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Levine Children’s Hospital “Lilly-Pop Chandelier”

Levine Children’s Hospital “Lilly-Pop Chandelier”

Posted by AndrewBrott on 9/20/2007
A U.L. listed 46”x 46” x 38” mixed media Lit Sculpture, I just completed (Sept.07) for Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte N.C.
Listed below are my original drawings, along with pictures of the completed piece. This copyrighted work and my designs, may NOT be reproduced or used in any fashion without my express written consent.
Andrew Brott
Completed Lilly-Pop Chandeleir
Completed Lilly-Pop Chandeleir
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U.L. listed, copper plated steel frame
U.L. listed, copper plated steel frame
My company Brottworks LLC is U.L. listed, and we manufactured this Chandelier to meet or exceed U.L. Code 1598- 7.2 temperature test except standards.
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I was honored...
I was honored...
I was honored to work with the Hospitals Design\build Team; Architects, Interior Designers, and Builders. Thank your all your help, hard work, and faith in my work and Brottworks.
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Hodges Taylor Gallery
Hodges Taylor Gallery
MANY THANKS to Dot Hodges (pictured), Christie Taylor, and Elizabeth Love Maddrey of the Hodges Taylor Gallery. They are in charge all the Hospital’s Art Projects.
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Kurt Gabriel
Kurt Gabriel
Professor Kurt Gabriel (pictured), collaborated with me for the installation. THANK YOU!
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Make sure it's safe
Make sure it's safe
As with everything I install, I hung from and bounced on the blocking or mounting bracket that would hold the completed piece. It may look heavy, but it only weighs 107.5 lbs. I weigh 160lbs…
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How it goes together
How it goes together
Each blown glass flower and ribbon, twists or “cork screws” in and out of the metal frame. They interlock to form a “physical” bond, or metal and glass” skeleton”.
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VERY STRONG CONECTIONS!!!!
VERY STRONG CONECTIONS!!!!
Each of these hundreds (thousands?) of interlocking physical connections are then glued together. The glass is never suspended by glue, but prevented from movement or “unlocking” if bumped or broken.
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More Safety
More Safety
The inside of the lower dome, is “rubberized” with 50-year silicone rubber. If it were ever be broken by a foreign object, the rubber helps to hold the glass together. The interlocking... connections and glue, do the same for ribbons and flowers.
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How to change a bulb...
How to change a bulb...
The three 150 watt type A-incandescent bulbs can be easily changed by holding the glass dome in place, then removing the glass and metal finial.
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Change it
Change it
The lower dome is then removed to gain bulb access.
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Photo with the “flash” on
Photo with the “flash” on
We wanted this to playfully explode with color, and use projected light to create an oasis inside the hospital. Colors drastically change as viewers move from sections of projected to reflected light.
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Final message
Final message
When I engraved (signed), My “Lilly-pop Chandelier”- I added - “From New Orleans La: I dedicate this to the Children and Families at Levine Children’s Hospital.- Andrew Brott 2007”
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