// Definition
A high-end, artisan-blown glass pipe or water pipe valued as both a functional smoking device and a work of art. Emerged from the Dead tour/Fish tour counterculture of the 1990s and evolved into serious collectible art, with pieces ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. Marcel described them as “social tools” that create shared community experiences.
// From the Episode
Marcel, a legendary glass artist, joined to share the history of functional glass art from the 1990s counterculture era through to modern headpiece culture. He explained: “The real function of a headpiece is like a social tool to involve your friends and share your experience… they become community triggers where a group of people smokes out of it and then the whole group has this experience.”