ZOB Glass was founded in 2004. Chip, the lead designer and salesperson for ZOB, has been blowing glass for well over fifteen years at this point. Since joining the Southern California-based company 2009 this team of production workers have supplied the eager public with distinctive styles and percolators. Their dedication to clean lines, as well as a distinctive graphical flair when it comes to ZOB branding, makes their pieces immediately recognizable even at a distance.
Style? Oh, they have it. In spades. Illuzion Glass Galleries’ are proud to offer a wide variety of ZOB styles - bubblers, vapor rigs, tubes, and accessories - all manufactured out of German scientific-quality Schott glass. The innovative “wubbler” design is particularly interesting, it was designed to be a combination of a bubbler with the more traditional tube. Usually more experienced smokers find that a bubbler can be too small, while a typical water pipe would be too large - Chip and his team came up with this gorgeous Goldilocks of a piece, fitting right between the two. Not only is it between the two pieces in size, but Wubbler’s also pack one of ZOB’s unique percs into that package for unparalleled filtration to size ratio.
The pinnacle of ZOB's percs - The Zobello
Speaking of those unique percolator designs, did I mention the Zobello? Sure, they do make rather nice UFO, 8-arm tree, inline, and flat disc percs but the Zobello is truly Chip’s masterpiece. This perc is designed for maximum control on the release of gas, meaning that the bubbles are dispersed evenly throughout the ring and thereby more finely filtered. Not only are you getting a well-filtered smoke, or vapor, from the Zobello but it also releases the bubbles from the cylinder’s center - A beautiful visual as everything separates then reunites in a frothing roil. Functional and beautiful, just that simple.
From their start as a baby scientific company to their current position as one of the standards for American production companies ZOB Glass truly has something for everyone. Chip and his team will no doubt continue to produce new and impressive Instrumentum Percolatus far into the future - Illuzion Glass Galleries will be here and proud to present them to you!
