website birth_place training awards nationality patrons field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
-lsb- http://www.bentre.com/ official website -rsb- brooklyn , new york portland state university national endowment for the arts fellowship american ben w. heineman , sr. . glass-making may 13 , 1949 howard ben tré
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howard ben tré

howard ben tré -lrb- born may 13 , 1949 -rrb- is an american glass artist .
he works with poured glass , creating small sculptures and large scale public artworks .
`` glass '' magazine has called ben tré a pioneer in the technique of using hot glass casting in fine art .
