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Indoor bull riding set for fairgrounds Free rodeo events come to Jeffco facility By Amy Woodward awoodward@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Horace Marlowe, co-founder of C&H Glasswork, works on a making a glass pumpkin. He uses the mold to help shape the glass. Photos by Clarke Reader

L A K E WO O D S T U D IO

a glass act

C&H, 40 West artist join forces for big creation

By Clarke Reader

creader@colorado communitymedia.com

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ucked away in a little corner of Lakewood is a studio with big aspirations. C&H Glassworks, 11354 W. 13th Ave., No. 6, wants to become the most active glass-blowing studio in the state and has spent the past eight years steadily growing in prestige and accomplishment. “We started out working together and teaching advanced glass-blowing,” said Horace Marlowe, who runs the studio with Corey Silverman. “In the beginning we did a lot of retail shows and were driving all over the country,” Silverman added. “Now we’re focused on being faceto-face with our customers and developing our studio.” C&H specializes in creating unique creations that run the gamut from wine and pint glasses to lifesized glass pumpkins in a variety of hues. They’ve worked with a variety of artists and designers to create larger pieces, and their products can be found all over the country. The studio’s latest project is “CRYSTALIS,” a glasswork installation designed with 40 West artist Lonnie Hanzon and Ignaz Gorischek for Nieman Marcus’ Mariposa restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. “It is one of the largest projects we’ve done and it took us several months to do,” Silverman said. “CRYSTALIS” features more than 1,000 pieces of hand-blown glass and more than 8,000 components in

C&H Glasswork specializes in blown-glass creations, ranging from glasses to more free-form creations. The studio has several furnaces that are used to heat up the glass. total. It features clear glass “beads” curtaining booths in Mariposa to create two shimmering walls of light. The project took around four to six people working in C&H’s hot and cold shops to sculpt each individual piece and add it to the suspension wire. “We had a lot of flexibility and did a bunch of sample pieces in the process. There were endless designs we were able to try,” Marlowe said. Each of the shapes was uniquely created to make sure none of them were exactly alike. C&H has an eye on the future, and is looking to expand to a bigger studio space, which would allow Marlowe and Silverman room to have a gallery and work on all facets

of glass. C&H is still early in the process of finding a new space, and is working with 40 West Arts on finding a new space. Some of the studio’s work will be hung as part of an upcoming glasswork show at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. The studio is currently available for rent to visiting artists and groups, and C&H offers glass-blowing classes. “We want to make our studio available to people who may have never seen glass-blowing or how it works,” Marlowe said. “Our goal is to get people excited to learn something new.” For more information, call 303274-0643 or visit www.chglassworks. com.

Every bull rider approaches his ride differently. Some say a quick prayer before hopping over the metal railing to mount the seemingly tame beast — others don’t give it a second thought. “Nothing feels better than spurring one down,” said bull rider Joey Quintana of Arvada. The Jeffco Fairgrounds is hosting the Bull Riders Underground Showdown organized by Newlon Rodeo Productions, with dates set through the end of April. Held at the Livestock Arena, admission is free until the series returns in September, where tickets will sell for $5 a person. “It’s really Shows start at 7 p.m. kind of turned Friday, March 20 into this, I Friday, April 3 think, a really Friday, April 17 cool concept Friday, May 1 that provides Concessions and beer will be available to an incredibly unique envipurchase. ronment for fans, but it’s really been fun to interject some life into our old Livestock Arena at the same time,” said Scott Gales, director of the Jeffco Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds hosts 1,200 different events a year, but the indoor bull riding series offers an appeal for even the most urban lifestyle. “You’re on the edge of your seat the whole time,” said Samantha Ayres of Arvada. “You have to stay on for eight seconds and you don’t know who is going to make it and who’s not.” A combination of professional and amateur bull riders participate in the rodeo sport from across the state as well as a few riders from Arkansas and South Dakota. Bull riding classes will soon be offered along with opportunities for the addition of youth riders on miniature bulls. “I want people to view bull riding as entertainment,” said Mike Newlon, local promoter and former bull rider. Quintana, who was born and raised in Golden, said winning is an important factor for the riders, who are looking to collect to get them ready for the next ride. “I have a lot of respect for the people who put it on, and they used to put on really big bull ridings,” Quintana said. “When you can come somewhere like this and just have fun, then there’s nothing better.” The Friday night Jackpot series continues Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. For more information, go to www. facebook.com/newlonrodeo.

UPCOMING 2015 JEFFCO JACKPOT SERIES DATES

Kenneth Heltibridle of Manassa, Colo., readies his rope on a bull. Heltibridle is currently sitting in 7th place in the Bullriders’ Showdown Series held at the Jeffco Fairgrounds hosted by Newlon Rodeo Productions. Photo by Amy Woodward


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