Production of Cast Art Glass for Public Art Project

Readers of the WGS Blog are familiar with the Public Art Project currently underway for Safeway Supermarket's new LEED Certified building in Bethesda, MD.

Original late 1970's Safeway in Bethesda, MD

being replaced with :

New LEEDs Certified building designed by Rounds VanDuzer Architects

Construction of the steel framework is underway & the kilns have been firing nonstop to make the "herb-leaf" inspired bas-relief kilnformed casting.

Layout sketch of a typical architectural bay.

Erwin Timmers removes the kilnfused glass from the molds.

Matt Duffy & Erwin Timmers check the clarity of the glass (mind you, it must not be too much and not be too little - it needs to be just right.)

Erwin check the glass for evenness of form and to make sure the panels will lay flat within the steel framework.

We will post other photos of the process soon!

UPDATE: Click HERE to jump to photos of finished project.