Glass Artist's Studio Handbook: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Glass (Studio Handbook Series, 1) (Volume 1)

I'm probably an intermediate glass crafter. I practice off and on for periods of time. I LOVED this book! EXCELLENTLY written, easy to read and very very clear instructions. Beautifully illustrated with excellent quality photos which are * useful * not just inspirational and directly related to the project.Covers tools and studio organization with many useful tips on materials and organization. Has interesting and attractive projects in stained glass (most of the book) such as a kaleidoscope, boxes and panels , lampworking (recycled bottle beads), fusing (kinda boring project actually) a votive candle holder. I bought the book for two reasons: studio organization focus, and information on projects using recycled glass (beyond slumping a bottle to make a spoon rest). Have been delighted to find other techniques so well introduced - stained glass and lampworking primarily.The author also has a website where she provides additional information such as glass fusing and annealing schedules as well as a Gallery of her works: [...]I would have enjoyed a stained glass jewelry project(using silver wire?)such as she exhibits at her website. Overall a beautiful book, great fun. Recommended for anyone wanting a thorough intro to these 3 glass work techniques.

I got this book for my daughter. She took a class in October 2012. She loved it and decided she wanted to make a career of it. pretty shocking since she had no clear vision, and mine looked like I would never get my kids out of the house. In the 18 months since that first class, she quickly became an intermediate glass blower. We are lucky enough to like in a city which is perfect for glass makers. Her school had glass blowing classes (which she TA'd) works after classes making glass for commission and has an internship at the museum of glass. but she still need to learn the other types of methods used if she is to open her own shop. This book has many of the styles that she needs and has amazing details concerning the history of each method and detailed descriptions on how to make a project in each of the methods. I highly recommend getting it if one wants to learn many methods required to be a professional glass blower.

I am an intermediate lampworker and this book was nice, but I thought there would be more ideas on lampworking. This was mainly a studio set up book. Still interesting, but don't expect anything but the very basics for tutorials. I loved the cover and the Look Inside views, and didn't read the description very well so I was a bit disappointed (again, my own fault for not reading the description well). But I gave it four stars because I would have loved to have this when I had first started out.

I am a new glass slumping and fusing artist. I have enjoyed your suggestions, I have not finished reading your book. Would love to know what is a suggested size for a working and cutting table for a home business starting out, and any recommendations on where to buy tools and glass and kiln

The cover of the book was very enticing and I wasn't disapointed with the content ! wonderfully detailed photographs, easy to follow directions, tons of helpful information and beautiful projects.I am a lampworker and have not done fusing or slumping but I really look forward to trying out a few of the techniques that Cecilia covers in her book.I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in glass.

Book title is not clear and there is no information on the contents of the book. Based on the words "Artist's" and "Studio", the title implies this is about glass making and glass blowing. In reality, it's just a book on making craft stain glass and small beads. Wish description had a full table of contents.

Great book with lots of great information. Could not get the blog/web address to work however.

If I had seen what was inside this book before I bought it, I would not have given it a second glance. The cover shows pictures from well at least one well known artist and there was no discernible tutorial inside that matched the cover well. Overall, I found the book uninspiring.

Lovely book very informative and give very detailed pictures and easy to read suggestions - definitely worth buying for amateur & beginner and brill reference for professional too.

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I bought this book for information on fused glass, there is probably 4 pages maximum dedicated to this technique. On the plus side i has some nice pictures and is printed on good quality paper.

This is a fascinating and very useful book for a beginning glass artist.

Clearly written with great visuals. Would recommend to anyone wishing to lean more about glass work. Downloaded on kindle on ipad