Glassblowing

Table of Contents

Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Part I - Introduction The Material - Glass History - Volcanic, Impactites, Tektites, Fulgurites Composition - soft glasses & hard glasses Sources The Equipment Propane Cylinders Oxygen Cylinders Torch Tips Torch Stand Regulators Hose Eye Glasses Vermiculite Graphite Plate The Tools Knife Tweezers Paddle Reamer Lighters - striker, piezoelectricity, butane, electronic Mashing Pliers Claw Holder Side Calipers Lathe and Cutoff Saw Bench Rollers Part II - Preparation Set-Up Operating the Equipment - Hazards and Safety Oxygen and Propane Cylinders Regulators Gauges Lighters for the Torch How to Operate the Torch Touch Valves Flaming the Torch Flame Shape How to Hold and Turn the Glass Left Hand Right Hand Part II Test Questions Part III - Fundamental Procedures Cutting Scratch and Break Thumb Squeeze and Turn Method How water Helps Glass Break Flame Cutting Method Gathering Gathering at the End of a Rod Gathering in the Middle A Delicate Touch Fusing Side Seal Acute Angles Fusing Solid Rod Bending Drawing Tooling Disc Formers Leaf Formers Annealing Polariscope Expansion Test Part IV - Lessons One thru Ten ONE - Button, Flower, Punty, Mushroom, Cracking Off TWO - Bending Fine Rod, Teardrop Earrings, Bridging, Worm THREE - Wiping on, Wiping off, Fold Over and Wipe, Spruce Trees, Skier FOUR - The Attachment Seal (light and heavy), Turtle, Beagle, Cat FIVE - Devitrification, Bird on a Stick, Angel Fish, Coil Construction SIX - Penguin, Neck Bend (Swan), Solid Swan, Roadrunner SEVEN - Running Stich, Starting The Stich EIGHT - Running Stich - Shaping the Fabric, The Starburst, Lace Turtle, Changing the Angle of the Upstroke, Lace Base Swan, Problems and Remedies NINE - Loop stich, Problems and Remedies, The Candle, Two Rows of Loops on a Rod, the Cross TEN - Multiple Rows/Tiers, Piano Bench, Loop stich Bases Part V - Worksheets To Expand Your Repertoire - 24 Items for Practice and Fun (ex: Pelican, Comical Cow, Giraffe, Sea Horse, Ballerina, Storke, Alligator, Dolphin, Siesta, etc.) Part VI - Larger Sculptures Intro to Larger Sculpturing Some Sculptors and Their Art Hans Godo Frabel Bob and Warren Hooper Steve Gruba Warner Whitfield Lewis C. Wilson George Heiney Ron Murphy J. Scott Hartshorn Victor Meyer Rob Culbertson Shawn Tsai The Glass Harmonica Part VII - Blowing Glass Tubing Drawing Blowing Gathering Cutting Fusing Bending Tooling - Flaring Blown Glass Exercises Part VIII - Decorating Glass Surfaces 15 Ways to Decorate Glass Painting - laquer based, water based and oil based Lusters Ultrasonic Engraving Flashing Chemical Etching Overlay Sandblasting Glue Chipping Cut Glass Glass Engraving Decals Vitreous Paints Silvering Part IX - To Market Suppliers Part X - Glossary Bibliography Index