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Nanna Backhaus Brown & Andrew Brown

Nanna Backhaus Brown & Andrew Brown Glassblower
Contact
Danish, English
Hours:
Monday to Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Phone:
+45 47748520
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A shared passion

  • • Andrew and Nanna are a couple in art and life
  • • Their signature techniques are Pastorelli and Battuto
  • • They are famous for Glasskibe, the sculptures on Viking ships

Nanna Backhaus Brown & Andrew Brown both began their careers as glassblowers in the mid-1980s. Nanna served her apprenticeship at Arresø Glashytte and Andrew blew his first bubbles in Stourbridge School of Glass in England. They met in Brittany, France, where they worked at l’Atelier de Verre in St. Meloir. By then they had both studied as glassblowers for about four years. After their stay in France, they moved to Denmark and began their life together as professional glass artists, partners in life and art. In 1993, they opened their first glassblowing studio and shop, "Glassmedjen" in Frederiksværk and after 14 successful years they made their dream come true: to design and build a studio by the sea. In 2008, Backhaus Brown was born.

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Works

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Valkyrja, the Viking ship

This Viking ship is one of a collaborative series between Egeværk and Backhaus-Brown in which wood and glass are combined and fitted together. It was named after the Valkyries, mythical female deities who, on Odin’s command, chose the warriors who would fall during battle and escorted them to Valhalla.

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Vases

These three vases are moulded in glass of different shapes and colours.

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Engraved vases

A series of engraved vases in semi-opaque glass.

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Handblown vases

A series of hand blown vases with spiralling coloured lines.

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Turquoise vase

This turquoise vessel is composed of two overlapping structures. Their surface is engraved with arabesques.

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