We are pleased to be able to offer beautiful glass molecules as membership gifts. They are hand-crafted by visionary artist Ed Steckley of Celestine Glass, as a thank you for those who contribute to Erowid. The small works of art range from 3-9 inches long with each atom of the molecule .45-.95 inches in diameter.

The molecules are made of borosilicate glass as 3D representations of 2D molecular structures (so they can lie flat on a table). Different elements--carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc--are represented by different color glass. Contributors can choose the molecular structure of psychoactive chemicals such as DMT, LSD, MDMA, Psilocin, Nitrous Oxide, and Serotonin.

Small glass molecules are available at the $125 level
Medium glass molecules are available at the $250 level
Large glass molecules are available at the $500 level

Select a membership level above or visit our glass molecule availability page to see what chemicals and sizes are available.

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We met artist Ed Steckley in Basel, Switzerland at an event honoring Albert Hofmann on his 100th birthday. Ed had crafted a glass LSD molecule that he presented to Albert after the city of Basel thanked him for his lifelong work. We were very excited by Ed's work, since we had discussed the idea of glass and ceramic molecules before we'd seen them. In Basel, we discussed with Ed how we could get some of his artwork to Erowid members and donors and these glass molecules are the result.

The first in this unique series of hand made glass molecules was the LSD molecule given to Dr. Albert Hofmann on and for his 100th birthday. Following the gift to Albert, Ed Steckley, with technical help from Erowid, created this series of molecular artwork to reveal the great similarities between human biochemistry and psychoactives.

Each of these pieces is hand crafted by ES Glass Art and are made of borosilicate glass, a very hard and temperature resistant material very similar to the brand name Pyrex glass. Although they are quite sturdy, sharp blows, drops onto hard surfaces, or extremely rapid heating and cooling could cause cracking or breakage.

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Artist Ed Steckley	Oxygen tanks
Torch	Working at torch
Heating a clear borosilicate rod	Making a carbon-atom marble
Smoothing marble	Preparing to detach atom marble
Atoms ready to work with
Clear carbon atom marbles, each attached to punty
Bench-top kiln
Finished molecule next to prepared atoms
Finished molecules
MDMA molecule	Artist Ed Steckley holding LSD molecule