(British, b.1964) Amanda Brisbane was born in Knighton, England, on August 13th, 1964. As a teenager, Amanda was drawn to creating glass sculpture for the first time after visiting prospective colleges, and was immediately taken with the material. After studying glass techniques at West Surrey College of Art and Design and obtaining a BA Hons degree (1st class) in 1986, Amanda chose to specialize in the technique of sand cast glass. In 1986 Amanda studied at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and in 1995 received a Scholarship to Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.

Since there are very few sand casters working in glass, Amanda is self-taught in her original and unique technique, but has been inspired by a very well know Swedish sand caster, Bertil Vallien.

Amanda's technique begins when a special bed of sand is prepared and forms are worked into the sand, making a negative shape. The shape is then filled with the hot molten glass. The glass is gathered on special irons from the furnace mouth, and carefully allowed to run into the sand form, thus making a flat sheet of hot glass.

This textured sheet is then picked up and slumped over another form while the glass is still soft, making a 3 dimensional piece. Each time the sand mould is destroyed. Each piece is unique and unrepeatable. The other special thing about the work is that she uses chemistry to create her own color range. With the use of raw oxides such as copper, cobalt and nickel oxide, Amanda can create fabulous colored glass, giving yet more intrigue to each individual piece.

From 1987-1993 Amanda set up Amanda Brisbane Glass in Ludlow, Shropshire where she was the artist and proprietor for six years. In 1993 she decided to take a hiatus from her studio to go work for her husband's company marketing a new environmentally friendly resin system, but in the end decided returned to her first love, glass. In 2000 Amanda set up a new hot glass studio in Stanton Lacy, Ludlow, where she currently works.

Magazines such as Crafts Magazine, Daily Telegraph, Times, Radio 4 (Kaleidoscope), Neus Glas, and Glass Art, among others have featured Amanda and her work. Amanda is continuously inspired by glass and all the challenges it creates, much inspiration for the forms come from the sea and water.

"This technique is spontaneous and fluid allowing the forms to be free and organic in their making, and therefore, visually. Glass, with its liquidity when hot, is a wonderful medium to express these fluid images."

Amanda is in many private and public collections and museums throughout the world, including The Corning Museum of Glass, New York; The Florida Museum, Florida; The Elbeltoft Museum, Denmark; The Bellariva Museum, Switzerland; The Broadfield House Glass Museum, Dudley, West Midlands. Amanda has exhibited throughout the world and undertaken many large and notable projects, including two atrium sculptures for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and more recently public sculptural work for Birmingham City Center.

Currently, Amanda is represented by Quester Gallery and is available for commissions.