Link in Bio. 🎰 Step inside jerome_baker's lvdreamfactory! Glass heaven. Surely you've heard of the man by now, but do you know his story?
Jason Harris founded
#JeromeBaker Designs Inc. (JBD) in Eugene, Oregon, in 1991. As a dyed-in-the-wool deadhead with T*C pumping through his veins, he chose Jerry Garcia’s first name, Jerome, and a last name, Baker, to denote “baked” as his pseudonym, fearing repercussions from cops.
Through the years, he elevated the form of functional glass art, incorporating innovations along the way, such as fuming glass with fine silver to create a mirror effect and manipulating blown glass into complex art. The
#JBD seal became a symbol of quality. But, despite his efforts to stay off the radar of police, he caught the attention of the feds.
“I was arrested for manufacturing drug paraphernalia in 2003,” Harris says, referring to Operation Pipe Dreams, a Bush administration-era DEA hunt that also involved Tommy Chong and 54 other defendants.
Nearly ten year...