Inventor of the modern bong, Cameron Tower. The Stranger
Cameron Tower is one of the hundreds of glassblowers in Washington State making handblown glass pipes and bongs. His pieces are covered in waves of smoky color and handblown marbles containing celestial scenes. But there’s something other than his artistry that sets him apart from the rest of Seattle’s glassblowers.
Tower invented the world’s first modern bong.
Sound crazy? Let me explain. Because glass pipes and bongs are ubiquitous now, stacked in piles at head shops across the world, they may seem timeless, but smoking weed out of a glass instrument is a fairly recent and distinctly American invention. And Tower is widely credited as being the first person to create a handheld, 100 percent glass water pipe.
