Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Born in fire.
Made in Belleville.

Aurora Glassworks is an independent glass studio in Belleville, Ontario. Water pipes, rigs and one-hitters in borosilicate, blown at the torch by founder Wyatt Bouchard and sold directly from the studio.

01 Belleville,
Ontario
02 Borosilicate,
blown at the torch
03 Wholesale
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The story

A studio
built twice.

Clear and amber hand-blown glass arranged in the Aurora Glassworks atelier

Aurora Glassworks is run by Wyatt Bouchard, a glass artist from Belleville who grew up between his father's welding shop and his mother's ceramics studio.

Aurora Glassworks is an independent glass studio in Belleville, Ontario, run by founder and glass artist Wyatt Bouchard. Everything it makes — water pipes, rigs, one-hitters and accessories — is hand-blown borosilicate, worked at the torch in small runs and finished one piece at a time. Wyatt grew up between his father's welding shop and his mother's ceramics studio, started working borosilicate at twenty, and rebuilt the studio from almost nothing after a workshop fire took his equipment and most of his early work. The work falls into four ongoing series: Signature builds, sculpted Animal Spirits, experimental Colour Studies and everyday Ritual Forms. Pieces are sold directly by email enquiry, wholesale is open to retailers, and every piece is one of a kind — pricing, dimensions and availability are quoted per piece, and Wyatt answers the enquiries himself.

“Fire teaches patience. Glass remembers every mistake.”
Wyatt Bouchard In his own words
Read the full story How the work gets made

The makerWyatt Bouchard

FromBelleville, Ontario, Canada

MaterialBorosilicate glass

SoldDirect & wholesale

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The series

Four ongoing
series.

Nearly everything on the bench belongs to one of four families — flagship Signature builds, sculpted Animal Spirits, experimental Colour Studies, and Ritual Forms made for daily use. These are working groupings rather than shop categories; the available works below filter by type instead.

A macro study of Aurora's hand-worked borosilicate joints and coils
Made slowly
to last

The process

How is each
piece made?

Everything here is borosilicate, worked at the torch rather than the furnace. Colour comes in as rods and pulled cane, built into the glass while it moves — not applied afterwards. Runs are small because every step below is done by one pair of hands.

  1. 01

    Colour first

    Colour rods are chosen and cane is pulled before the body exists. Depth in the finished piece is built in layers at this stage.

  2. 02

    Shaped at the torch

    The body is gathered, blown and worked against gravity. Each reheat decides how far a curve can be pushed before the wall thins out.

  3. 03

    Annealed and finished

    Pieces cool slowly in the kiln to settle the stress out of the glass, then joints and lips are finished by hand. Small differences between pieces stay in — that is what a bench gives you that a mould can't.

02

Available works

On the shelf
right now.

Fifteen pieces are currently available. Filter by type, open any piece for photos and its full description, then email about the one you want — pricing and dimensions are quoted directly. Commissions and wholesale orders are welcome.

Contact

Ask about
a piece.

Questions about an available piece, a commission, or anything on the site go straight to the studio. Replies usually take a few days.

Pricing, dimensions and delivery are quoted by email — mention which piece you are asking about. Prefer to skip the form? [email protected]

Wholesale

Retailers can ask for wholesale pricing and current availability at the same address: [email protected].

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