicate before signing off!I'll PM you later and we can compare shatter across the globe
Also, more pics of my piece and associated accouterments today, I have taken way too long!
here we are
I must say what a beautiful piece!
HEADY!
herbivore21
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bro the only thing nicer than looking at the heady piece right now is dabbing my delicious mango bomb shatter!
canj00digit?
All my days in a daze...
Beautiful Ryu rig and some damn fine shatter there mate.
Livin' large!
I love your photo montage
pinkie frog is fucking livin' it up too!
Good stuff, bro.
Livin' large!
I love your photo montage
pinkie frog is fucking livin' it up too!
Good stuff, bro.
ataxian
PALE BLUE DOT
Flavor is important!
GSH
On a Möbius plane
My rig came in!
What an awesome piece, the encased opals are stunning, the Egyptian Sunset and Amethyst tubing is has produced some wicked striations, the perc is a winner too, the action of the 3 hole jet diffy seems to concentrate the vapour and make the taste and high incredible...
I will let the pics speak for themselves
BEWARE OPAL PR0N!
What an awesome piece, the encased opals are stunning, the Egyptian Sunset and Amethyst tubing is has produced some wicked striations, the perc is a winner too, the action of the 3 hole jet diffy seems to concentrate the vapour and make the taste and high incredible...
I will let the pics speak for themselves
BEWARE OPAL PR0N!
herbivore21
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Man, she is a beauty! Congratulations on your new piece! I think it has inspired me to do a dab from my Ryu rig, which is still going strong! Beautiful piece, I have knocked over the dome with boro leaf onto a hard granite benchtop without it breaking several times too. Talk about your durability!
Loving the colours and the Egyptian amethysts in the piece man Also glad you got to benefit from the broader based design that was pioneered in my piece
Enjoy it my friend!
Loving the colours and the Egyptian amethysts in the piece man
Also glad you got to benefit from the broader based design that was pioneered in my piece Enjoy it my friend!
Caligula
Maximus
Man, she is a beauty! Congratulations on your new piece! I think it has inspired me to do a dab from my Ryu rig, which is still going strong! Beautiful piece, I have knocked over the dome with boro leaf onto a hard granite benchtop without it breaking several times too. Talk about your durability!
Loving the colours and the Egyptian amethysts in the piece man
Enjoy it my friend!
You need to get yourself some silicone mats!
@GSH that color is amazing! Very tropical IMO. Id love to see a function vid of your can.
...Also the rig.
Glass bottom boat?
herbivore21
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Dude, I have loads of oil slick mats haha, but can never seem to have enough lol
GSH
On a Möbius plane
Man, she is a beauty! Congratulations on your new piece! I think it has inspired me to do a dab from my Ryu rig, which is still going strong! Beautiful piece, I have knocked over the dome with boro leaf onto a hard granite benchtop without it breaking several times too. Talk about your durability!
Loving the colours and the Egyptian amethysts in the piece man
Enjoy it my friend!
Thanks @herbivore21 your improved design tweaks are much appreciated, I looove the large foot/base!
Can vids coming over the next day or two....Yeah it is kinda like looking through a glass bottom boat onto a reef or something, very similar colours. Its interesting that your piece came out with different colour profiles with the addition of the Equinox colour instead of the Amethyst used in my piece...fascinating what patterns and colour combos can be stored in this double dipped tubing!
Caligula
Maximus
Ahem.
Yeah it is kinda like looking through a glass bottom boat onto a reef or something, very similar colours. Its interesting that your piece came out with different colour profiles with the addition of the Equinox colour instead of the Amethyst used in my piece...fascinating what patterns and colour combos can be stored in this double dipped tubing!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glass bottom boat
herbivore21
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hahaha I must give credit to Caligula who was the one to let me know that the base could use engorging lol
GSH
On a Möbius plane
Ohhhh I see...that is something I didn't need a mental image of
But still, my reply stands as I do think the colours are similar to a reef!
Thanks to you though bro for putting me onto Ryu and indeed Cory...your efforts in spreading the word don't go un-noticed or un-appreciated
herbivore21
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if I had a dollar for every time Caligula steered me the right way, I'd be making a lot of money off of somebody elses know-how!
