Earlier this year, I set out to create my own perfume bottles from scratch.
I dove head-first into learning how to blow glass with the sole focus of forging my own perfume bottles. So far I've successfully created a few of my own simple perfume bottles and see a path forward for my more complex and creative ideas.
I finally get to announce my seventh Lick The Beaker - Blown Glass!
The vision for LTB7 is to create 50 fragrance bottles from scratch, blowing the glass, designing and 3D printing the shoulders and machining the magnetic caps. During this time I will also formulate my next signature fragrance to fill each bottle with (you can also choose any of my other fragrances).
Each bottle will be uniquely crafted with its own personality and of course hold a unique volume of fragrance (somewhere around 100 ml). I will post photos/videos of each finished bottle for people to choose from. The people who purchase LTB7 first will have first choice.
As most of you know, these projects end up taking on a life of their own. I'm guessing this one will probably take at least a few months to complete, most likely ready sometime in the vicinity of Feb/March, 2025.
Follow my progress videos on Surreal's Instagram
Answers to FAQs
I will not be blowing glass at the Surreal Lab, I have a bench at a flame-working studio in Brooklyn.
All the glass will be borosilicate.
I am designing all the CAD and CAM files myself in Fusion360.
I am doing all the CNC and 3D printing at the Surreal Lab.
I will not be designing/creating my own atomizers for this project (next one :)
WHAT IS LICK THE BEAKER??
Lick The Beaker is a series of creative projects that each have their own theme and cover an area of research and development I am deeply interested in. Each Lick The Beaker takes around 3-4 months and ends with me sending out a box of interesting products I've created, honed and produced along the lines of the theme.
Earlier this year, I set out to create my own perfume bottles from scratch.
I dove head-first into learning how to blow glass with the sole focus of forging my own perfume bottles. So far I've successfully created a few of my own simple perfume bottles and see a path forward for my more complex and creative ideas.
I finally get to announce my seventh Lick The Beaker - Blown Glass!
The vision for LTB7 is to create 50 fragrance bottles from scratch, blowing the glass, designing and 3D printing the shoulders and machining the magnetic caps. During this time I will also formulate my next signature fragrance to fill each bottle with (you can also choose any of my other fragrances).
Each bottle will be uniquely crafted with its own personality and of course hold a unique volume of fragrance (somewhere around 100 ml). I will post photos/videos of each finished bottle for people to choose from. The people who purchase LTB7 first will have first choice.
As most of you know, these projects end up taking on a life of their own. I'm guessing this one will probably take at least a few months to complete, most likely ready sometime in the vicinity of Feb/March, 2025.
Follow my progress videos on Surreal's Instagram
Answers to FAQs
I will not be blowing glass at the Surreal Lab, I have a bench at a flame-working studio in Brooklyn.
All the glass will be borosilicate.
I am designing all the CAD and CAM files myself in Fusion360.
I am doing all the CNC and 3D printing at the Surreal Lab.
I will not be designing/creating my own atomizers for this project (next one :)
WHAT IS LICK THE BEAKER??
Lick The Beaker is a series of creative projects that each have their own theme and cover an area of research and development I am deeply interested in. Each Lick The Beaker takes around 3-4 months and ends with me sending out a box of interesting products I've created, honed and produced along the lines of the theme.