Andrew is one of our glass fusing and lead light teachers. He is also responsible for kiln maintenance firing schedule development. If anything goes wrong with the kilns, both glass and clay, it is Andrew who is comes in to save the day and keep everything running and stopping general panic amongst students wanting to know where their work is. He also works on expanding our capabilities in glass.
Andrew sees the studio as a great place to destress and develop your creativity.
He is also an artist and manages to find time to work on his own glass work. Heโs also had his work in several exibitions.
Andrewโs background is in process engineering in heavy industry. He has โalways had a fascination with the beauty of glassโ. He started out as a student at Art Mania โjust to give it a tryโ, and the rest is history!
When asked how he connects with the ethos of Art Mania and the inclusivity, he wrote:
โThe highlight of my time teaching has been teaching Sam, who is blind, to cut glass and use the flat bed glass grinder by feel. I love that we encourage anyone to have a go.โ
