36 - North Shore News - Friday March 10, 2000

Scenic vi

Erin Stringer
Contributing Writer

BRYAN Stauffer can
turn ordinary shower
decors and mirrors into
intricate scenes of

zes, mountains and

wildlife.

He can put any design
onto glass, and judging by
the work he's done, people
have imagined it all.

He has sandblasted roost-
ers and Marilyn Monroc's
face into panels, although
linear designs and “West
Coast” scenes are the most
popular.

The majority of his work

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where people are looking for
a way to update old pieces or
to simply add some style to
plain glass.

Stauffer opened NC Glass
and Sandblasting Inc. in
1996, after the glass compa-
ny he was working for was
put up for sale by the owner.

“L thought that it was the
perfece time to start my own
place,” said Stauffer, who has
been working with glass in
one way or another for about
13 years.

“1 had an eve for art, and
1 knew what looked right, I
knew whact louked wrong.
My forte has always been
that I can look at something
once and then draw it.”

Stauffer runs a one-man
operation: designing, getting
the glass, doing the artwork,
sandblasting and_ installing
the finished product.

He is usually called on by
designers to etch artwork
into glass that ends up in
homes, offices, boats, and
restaurants.

If someone can dream it
up, chances are Stauffer and
his sandblaster can make it
happen.

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ifit’s impossible, { still rake it
on. Sometimes it’s just a
mattec of interpreting it dif-
ferently,” he said. “That's
why [ stay awake at night
thinking about getting it
done, because I know there's
away.”

There is) evidence of
Stuuffer’s success all around
Vancouver.

He created a textured
water design on a glass panel
for the entranceway of the
Hollyburn Country Club in
West Vancouver.

He also designed a large
creen for the inside of the

aotank at the Vancouver

quarium, which had to
ck out a certain amount
of light.

Aside from various
hotels and residences he
works in, he also does many
of the awards used for Search
and Rescue trophies, fastest
climb times at Grouse
Mountain, and Vancouver
Generai Hospital.

Stauffer’s store in North
Vancouver is an eclectic sam-
ple of some of his past cre-
ations, which can cost any-
where from under $100 for
smaller pieces like plates and
address numbers, to well
into the thousands for larger
panels.

Glass is brought into the
workshop, where Stauffer
uses a number of methods to
create the desired effect,
including deep carving,
frosting, and cracking the
glass with pliers.

Or, if people just want a
plain, thick sheet of glass for
a shower door or partition,
Stauffer will affix handles
and hinges.

“This work can be a lot of
headaches, but it’s also a lot
of fun,” he said.

“I love it when people
come to the site and are
blown away. I tike hearing,
‘Wow, [can’t believe you did
that!’ ”

Stauffer’s store and studio
is located at 288 Pemberton
Ave,

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

BRYAN Stauffer looks through a giass panel he designed at his North Vancouver
workshop, where he makes his unique glass creations. Stauffer, whose work can
be seen all around Vancouver, is the owner of NC Glass and Sandblasting Inc.

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