Marcel
Braun is an emerging artist and glassblower.
After lampworking for the first time in 1996, Marcel set out to educate
himself by taking classes with a wide range of professional glass artists. Marcel has been fortunate to learn from
master glassworkers such as Brian Kerkvliet, Shane Fero, Roger Parramore, and
Emilio Santini, as well as participate in a myriad of less formal artistic
encounters which have contributed to his unique style.
“I’ve
tried to incorporate as many different styles of glasswork as possible rather
than emulate one tradition or another.
Ultimately, it is the flexibility of the artist that limits the
expressive potential of glass as a medium.”
In
addition to working with glass sculpture, Marcel is becoming known through his
company, Living Glass Works, which specializes in meeting the equipment demands
of 33 coe glasswork, as well as having spent time as a Board member of the
Marcel
has organized and executed such projects as ‘Project 33’ in 2003 and 2004, a
process oriented workshop that uses cutting edge equipment and his previous
experience making very large scale borosilicate work, as well as the skills of
many talented lampworkers to build and donate a large sculpture to the Annual
Eugene Glass School Auction and Benefit.
This effort raised nearly $13,000 for the school.
Marcel
has been featured in The Flow magazine and has successfully competed in many
flame-off events including the Crystal Myths Albuquerque Flame-Off where he
took second place. His work is in the
corporate collections of Northstar Glass,
above: Marcel sweating his ass off at the Albuquerque flameoff
Contact Information
or call 877.293.2920
livingglassworks.com
Link to: glasspipes.org