Jim Graper

Jim Graper was born in Hawaii in 1969, grew up in Kailua, Oahu and currently resides on the side of an active volcano on the Big Island. He was exposed to art as a kid when his Aunt Miriam bought him a little Fisher-Price electric wheel for throwing clay pots and was immediately hooked. Then at the University of Hawaii he experienced molten glass, and it’s been glass ever since. For seven years Jim worked in Maui at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center and at Hot Island Glass where he was majorly influenced by the expertise of the two owner glass blowers. He recently rebuilt his furnace on the Big Island and states, “My studio is mostly scavenged parts.  It’s amazing what you can do with equipment that nobody wants anymore. Ahh, art is good.”

Blown Glass Shot Glass Bud Vase by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Shot Glass Bud Vase – Made In Hawaii

Blown Glass Cups by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Cup – Made In Hawaii

Blown Glass Whale Tail Fluke by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Whale Tail Fluke Sculpture Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Small Blown Glass Sea Urchin Paperweights by Jim Graper

Small Blown Glass Sea Urchin Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Blown Glass Fish Sculpture Paperweight by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Fish Sculpture Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Blown Glass Ocean Orb Paperweight by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Ocean Orb Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Blown Glass Flower Orb Paperweights by Jim Graper

Blown Glass Flower Orb Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Small Blown Glass Heart Paperweights by Jim Graper

Small Blown Glass Heart Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Large Blown Glass Heart Paperweights by Jim Graper

Large Blown Glass Heart Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Small Blown Glass Star Starfish Paperweights by Jim Graper

Small Blown Glass Star Starfish Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

Large Blown Glass Star Starfish Paperweight by Jim Graper

Large Blown Glass Star Starfish Paperweight – Made In Hawaii

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