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"Passion"

Flameworked glass chandelier. 42"W x 17"H. Welded steel frame with glass pieces attached. Easily disassembled and reassembled. Available with UL li...

Havdalah

I have several friends that are Jewish and have been to many ceremonies. My favorite ceremony is Havdalah, performed on Saturday evening. The day b...

jellyfish

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The "Donnie pick u...

This is a tutorial on how to do a Donnie pick up at the furnace.. thanks to the assistants ubatuba and the bigles. CSGA in Chicago

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Chimo

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(Fused / Slumped / Kiln Formed Glass Art)

I recently (August 06) made this mixed media glass sculpture. The kiln cast glass sails were slumped by firing stainless steel cables into the glass, then firing them onto a steel frame. Sorry I don’t have the time to write a complete description. Email me at andy@brottworks.com with your questions

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Jimmy (Ronner) Glue 480 x 640 pixels (77 KB) 0 Comments I was raised as a stained glass apprentice by my first mentor William Hamm, before I went to Art School at the University of Wisconsin River Falls for my formal glass training. I have had many I of my own apprentices or “Andy’s Kids” ever since…	Testing, testing; 1,2... 120 x 160 pixels (7 KB) 0 Comments As one can see from browsing my “sketchbook site”, most of my work is experimental. As such I am all ears as to problem solving; my latest partner/appr... is James (Jimmy) Ronner. He is one hell of a smart kid (Masters in Micro-Biolog...	Post Fired Glass and Cables 1024 x 778 pixels (216 KB) 0 Comments I was having a hard time trying to fit the stainless between the glass sail layers, and make it stay in place. Jimmy suggested I use Elmer’s Glue; which I added hydrated alumina and silica flour to.
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122 x 160 pixels (8 KB) 0 Comments	Mast and base 122 x 160 pixels (7 KB) 0 Comments The metal mast is 1/4" round stock mild steel. The bottom was threaded and run through a granite base, and fastened with nuts and washers. The finish is copper foil, covered in lead and tin solder, and copper plated with CuSo4- i.e. copper sulfate.	160 x 122 pixels (9 KB) 0 Comments
Indexing 160 x 122 pixels (7 KB) 0 Comments As usual, most of my work is "pre sold" or commissioned by clients. This red tape index showed showed the client how put "Chimo" together after shipping.	Frame and copper wire 122 x 160 pixels (7 KB) 0 Comments	Saftey Glass 122 x 160 pixels (8 KB) 0 Comments This illustrates what happens when a sail breaks... It's still held together by the stainless steel cable. Many thanks to James Ronner, we learned a bunch from this project....
"Chimo" 114 x 160 pixels (4 KB) 0 Comments All of my work is based on reseach. "Chimo" is based on sailboats, and gets it's name from my clients first boat, Chimo...

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Andrew Brott

Andrew Brott
4721 Freret Street
New Orleans LA 70115 US
Phone: 504-239-3030
www.brottworks.com

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