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Advanced Flameworking instructional glass scultpure making book.

2 Books in One! 

Advanced Flameworking and Making and Marketing Better Work - $50

by Milon Townsend - #6217

175 pages - all color - lots of step by step plus the section on marketing your art glass

Inside photo of Advanced Flameworking instructional glass scultpure making book.

Inside photo of Advanced Flameworking instructional glass scultpure making book.

Inside photo of Advanced Flameworking instructional glass scultpure making book.

Inside photo of Advanced Flameworking instructional glass scultpure making book.

 Table of Contents

 A History of Glass and Glass Beads

Getting Started

    • Basic Tools and Supplies
    • Specialized Tools
    • Setting Up a Work Station
    • Safety Tips

Making a Basic Bead

    • Preparing Mandrels
    • Igniting the Torch
    • Forming a Bead
    • Extinguishing the Torch
    • Removing Your Bead from the Mandrel
    • Finishing Touches

Simple Variations

    • Shaping Your Beads
    • Overwraps
    • Multicolored Beads
    • Spots, Dots & Eyes
    • Stripes & Trails
    • Pulling Stringer
    • Fun with Stringer
    • Raked Patterns

Taking the Next Step

    • Mixing Colors
    • Ribbon Cane
    • Twisties
    • Making Your Own Filigrana & Encased Stringer
    • Combing, Feathering, Side-Shifting & Furrowing
    • Pinching, Poking, Snipping & Plunging
    • Adding Metals
    • Inclusions & Surface treatments
    • Commercial Millefiori

Advanced Techniques

    • Making your own Millefiori
    • Cased Beads
    • Dichroic Glass
    • Sculpted Beads
    • Buttons
    • Marbles
    • Core Vessels

Appendix A: Jewelry-Making Basics

Appendix B: Nature of Glass

Appendix C: Troubleshooting


The Marketing Section

What is Marketing 

Goals

Literature

    • Images of the Work
    • Image of the Artist
    • Curriculum
    • Artists Biography
    • Artist's Statement
    • Description of Technique

Pricing

Pros & Cons

    • Retail VS Wholesale
    • Consignement VS Outright Sales
    • Commissions
    • Collaborations
    • Teaching
    • Donations

Working with Galleries

Shipping your Work

Building a Team

Running a Studio

Creativity

Photographing your Work

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