Andrew Scott|Glass Blower
All Glass Blower Works By Andrew Scott (2)
Significance & Analysis
'Glass Blower' turned a one-off original into editions that collectors could own. The first 'Glass Blower' was a large piece made for his 2025 London show, the result of months of planning and tinkering by his own account. "While the original has been long gone, I wanted to reproduce smaller limited editions that more people could own," he wrote when the editions were announced.
Made with real glass
The idea depends on a material most frame experiments do without. Where earlier works break, fold or cut the frame, 'Glass Blower' adds to it: a bubble of real blown glass swells from the drawn figure and pushes out through the glazing. For the original and its small prototype, the bubbles were made by Scott's friend David Schnuckel, a glass artist. In the editions every bubble is hand blown, so each copy differs slightly in the size and shape of its glass.
A companion character
The editions are not a straight copy of the original. Scott added a second character, a girl, as a companion piece, so the release was issued as two works, 'Glass Blower' and 'Glass Blower - Girl'. Both carry a hand signed label on the reverse.
The release
The pair went on sale through Stowe Gallery on 9 June 2026 and closed at 10am ET on 11 June. As a timed edition, the number made was set by orders in those 48 hours, and Scott said the image would never be reproduced afterwards.
Before and after
The image came from the 2025 show that produced 'Parallel Worlds', where the original 'Glass Blower' hung. Two months after the editions, Scott took the idea of building onto the frame further in 'The Beyond Collection', where woodcut figures notch into the frame's outer edge and step out beyond it.
