+ Glassblowing Art Glass Furnace Blowing How-to Book + Learn how to blow glass, Build your own glass furnace Start Price USD 64.97 Current Price USD 64.97 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, October 31, 2008 End Time Friday, November 28, 2008 Location Just down the road from Pilchuck Glass School See more about '+ Glassblowing Art Glass Furnace Blowing How-to Book +' Description = Glassblowing =The Technique of Free-Blown Glass         Please visit my About Me page to learn about my Glass Library, my favorite Glass Book Sources, and other Glass Links. And what in the world is GlassWEAR? = Glassblowing =The Technique of Free-Blown Glass by Frank Kulasiewicz Published by Watson-Guptill Publications, NY, 1974, First printing. 216 pages, hardbound, with dustjacket. Over 300 black and white illustrations, 18 full color plates. 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches. As a sometime glass blower, I love this book!! It was the first modern book on glass blowing that actually shows you how to blow glass. This book is about: "Building and using furnaces, ovens, and tools - Making, melting, gathering, blowing, and annealing glass - Forming handles and stems, decorating, and coloring." "The book... begins with directions for building a simple, economical furnace and annealing oven, and for setting up a complete studio. A chapter on tools shows how to make and use all the items necessary for forming glass. Then the reader is given detailed instructions for firing the furnace, melting the glass, and using the annealing oven. ... the reader is introduced to the various kinds of glass, and the chemistry and uses of each type. Then, step-by-step, the author discusses the techniques of making glass from scratch - materials, recipes, and how to arrive at your own formulas. Clear, easy-to-follow, illustrated demonstrations present the methods for gathering and blowing glass, adding handles and stems, and surface decoration. ...molten glass decoration, incorporating bubbles, metallic coatings, cut and engraved glass, flocking and sandblasting, using iridescent colors, stains, lusters, and coloring oxides... A thorough appendix includes reference tables and glass recipes, as well as a glossary, bibliography, and suppliers list." Dustjacket has numerous minor scuffs and bumps, several small tears at the corners and edges. Previous owner's name inked on the front of the dustjacket and inside the front cover. Corners bumped. Binding is solid. Front endpaper and inside front cover are discolored where a newspaper clipping(?) came in contact with them. Otherwise, contents are complete and clean, with no underlining, highlighting, or notes. A very good copy of this hard-to-find how-to. Buyer pays $5.99 Media rate shipping and handling within the U.S. Add $2.50 for insurance if desired. We are not responsible for uninsured packages lost or damaged by the Post Office. International/Priority shipment costs more. Ask before you bid. We usually ship once a week, on Saturday. Be sure to check our other auctions for more books about glass and glassworking © 2008 www.FledglingStudio.com Place a Bid!