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Burke, Ed. GLASS BLOWING: A TECHNICAL MANUAL.
Crowood, Marlborough, 2005, first edition.
143 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1861265212 Profusely illustrated with colour photographs, b&w drawings. "No one can fail to be excited by the sight of hot molten glass being blown into shape. This beautiful book ca ptures that excitement and explains with practical detail the secrets of the glass blower's art. Written by Ed Burke, one of the leading glass blowers in the UK, it gives a thorough and complete account of this ancient and compelling art, and celeb rates the design potential of this incredibly versatile material. (Covers:) Tools and equipment - includes advice on the tools and workspace required, as well as instruction on designing and building a furnace, annealing oven and glassmaker's bench ; Solid glass objects - introduces basic techniques such as gathering glass from the furnace, shaping glass, blowing a bubble and using the pucellas; Glass blowing - explains how to make tumblers, bowls, vases, wine glasses and jugs, with advice on how to deal with common problems; Colour - covers the different forms of colour, how to use solid, chips and powder as well as basic and advanced techniques; Lavishly illustrated with some 200 photographs and line drawings of step-by-step processes and finished examples of studio glass." Light edge wear to boards - mainly on bottom, a few tiny marks on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Go od
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32.50 USD
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