The ROY G. BIV Glass: A One-of-a-Kind Hand-Blown Rainbow Glass

The Making of the ROY G. BIVB Glass

One glass. One spectrum. One chance to own it.

Ben didn't just make a rainbow glass—he engineered a liquid prism.

Every color in the ROYGBV spectrum was pulled from 2,100-degree molten glass, one deliberate rod at a time. Red. Orange. Yellow. Green. Blue. Violet. Six hues, each selected for perfect wavelength representation, are pulled into precision cane and permanently suspended in crystal clarity.

This wasn't a happy accident. This was months of obsessive planning, meeting split-second execution at furnace temperatures.

The Vision Behind the Fire

The inspiration struck during Pride Month—a celebration of full-spectrum identity and fearless self-expression. Ben envisioned something that had never existed: a perfect rainbow spiral, frozen mid-dance inside a hand-blown whiskey glass.

But turning that vision into reality? That required pushing glassblowing into uncharted territory.

Hand pulled rainbow cane in the studio

The Technical Breakthrough

Here's what makes this impossible: Ben pulled every single cane alone. Check it out on Instagram.

In traditional glassblowing, cane pulling requires a team—one person at the furnace, another stretching the molten glass across the studio floor. It's a two-person dance that has been a standard practice for centuries.

Ben did it solo. Over 200 yards of seven-color cane, pulled one strand at a time in his New Orleans studio. Each pull required him to work the furnace, manage the heat, and execute the stretch—all without an assistant.

This wasn't just stubbornness. This was a breakthrough in solo cane technique and color control. Working alone meant Ben could make split-second adjustments to temperature and tension that would be impossible to communicate to a partner. The result? Unprecedented color saturation and geometric precision.

One wrong move, one degree too hot, and months of preparation would crack into worthless shards.

A Collector's Holy Grail

The ROY G. BIVB glass exists as a population of one. It was released through a 24-hour Instagram auction, where serious glass enthusiasts battled in the comments for the only piece that will ever exist in this exact configuration.

While Ben continues to push boundaries with colored cane work, this precise rainbow spiral—with its specific proportions, color saturation, and mathematical precision—will never be replicated. It represents a singular moment where vision, technical mastery, and pure artistic courage converged at 2,100 degrees.

For collectors, it's more than functional art. It's a piece of glassblowing history.

Behind Every Great Glass is an Untold Story

The ROY G. BIVB took three months of preparation for one perfect pull. Most of our studio work has similar stories—technical challenges solved, creative boundaries pushed, and pieces that exist nowhere else on earth.

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Base of the ROYGBV Glass Featuring the Rainbow cane roll up