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Centerpiece for exhibit of my glass insects, for Bozeman Public Library's "Catch the Reading Bug" kid's program. Made of Effetre glass over a GT...

Four Seasons Commi...

This is a set of 4 windows recently commissioned. All are reverse gilding/reverse painting on glass. Eash window has an icon in the corner to repre...

Rhinoceros Beetle

Fantasy beetle with shiny dichroic back! Modelled after various species of Rhinocerous beetle which are endemic to North and South America.

Stained Glass Globes

This big globe is eight feet tall and six feet in diameter. It required over 2000 hours in the making and includes all the correct political border...

6. Boro Water Foun...

Here is my first water fountain. I had tons of fun making this piece. It took me five days of prep and assembly all together, but I have a better u...

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(Fused / Slumped / Kiln Formed Glass Art)

I spent the summer months of 1999 on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines as a consultant and an instructor for a large decorative arts factory. We spent long hours, as the staff and I tested and configured large gas powered kilns and began to manufacture a production line. I taught them the basic glass techniques and skills required to safely run kiln fired glass factory. What we lacked in facilities and equipment, we made up for in the talent and resorcefullness of the factory staff. I am proud to have worked for them, and some of our pictures are listed on this page.
If anyone is interested in doing something like this again, I enjoy a real “challenge”…
Warm Regards,
Andrew Brott

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Staff and me... 448 x 300 pixels (40 KB) 0 Comments This was a large decorative arts factory, with a brass-bronze foundry and platting facility, we were just a small part of their operation.	448 x 300 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments	Renee 448 x 300 pixels (41 KB) 0 Comments Lets be real, Renee was the real brains of our operation..
We worked hard... 287 x 448 pixels (30 KB) 0 Comments I was a kid in a candy store, and I pushed us all hard to make this work. They worked 12hr days six days a week, I was happily allowed to work on Sundays...	Testing for even heat 448 x 294 pixels (43 KB) 0 Comments This was tuff, but thanks and a can of WD-40, "burn" tests, and a squirrel cage blower with ribbon burner pipe, we managed to configure all our vent/flue positions for even heat through convection.	The Two small Kilns 448 x 288 pixels (42 KB) 0 Comments Person "X" built the kilns before I arived, they were all heated by proprane and controlled Watlow computers. Unfortunatley none of these were tested before I arrived.
448 x 291 pixels (37 KB) 0 Comments	WD-40 Burn Test 448 x 299 pixels (46 KB) 0 Comments Problem: We could not figure out where or why certain sections of our kilns were not evenly heating... Solutionspay a "flamable" or tracer so we could see where air/heat moved. Worked great.	448 x 278 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments
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448 x 288 pixels (26 KB) 0 Comments	Ceramic Shell Pate de verre 301 x 448 pixels (38 KB) 0 Comments This place had a large metal foundry I played with	448 x 312 pixels (43 KB) 0 Comments
448 x 281 pixels (50 KB) 0 Comments	Many, many, many molds 293 x 448 pixels (29 KB) 0 Comments Climate controlled ceramic shell technology, Luminar mold mix 6, 50/50 plaster silica, sand, Ins Board, metal frame, ect... We used it all	448 x 278 pixels (39 KB) 0 Comments
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448 x 316 pixels (43 KB) 0 Comments	Cullet castings 288 x 448 pixels (28 KB) 0 Comments Ruesche enamles, glass blowing powders, frit... We did a little of everthing	336 x 438 pixels (37 KB) 0 Comments
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I am a student, teacher, and disciple of the "Studio Art Glass Movement".
Andrew Brott

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

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