Flameworking

Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures & Functional Objects.

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A How-To book. Full of pictures with all-color photos. 150 pages From the Author: Learn to manipulate hotglass to make beautiful flameworked shapes and objects that you'll assemble into larger and sculptural and functional pieces. The techniques are the most accessible way to begin working with hotglass and are fully explained in this groundbreaking book. If you already have some experience, you'll find many new flameworking techniques with which to express your artistic vision. The detailed and easy to follow exercises, brought to life by sophisticated projects, will enable you to build a series of skills with each one you complete.















 

Table of Contents Introduction Glass Basics Setting up your Studio Healing "Devit," Creases, and Cracks Color, Glorious Color! Glass Rods and Tubing The Exercises Exercise 1: Making Gathers, Experimenting with Gravity, and Fusing Rods Exercise 2: Making a Leaf and Variations Exercise 3: Embellishing Exercise 4: Making Marias and Transitional Shapes Exercise 5: Casing a Clear Rod with Color Exercise 6: Making a Heart Shape Exercise 7: Making a Fish Shape with Frit Exercise 8: Making a Flower Exercise 9: Making Icicles with Stripes Exercise 10: Working with Tubing Exercise 11: Making a Candleholder The Projects Project 1: Versatile Plant Stakes Project 2: Flowers with leaves and Stems Project 3: Colorful Sun catcher Project 4: Kinetic Leaf Mobile Project 5: Candlestick with Transitional Shapes Project 6: Decorative Glass Candles Project 7: Beads as Glass Sculpture Project 8: Tall Candlestick with Fish Motif Project 9: Heart Wall Sculpture Project 10: Flower Candleholder Project 11: Fish Sculpture Gallery Glossary Acknowledgments About the Author Index