San Jose, California

Studio

The Building

Built in the 1890s as the first Post Office for College Park in San Jose, California, this historic site has been home to Parrot Studios throughout its growth since early 1978.

All work is done onsite employing traditional design and fabrication processes while utilizing current technology for more than four decades.

The Parrot Studios building, a restored 1890s Victorian in College Park, San Jose

Biography

Since early 1978, Parrot Studios has been an award winning studio. We continue to this day, working closely with architects, interior designers, contractors and homeowners, designing, fabricating and installing, works of art in glass.

We offer attention to detail and meticulous craftsmanship. We invite our clients to bring their desires and dreams to us so that we can transform them into site specific realities.

Browse through our portfolio site and view a sampling of the work that we have accomplished for both public and private places. We welcome you to consider having us design for your next project.

Keith S. Bramer casting molten glass with a torch in the studio — Casting, Parrot Studios

Keith S. Bramer holding a leaded panel beneath an installed skylight — Installing a leaded skylight

Keith S. Bramer gathering molten glass from an active lava flow — Gathering glass from an active flow, Hawai‘i

Keith S. Bramer beneath an installed memorial window — With an installed commission

Keith S. Bramer in the studio with a run of fused glass dishes — A run of fused work, in the studio

1987 — Current

Owns and operates Parrot Studios as a sole proprietorship, an architectural stained and leaded glass and sculpture studio. San Jose, California.

1987 — Current

Owns and operates Uhu Designs, a production glass carving studio. San Jose, California.

1995 — 2006

Owned and operated in partnership The Baja Wilderness Company, an architectural and decorative glass carving studio. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

1978 — 1987

Founded, owned and operated Parrot Studios in partnership with Mark J. Anderson.

1983 — 1986

Independent studies with Dr. Robert Fritz and Mary B. White, San Jose State University. San Jose, California.

1969 — 1979

Apprenticeship through journeyman glazier in glass fabrication and architectural usage. San Francisco Bay Area.