Elbo

Matt Selbovitz, who works as Elbo, is an American glass artist based in Evergreen, Colorado, known for dinosaur-themed functional glass. His Raptor rigs and Dinosaur eye pieces are among the most visually distinct work in heady glass, and his broader practice has extended the Elbo name well outside the glass scene into toys, apparel, and retail. Selbovitz found glass in 2005 at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, working initially with soft glass in the hot shop. He graduated with a BFA in 2009 and moved into borosilicate pipe work shortly after, crediting Zach Puchowitz with early instruction at the torch. The dinosaur motif arrived in 2012. A girlfriend had been giving him small glass dinosaur figurines, and when he brought a few dino rigs to a trade show as filler pieces, they drew more attention than anything else he had on the table. Orders came in that day. In 2013 he moved to Colorado and co-founded Everdream Studio in Evergreen with WJC and a group of other artists, working at a shared hexagonal bench where six artists faced each other. That setup shaped how his work developed. His collaboration list includes notable names like Joe Peters, Robert Mickelsen, Mike Luna, Darby Holm and more. His main piece types are Raptor rigs, bipedal open-mouthed dinosaurs with the mouthpiece worked into the head; Recyclerdactyls, pterodactyl bodies with full recycler plumbing built in; triceratops and brontosaurus rigs; and smaller head jammers that give newer collectors a lower entry point. He also makes pendants, slides, and carb caps. Joints are typically left clear, both to keep the figure's color reading clean and to let the water movement stay visible. He runs CFL-reactive colors including Serum, which reads yellow in natural light and pink under fluorescents. Community lore puts his scrap rate around one in three pieces. Beyond the torch, Selbovitz has built the Elbo brand further than most glass artists. He has produced vinyl toys with GZ1, including Dino Apu and Wiggumsaurus, plush figures, a Topps trading card, and capsule collections with The Hundreds and FR2. In April 2024 he opened The Elbo Store in Denver's RiNo district, a combined gallery, boutique, and working studio with a torch station in the back. He also established Studio P in Bangkok, Thailand, located inside the Haight and Ashbury cannabis shop he co-created. The space hosts high-end gallery exhibitions, exclusive apparel drops, and collaborative showcases, solidifying Elbo's presence as a pioneer in the global underground art movement. Drops sell out within seconds. Collectors cite both the work and the way Selbovitz runs releases, using lotteries to keep access fair, as reasons the community around his pieces stays tight. Browse authentic Elbo pieces for sale on GlassPass.