Neemo Glassworks

Joe Newman (Joseph Newman) is Neemo of Neemo Glassworks — a lampworker in Broomfield, Colorado, near Boulder and Denver. Handmade pipes, Sherlocks, Gandolfs, bubblers, and water pieces, one at a time.

Local Colorado glass. People also know the work from Nigel's Hotbox, Incredible Bulk, and Kisada.

This table is the work. Not a shop. Questions and customs through Instagram. @neemoglassworks.

Work on the table

• the gandolf — A dramatically long Sherlock-style dry pipe held in one hand for scale.
• branch · five — Five branch-textured dry pipes on a garage floor mat.
• bark / nubs — A highly textured organic functional piece with ridged, bark-like surfaces.
• lime / lavender — A slender frosted lime-green water piece with a lavender cap.
• wig-wag — A compact bubbler with dense black-and-white wig-wag at the base.
• color wheel — Eight satin-finish Sherlock-style pipes arranged in a circle by color.
• woodgrain — A U-shaped bubbler in a tattooed hand, matte black with woodgrain glass.
• hammer — A hammer-style bubbler in glossy black with teal, green, and lavender swirl.
• three in hand — Three compact dry hand pipes held in a palm.
• pink / black — A matte pink and black functional piece held in one hand.
• same grain, three scales — A long branch-textured Gandolf beside a Sherlock and a compact hand pipe.
• it moves — A short loop of Joe’s glass in motion, from his own archive.
• tall / matte — A tall matte-black water pipe with colorful swirl glass at the foot and mouthpiece.
• tight work — A compact piece combining tight colorful wig-wag with a matte black stem.
• long rainbow — An elongated matte-black Sherlock with vivid color at the base and mouthpiece.
• color loop — A looping clip of color in Joe’s glass.
• deck · three — Three Sherlock-style pipes on a wooden deck, matte black with colored swirl sections.
• driveway — A sculptural multi-color functional pipe sitting on concrete in front of a hedge.
• little water — A small water piece with frosted green sections and iridescent swirl glass.
• a day’s mix — A spread of functional pieces on a deck: long pipe, bubblers, hand pipes, and a slide.
• packed — A set of elongated Sherlock-style pipes packed in foam inside a hard case.
• hands — A short process loop from Joe’s archive.
• bench — A foam-lined case of finished pieces on Joe’s workbench, water pieces standing behind.
• garage — A looping clip from the garage.
• taped up — Joe’s hand holding a cluster of black glass pieces wrapped in masking tape.
• joe — Joe, the maker behind Neemo Glassworks.
• the sign — Physical NEEMO / GLASSWORKS street signs mounted on a post against the sky.