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So you want to open a glass factory...

Posted by Andrew Brott on 3/20/2007

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

P.s. Too busy to finish, check back again later...

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Staff and me... 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 px (40 KB) 0 Comments		2 448 x 300 px (39 KB) 0 Comments
Renee Lets be real, Renee was the real brains of our operation.. 448 x 300 px (41 KB) 0 Comments	We worked hard. 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... 287 x 448 px (30 KB) 0 Comments	Testing for eve 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. 448 x 294 px (43 KB) 0 Comments
The Two small K 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 288 px (42 KB) 0 Comments	5 448 x 291 px (37 KB) 0 Comments	WD-40 Burn Test 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 299 px (46 KB) 0 Comments
Big oven loaded 448 x 278 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	We cast our own 448 x 298 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	10 448 x 299 px (37 KB) 0 Comments
12.1 308 x 448 px (44 KB) 0 Comments	13 448 x 288 px (26 KB) 0 Comments	Ceramic Shell P This place had a large metal foundry I played with 301 x 448 px (38 KB) 0 Comments
Pate de vere in 448 x 312 px (43 KB) 0 Comments	shells 6 448 x 281 px (50 KB) 0 Comments	Many, many, man Climate controlled ceramic shell technology, Luminar mold mix 6, 50/50 plaster silica, sand, Ins Board, metal frame, ect... We used it all 293 x 448 px (29 KB) 0 Comments
Big oven loaded 448 x 278 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	Big Oven pre-fi 448 x 320 px (43 KB) 0 Comments	Big oven fired 448 x 290 px (36 KB) 0 Comments
Big oven out 3 448 x 315 px (56 KB) 0 Comments	Drop out bowls 448 x 282 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	Drop out pre fi 448 x 312 px (30 KB) 0 Comments
Georgia at work 448 x 289 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	Bowls and stain 448 x 307 px (33 KB) 0 Comments	Drop out bowls 448 x 279 px (37 KB) 0 Comments
Damn that s hot 290 x 448 px (42 KB) 0 Comments	Damn that s hot 448 x 285 px (43 KB) 0 Comments	Did I cut that 448 x 300 px (42 KB) 0 Comments
Fumed with Stan 448 x 290 px (50 KB) 0 Comments	Drop out oval m 448 x 276 px (34 KB) 0 Comments	fired oval drop 448 x 300 px (32 KB) 0 Comments
2 glass dome 448 x 300 px (31 KB) 0 Comments	3 Grinding Equi 448 x 295 px (36 KB) 0 Comments	4 Grinding equi 448 x 299 px (43 KB) 0 Comments
engraving 448 x 300 px (36 KB) 0 Comments	engraving compl 448 x 300 px (25 KB) 0 Comments	Drop in big bow 448 x 327 px (33 KB) 0 Comments
Glass Table and 448 x 302 px (45 KB) 0 Comments	Glass table 2 448 x 291 px (39 KB) 0 Comments	Grind and polis 448 x 304 px (37 KB) 0 Comments
Table 2 448 x 291 px (31 KB) 0 Comments	Me at work 448 x 316 px (43 KB) 0 Comments	Cullet castings Ruesche enamles, glass blowing powders, frit... We did a little of everthing 288 x 448 px (28 KB) 0 Comments
Cullet casting 336 x 438 px (37 KB) 0 Comments	tortus molds001 300 x 448 px (27 KB) 0 Comments	Luster testing 448 x 297 px (32 KB) 0 Comments
Luster test 2 448 x 324 px (38 KB) 0 Comments	A Richshaw copy 448 x 301 px (43 KB) 0 Comments	Anealing glass 448 x 293 px (41 KB) 0 Comments
Silly Georgia 2 288 x 448 px (41 KB) 0 Comments	Me being dumb Wish I could share more, but I need to work in my studio to pay the bills... 448 x 301 px (39 KB) 0 Comments

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