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Best Bottle Book Ever

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Soft cover, 2011, 47 pages with numerous color photos 
Boyce Lundstrom
Fusing meets glass bottles! Fun and exciting stuff! See the stunning Garden Mermaid, a Tree of Life from Heineken and Bud bottles, and a crazy Angelfish mobile. In this book Boyce focuses on getting the most out of all bottles. It's Best Bottle Book Ever by Boyce (And we're not exaggerating!)

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Warm Glass: A Complete Guide to Kiln-Forming Techniques: Fusing, Slumping·Casting

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Hardcover 160 pages, 9 X 11 3/4. all in color
Philippa Beveridge , Ignasi Domenech and Eva Pacual
Here's the first and only full-color book on the subject of "warm," or kiln-fired, glass in print. It provides a comprehensive look at one of the most popular skills for those working in the studio.  With lavish illustrations, and all the processes involved in kiln-firing explained, the versatility of the dazzling technique of warm glass comes into clear focus. From fusing and slumping to casting and pâte de verre, everything is covered--complete with a corresponding graph on the firing cycle and information on the various types of glass, their compatibility, and their behaviors during firing. Invaluable tips tell how to avoid unexpected and unwanted effects, and also how to create a range of different results and finishes. Close-up pictures show each step in the process being carried out, and breathtaking photos display an inspirational gallery of finished works that are richly colored and gracefully shaped. A brief historical overview of glassmaking provides useful background. 

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Contemporary Fused Glass

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Brad Walker  154 pages with more than  150 full color illustrations  Softcover
The Bible for Warm Glass, this is the update of Contemporary Warm Glass: A Guide to Fusing, Slumping and Kiln-forming Techniques.  Whether you’re a newcomer to fusing or an experienced warm glass artist, Contemporary Fused Glass is an invaluable guide to developing and improving your warm glass skills.  Contemporary Fused Glass has information on all aspects of working with glass in a kiln, featuring techniques and processes for:

- Basic fusing and slumping projects, such as making coasters, tiles, bowls, and platters
- Information on materials, from kilns to molds to types of glass and essential safety equipment
- Complete instructions for compatibility testing and annealing, including master firing schedules for fusing, slumping, and kiln casting
- Information about more advanced techniques, such as inclusions, pattern bars, reactive glass, pot and wire melts, combing, and using drop rings and floral formers
- An introduction to kiln casting, using recycled glass, coldworking and finishing
- Hundreds of tips and suggestions, from troubleshooting to health and safety to making your own supplies, stringer, and confetti.

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NEW!  Very popular well-done book on how to do glass fusing

Introduction to Glass Fusing 

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Petra Kaiser  80 pages soft cover, 15 complete projects 8 1/2” x 11”
• 80 pages 15 complete projects  175 color photos
This book is a modern-day primer on the basic skills and techniques of fusing.  This book is geared toward the absolute novice and assumes you know little or nothing about the craft. Filled with lots of step-by-step photos, useful tip sidebars, and complete project instructions.  You will learn terminology used regularly in fusing, as well as all the basic skills that are the building blocks of the art. From tools and material descriptions to glass cutting and shaping, to more complicated procedures such as mold making and kiln operation, everything is covered.  Chapters include topics such as: Warm Glass Processes and Temperatures, Glass Tools And Equipment, Kilns and Controllers, Basic Glass Cutting Techniques, and more.

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NEW!  By the publishers of Introduction to Glass Fusing

Glass Kiln Casting 

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Jayne Persico,  80 pages soft cover, all in color, 8 1/2” x 11”
- 264 color photographs   
A Quintessential Guide to Kiln Casting with Project Instructions        Featuring Glass Frit, Sheet Glass And Re-Useable Casting Molds
Jayne brings her fresh and timeless style to the art of Glass Kiln Casting. This inspirational yet thoroughly practical guide presents lush photographs of beautifully finished pieces that will capture the imagination. The clear and simple instructions will enable fusers of any skill level to achieve amazing 3-dimensional creations.  
Glass Kiln Casting is an 80-page book offering more than 260 color photographs in 12 chapters that will inspire dozens of exceptional projects. The opening chapter features invaluable information covering frit casting molds, tools, equipment and kilns, plus an in-depth yet simple approach to working with digital kiln controllers.  
This book is sure to become a studio favorite that fusers of all levels will refer to time and again. Jayne's take-you-by-the-hand writing style guides crafters through the frit casting process. She'll show you how to make frit cast jewelry, plates and bowls with amazing results that will impress everyone who views your creations.

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NEW!  By the publishers of Introduction to Glass Fusing

Fuse It 

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Peter Kaiser,  96 pages soft cover, all in color, 8 1/4” x 10 7/8”
- 200+ color photographs   
Fuse It presents a portfolio of creative projects designed to guide crafters to the next level in glass fusing. A quick review of glass and equipment is followed by a comprehensive look at the vast array of fresh kiln forming possibilities that have triggered a creative leap. Then embark on a journey of exploration by working through the lessons and project ideas that are sure to stimulate novice to advanced fusers alike.

Fuse It introduces new ways to utilize the bonanza of glass forming methods & materials through 18 lessons with names such as: Wear It (Jewelry), Display It (Holders), Hang It (Mirrors & Ornaments), Screw It (Clocks & Sculptures), Drop It (Vases), Zen It (Fountain), Rake It (hot combing), Sell It (marketing your work), plus 10 more.

Fuse It will be a valuable resource for fusers of all skill levels with a desire to progress to the next step. More that 300 color photos offer a wealth of instruction and inspiring ideas for distinctive kiln formed creations.

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Flameworking: Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures & Functional Objects   

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Now in paperback! 176 pages, 8 1/2 X 10. all in color
Elizabeth Mears
You can easily form beads, candlesticks, figures, and art objects from just a rod of cold glass by using a torch. A top teacher of the craft explains how to do it all, providing exactly the same information and exercises she gives in her beginner workshops. Lavish illustrations capture the entire artistic process, from forming hearts and butterflies to creating jewelry, sculptures, and more. Setting up your flameworking studio will be relatively simple and inexpensive and won't require a lot of space.  Find out about the glass itself, as well as the equipment and tools you'll need and how to use them.  Follow virtually every step of the flameworking process, seeing it in progress in detailed stages.  The exercises will show you how to manipulate the glass with your torch as you make basic objects including a leaf, fish and heart.

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Techniques of Kiln Formed Glass

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176 pages  8 1/2 x 11  Hardcover 2001  ISBN 0812234022
Keith Cummings 
Kiln-forming as a technique to shape glass was in use for centuries before the Romans developed glass blowing and yet it has been greatly overshadowed by glass blowing. Today, modern glass artists are rediscovering the versatility of kiln-forming and using its techniques to produce works of great beauty and strength. In this book, Keith Cummings reviews the history of kiln forming and discusses the materials and methods such as slumping and fusing which are involved in it. The work of an international group of artists is used to illustrate the text. This book should be a must for everyone interested in glass - whether they work in the medium or just admire its beauty.  In this second version, over 50 of the black and white illustrations have been replaced with new color images.   

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Creative Glass Techniques: Fusing, Painting, Lampwork

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152 pages  9 3/4 X 10 1/8. all in color
Bettina Eberle
Thanks to the availability of affordable kilns and the vast creative potential of the material, glass crafts keep growing in popularity. There's no better place to learn the essentials of the art than this superbly photographed full-color manual. It introduces beginners to three major, accessible techniques for creating a variety of pieces--fusing, painting, and lampwork. The 32 elegant, hands-on projects range from a shimmering oval mirror to a vase sparkling with colorful lusters and crystal ice.

"One of the most handsome books on contemporary fusing, slumping, and glass painting...A must-have for glass artists."--Common Ground Glass

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Making Glass Beads

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128 pages
Cindy Jenkins
"Jenkins' beads are little glass gems made using standard glassworking supplies....instructions for plain glass millefiori (thousand flowers), sculpted beads, and others. Photographs of museum-quality beads...provide an eye-opening look at beads as art."Library Journal. "...every step of the process is accompanied by color photographs. There is enough detail to make unsuspecting readers into addicts....An excellent introduction."--Booklist. 8 1/2 X 10. (all in color)

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Dictionary of Glass: Materials and Techniques

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Second Edition  256 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 20 color, 280 b/w illus.  Hardcover  2001 | ISBN 0-8122-3619-X
Charles Bray 
Charles Bray has gathered together the various aspects of glass technology and practice in the only reference available of its kind. A Dictionary of Glass covers both technical and artistic aspects of working with glass in a practical, easily referenced format.  The book is arranged as a lexicon of words and phrases, covering technical terms, materials, equipment, processes, and practices. Some of the entries offer succinct definitions; others are detailed articles that illuminate the subject in greater depth, many illustrated by photographs and diagrams. Also included are detailed appendices listing suppliers, schools providing glass courses, museums with important glass collections, and a useful bibliography.  
"This dictionary does an excellent job of covering techniques, materials, and equipment, and is effectively illustrated with drawings and photographs. Background information important to glass work, such as explanations of electrical and chemical terms, is also well presented."--Choice

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Kiln Fired Glass, Copper & Metal Inclusion

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Boyce Lundstrom
Raku Glass, by Boyce Lundstrom is an introduction to glass fusing with the spirit of "Raku". There is a "RAKU"  freedom of unknown reactions while using Reactive Dry Enamels with copper and other metals. This book will introduce you to several methods of design and application of materials to achieve a freshness of glass fusing.

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Raku Glass

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2011 softcover 45 pages with numerous color photos
Boyce Lundstrom
This stimulating booklet by Boyce Lundstrom explores taking a few simple materials - glass and copper- and fusing them together, capturing metals within a pocket between two sheets of glass . You will learn to create a design from nature and found objects with methods of embossing the design on copper and aluminum. It also introduces the new Dry Enamels™ , white and colored , and the awesome effects of their reactions.
 

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