The Classes at Urban Glass
Being as Dennis is impossibly hard to buy presents for, this year I bought him a series of classes to UrbanGlass for his birthday (his interest in glass-blowing having been piqued by a demonstration at one of the Red Hook artist open studio series). Turned out to be a great investment, at least as far as Christmas presents are concerned, as one of the easier, yet prettier, things to come out of his Sunday afternoon visits are Christmas ornaments.
If you've ever admired the glass work at Swallow and want to know what it's all about, I'd recommend buying (or buying someone else) some classes. Pretty cool stuff.

wow. impressive little ornament!
It was definitely one of the best birthday presents I've had for years. I'm planning to sign-up for more classes this spring. My instructor, Jeff Jewell, was very knowledgeable and kept the class well motivated.
Well thats the coolest little ornament ever!