Where do I find glass to smith with?
Glass items are made from Refined Malachite which is in turn made by smelting 2 Malachite Ores.
Malachite Ore can be found:
- 7 veins in Steamscorch Mine, directly Northeast of Kynesgrove.
- 2 veins (along with 2 Ebony Ore veins) at the top of Throat of the World.
- 4 at Labyrinthian Thoroughfare (Hjaalmarch)
- 3 at Labyrinthian, Tribune
- 2 centered at 150 ft NE of Kynesgrove
- 1 at The Brinehammer Below Deck (The Pale)
Refined Malachite can be found:
- 3 centered at 180 ft NE of Kynesgrove
- 2 at Swindler's Den (Whiterun Hold)
- 1 at Saarthal Excavation (Winterhold)
- 1 at Understone Keep (Markarth)
- Sold by blacksmiths and general goods merchants starting at level 18 (20?)
"Glass" forged items are actually made from a green metal named Malachite. It's not actually glass. So once you take the perk, you can create items based on Malachite.
I assume you're referring to the Glass Smithing perk in the Smithing tree.
While I haven't taken that perk myself, according to UESPWiki, none of the glass pieces take glass as a raw material. They all tend to take some combination of leather, leather strips, malachite, and moonstone.