Patsiku lodziwika bwino, Chris "Special K" Uhlhorn, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Bongfather, amatha kuwoneka pa IGTV atavala chovala cha Seattle Seahawks, akuwomba galasi ndi ndodo, akuyendetsa ndi zida zosiyanasiyana, ndikuzizungulira mu uvuni wotentha.Nthawi zambiri kupanga bong inayake kumakhala kovuta ndipo kumafuna thandizo la anthu awiri kapena atatu.
Uhlhorn adayambitsa bizinesi yake ya Special K Glass ku Seattle ku 1998 koma adabwerera kwawo ku Eugene ku 2005 kuti akalere ana aang'ono awiri.Lapeza chipembedzo chotsatira pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi chifukwa cha zida zake zamagalasi zatsopano, zomwe zimapezeka m'masitolo a fodya ndi mapaipi ku Oregon, komanso patsamba la Special K.
"T-shirt yathu yotsatira idzanena kuti 'Pod yanga yoyamba inali K' yapadera," adatero, "chifukwa timamva zimenezo nthawi zonse ndipo ndimakonda."
COVID isanachitike, Ullhorn anali wokangalika pazama TV koma anali asanagulitsidwe pa intaneti.Tsopano ndikugulitsa pa intaneti ndi kujambula, zonse zasintha.Uhlhorn anandiuza kuti: “Amanyamula katundu m’nyumba yathu yosungiramo katundu.Izi sizinachitikepo.
Mosiyana ndi mavuto azachuma omwe mliriwu wadzetsa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono amitundu yonse, ma dispensary a cannabis ndi maofesi akulu amawoneka kuti ndi ofunikira.Kwa Special K: "Iyi ndi nthawi yosintha kwambiri mubizinesi yanga m'zaka 21," adatero Uhlhorn, yemwe bizinesi yake yayikulu idayamba kuyambira mliriwu."Aliyense amasuta udzu kunyumba, ndipo ichi ndi chinthu chabwino kwa iwo omwe amakakamizika kukhala kunyumba nthawi yachilimwe ndikufuna chakudya chokoma."
Uhlhorn adawonjezeranso kuti opanga magalasi ambiri akukumana ndi kukula komweko kwa bizinesi."Anangodzazana basi."Kenako panabwera 4/20 ndi kuzungulira koyamba kolimbikitsira, komwe akuti kunathandizira mabizinesi kuchoka pa $ 300 patsiku pakugulitsa pa intaneti mpaka $ 1,000 patsiku pafupifupi usiku wonse.
Ku Portland, mupeza Special K kulikonse komwe mapaipi ndi ma bongs amagulitsidwa, koma Mary Jane's House of Glass ndi Nomad Crossing (4526 SE Hawthorne) ali ndi zosankha zabwino kwambiri.
Uhlhorn pakadali pano amakhala ku South Eugene, kufupi ndi kampasi ya University of Oregon komanso midadada ingapo kuchokera kunyumba yake yaubwana.“Zasintha pang’ono kuyambira 1991…Ndinali kusekondale ndipo ndinagula chitoliro changa chagalasi choyamba mu kanyumba kakang’ono kotchedwa Clay Babies ku Oregon Fair.Inali silinda.chidutswa chomwe chinayambitsa gulu lonse lamakono la galasi lalikulu, lopangidwa ndi Snodgrass, godfather of glass.
Mmodzi mwa odziwika a Eugene ndi Bob Snodgrass, yemwe anayamba kugwira ntchito pa luso lake pamene akuyenda ndi Grateful Dead m'zaka za m'ma 1970 ndi 80s, ndipo amadziwika kuti adapanga teknoloji ya chubu ya galasi yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi lero.Kuwonjezera pa Bob Snodgrass, Uhlhorn adaphunziranso za kupukuta magalasi kuchokera kwa bwenzi lake la sekondale Sky, yemwe Uhlhorn amamutcha "super OG glassblower".Anzakewo akuyamba kupanga mapaipi ndi bong kuseri kwa Skye."Ndinadziwa nthawi yomweyo kuti nditha ndi izi," adatero Uhlhorn.
Mu 1998, akukhala ku Eastlake, Seattle, Uhlhorn adapeza gulu lopanga, komwe adayambitsa chitoliro chagalasi ndi bizinesi yowomba nyimbo.Uhlhorn anafotokoza kuti: “Seattle ndiye chigawo chachikulu cha ku America cha magalasi ofewa.“Achichepere enieni ankagwira ntchito kwa [wosema magalasi wa ku America] Dale Chihuly.Tidatsegula kanyumba kakang'ono kagalasi pafupi ndi a Dale Chihuly," adatero Uhlhorn.Chihuly amadziwika chifukwa cha zojambulajambula zambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo watsegula njira kwa ojambula ambiri m'dera la Seattle.
“Anyamata amene ankagwira ntchito kumeneko ankabwera kusitolo yathu ndipo tinkapanga ma bong,” akukumbukira motero Uhlhorn."Ndinali ndi zaka 25-26.Kunena zoona, ndakhala ndikuchita zimenezi tsiku lililonse kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.”
Masiku ano, mutha kuzindikira mosavuta zidutswa za Special K ndi siginecha yawo yokulunga khosi, zogwirira zopindika komanso zopindika.
"Chovalacho ndi gawo la siginecha yanga," Uhlhorn akutero za kapangidwe kanzeru ka Venetian."Ilinso ndi mawonekedwe ogwira ntchito kwambiri.Anthu amakonda kwambiri chogwirira.Chovalacho chimatilola kupanga khosi ndikutsamira pang'ono. "
Ngakhale kuti sizinthu zonse zomwe zimabwera ndi chogwirira cha galasi, ma hookah apadera a K amakhala ndi mitundu yowoneka bwino yamitundu yosiyanasiyana (kuphatikiza madera ena owala-mu-mdima) ndi mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana;palibe zipolopolo ziwiri, magalasi, mabelu, cones, goblets kapena mazira amaoneka chimodzimodzi.
“[Makasitomala] amakonda munthuyu.Azimayi ambiri amadzizindikiritsa okha ndi mtundu wa tsitsi kapena zikhadabo.Ndicho chifukwa chibakuwa chinali chotchuka kwambiri.“Amakondanso kuwapatsa mayina,” akupitiriza Uhlhorn.“Ndamva masitolo ena akundiuza kuti, 'Chris, uyenera kukhala ndi nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri chifukwa aliyense amene amagula nyimboyo amabwerera n'kumatiuza dzina lake.''”
Pafupifupi 99% yazinthu zopangira zomwe Special K amagwiritsa ntchito (kupatula utoto womwe amagula) ndi zida zobwezerezedwanso pambuyo pa mafakitale.Uhlhorn amapanga zogwirira ntchito ndi zomangira, mbale ndi lumo ndikuwonjezera tsatanetsatane wa kapangidwe kachidutswa chilichonse kukatentha."Zing'onozing'ono zonsezi zimandithandiza kudzisiyanitsa ndi zinthu zaku China," adatero.
Ngakhale kuti Uhlhorn amasamalira makasitomala amisinkhu yonse, iye akuvomereza kuti “achichepere ambiri mwachiwonekere anayamba ndi ntchito yanga.Iwo angakwanitse.Ndikuganiza kuti ichi ndi gawo lalikulu lachipambanocho. "
Special K akuti ndi bwino kugwiritsa ntchito mchere wa miyala ndi kupaka mowa poyeretsa, kenaka muzitsuka ndi madzi ozizira."Tikupangira kuti musagwiritse ntchito madzi otentha," akutero Uhlhorn.“Sichingofunika kutsukidwa.Ikhoza kusweka mzidutswa.Munaphunzira zimenezi movutikira.”Koma ngati gawo laling'ono, monga mbale kapena tsinde la pansi, lawonongeka, n'zosavuta kusintha.
Iye anati: “Zinthu zimene ndimakonda kwambiri ndi zimene ndinachita dzulo lake.“Ndipo ndikulonjeza kuti pali chidutswa mu uvuni tsiku lililonse pomwe ndimayesa china chatsopano kapena kuchita china… koma nthawi zonse chimakhala chopambana.Pakakhala zopambana ndikupanga china chatsopano, nthawi zonse chimakhala chokhutiritsa kwambiri ".”
Atafunsidwa ngati amakonda kusuta chamba ndi ma bongs, Uhlhorn adati inde.
"Timagwira ntchito tsiku lonse," adatero Uhlhorn.“Kunyumba, ndimayenera kupita kugalaji, kumene kuli mipope yaing’ono yapanyumba.Ndikuyesera kukhala wochenjera, koma mosakayikira muli osuta fodya m'sitolo yathu.Ndi zabwino kwambiri. "
Nthawi yotumiza: Dec-13-2022