Mike Tonder, Blue Skies Glassworks 

Arent youtube recomendations great when they actually work?

never seen glass look so soft and sumptuous . amazing . and what a genuine guy .he reminds me of Bob Ross..

There is this calmness about this guy, and it is reflected in his art work.

Greetings, Mike, from Las Cruces, New Mexico! We visited your home studio many moons ago and ended up buying two wonderful pieces. We still treasure them, and they are even lovelier in the bright sunlight of NM. Folks here wonder how they are done - now we can show them your videos. John & Verne

Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch this video. I can be contacted directly at mtonder@blueskiesglassworks.com

"i don't know if i can make a living, but i know i can make a darn good life."

"i dunno if i can make a living, but i can make a darn good life" great motto for any artist

"I dont know if I can make a good living, but I can make a darn good life." what a wonderful man, those are some wise words of wisdom, happiness should always come before money

"Can"t make a good living but can make a great life" well said! Great work by the way!

In life's 'imaginary' race, we somewhere forget that good living is all about great life... I found peace and serenity by just watching this man work and listening to him... 🙏🏼thankyou so much for bringing this vid up.. I am from India and not a frequent traveler but one thing I know - people are treasure.. Mr. Mike Tonder you are a treasure... thankyou so much for sharing..

I love glass. There is something pure about its translucent look. Nothing to hide. Always thought that if heaven was real it would be like glass. I love the fact that money isn't the focus for his work it's the love and pleasure. Thank you for sharing this video😌

What a cool guy making great work.

Beautiful work and that guy was so peaceful and had a great outlook on life.

The Bob Ross of glass!

This deserves way more liked and views

I was an industrial glass cutter for 15 years, these really are a work of art.

"i don't know if i can make a living, but i know i can make a darn good life." this is one of the best quotes i've ever heard and i go by this now that i think about it i love the thought of acting but my mom says i would need a side job so i can make enough money but to me it doesn't matter i've always cared about the fun in acting and how you can teach people with this amazing power in the end all i want and to give is a little fun

"I don't know if i make a good living, but i make a darn good life.. " nice fella ...

Mike Tonder thanx for sharing your art on glass Amazing ! And I love your voice...so soothing n therapeutic 😀 Agnes

The sandblasted glass looks fantastic! Awesome work!

This quote personifies my impression of him ....don't know if I can make a good living but I can make a darn good life...impressive

Lovely!! Glad I landed here.

what a unique artist. so inspiring! keep up the amazing work.

Fantastic creations!

Sir that's an brilliant piece of work..!! keep it going

"Once you have your skills and you've bought your tools there's always something you can do." I like that.

The softness in his voice. Damn.

I need to do this now.... very inspirational and overwhelmingly awesome

simply beautiful.

Hermoso tu trabajo...el vidrio es magnifico, gracias un abrazo desde Chile

Very impressive statement: "once you have your skills and you got your tools, there is allways something you can do"

I came across this by curiosity and you make some beautiful pieces. Thank you for making this vid for us to enjoy 👏👍

Wow!!! What a great talent...keep it up Mike.

Stunningly beautiful!!

Hats off to you sir, keep it up with the good work. You are indeed a great artist as you have talents & creativity & I like that.

What a great video! Interesting, calming and inspiring. Thank you I really enjoyed this. 😀👍

Очень красиво и оригинально!!! Восхитительно 👍🏼

I love his work! =D It's so beautiful!

Mike Tonder does awesome work! The best way to find out more about him & the glass he uses is to visit his website: Blueskiesglaswork.com. Thanks for the kind comments!

Mike, dude, you are an amazing artist, I’m getting on your website after this tutorial. Fantastic stuff

most pieces are really accidents of chance. the rest are experience from accidents. these are beautiful. nice work.

Wow, this is such a beauty!! You are extremely creative!

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing this.

Any artist knows your lucky to make enough to carry on.....and feed one's self....:( good work.....looks great.....

really smooth work.. inspiring shapes and forms.. keep doing your thing

This is fantastic artwork 😃👍

TY used to do leaded stain glass, miss my teacher and love, may do a piece in honor someday.

Just fantastic. He's so talented.

Enjoyed watching your creativity! I'm so envious of this. Wish I had the resources to pursue this medium. God Bless!

that's incredible

That's a really interesting medium. Everyone has seen a million wood carvings chiseled out but very unique to use glass.

I get the notion that Glass in all its artforms, is going to be big in the coming years, moving forwards to the Age of Aquarius; the Golden Age.

I wish I knew more of his technique. What a great guy!

magnificent work!

Oh be still my heart!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! Good life...

Oh my How beautiful Beautiful man as well

wow he is awesome love those works.

beautiful work

Here's to a good life🍻

Thanks.. Nice approach.

Thanks. Great artist.

Just beautiful 😊

veeerrrry nice work

hi sir thanks for sharing this beautyful work og art realy inspiring .

That was stupid amazing.

This is amazing!

Very inspirational!

Beautiful

I love it nice work

magnificooooooooooo.

beautifully done!

seeing glass look soft like that messes with my head

not a good living but a good life 👍☺☺☺🌸🌸🌸🌸

he is real master artist

Wonderful!

transparente emoción, ...bravo!!!

the bob ross of glass

Great advise very inspirational

so pretty

Exciting!

Wow impressive designs

Guys pretty inspirational

Did you use a kiln to fuse the glass pieces to make one piece? What a cool process! What an awesome art form. Thanks for sharing!

Magnific.

Wow wow wow!

Pretty cool.

great art

So pretty!

Awesome, what glass do you use?

Ty for sharing

Amazing... so nice. I

Neat. Thank you.

It's strange, the pieces look a lot like pictures from electron microscopes. The soft undefined edges and abstract shapes just look like those images to me. (I've been spending too much time looking at EM pictures obviously)

Ahhhh....the translucent color of glass.

Hermoso trabajo

Bob Ross of glass.

You should try to add led lighting build in your glass creations, that would be even more awsome. Beautiful work though!!!

amazing

amazing!!

What I can say..It's nice. ...