A Little About Us

Meet the weird little duo behind the glass.

Charlie, Keri, and Pip, the founders of Little Pip Co., a stained glass and fused glass studio in Cary, NC

When we first started brainstorming names for our company, we kept hitting walls. Nothing stuck. After endless back and forth (okay, maybe it was days and just felt like years 😉), we eventually landed on the name of the heart of our little family: Pip.

Born just days before we got married in 2017, Pip has been part of our story from the very beginning. She's been there through all the chaos, the big life changes, and everything in between, so it only felt right to name our joint venture after the best girl we know.

Little Pip Co. is a little nod to the pup who's been by our side through it all. 💜🐾

And yes, she takes her job as our Lead Quality Assurance Manager very seriously.

The Little Pip Behind It All

We’re Charlie & Keri, the humans behind Little Pip Co., a queer, trans, and immigrant-owned stained glass and fused glass studio in Cary, NC.

Our work draws heavily from traditional tattoo flash, alternative art, nature, and all the wonderfully weird things that make us smile. Think bold lines, chubby creatures, insects, oddities, and the occasional cryptid. We take that imagery off the skin and reimagine it with glass, creating colorful, collectible pieces made by hand for our wonderfully weird community.

Basically, tattoos even your mom won't be mad you got.

About Little Pip Co.

Wanna Make Some Glass?

Come hang out with us, get your hands on some glass, and make a little something of your own.

Our classes are small, relaxed, and beginner-friendly, with good music, fizzy drinks, and plenty of room to make it your own.

✦ Come Make Some Glass ✦

A Little More About Our Story

Pip proudly showing off the piece of pizza she found.

What started as a creative outlet grew into a small business where we could make the things we actually wanted to make, share them with people who get it, and create a space where everyone can show up as themselves.

Today, we're based in Cary, NC, making stained glass and fused glass art from our studio and connecting with our community throughout Cary, Raleigh, Durham, and the greater Triangle area.

Whether we're making weird little glass creatures, teaching someone to cut their first piece of glass, or meeting fellow curious folk at a market, we love getting to share what we make with the people who find us.

Our path here wasn't exactly straightforward.

In 2018, we were separated at the border and spent more than three years navigating immigration hurdles, distance, and the uncertainty of trying to build a life together while living apart. Then came COVID, layoffs, and a whole lot of figuring things out as we went.

Through it all, making things with our hands remained a constant.

After the upheaval of COVID layoffs, we decided it was finally time to build the kind of business we wished existed more in the world: something personal, welcoming, a little weird, and deeply human.

That's how Little Pip Co. came to be.

Wanna Take Home a Weird Little Thing?

Take a peek at the things we've been making lately. From tattoo-inspired glass and chubby creatures to flowers, oddities, and whatever weird idea has gotten stuck in our heads, there's a little bit of everything.

→ See What We've Been Making

Thanks for being here, supporting our little business, and giving our weird little creations a place in your world.