Learn How To Blow Glass

Download or read book Learn How to Blow Glass written by Anne Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains everything you need to start learning glass blowing today. The author puts everything she knows about glass blowing into simple, understandable language so that everyone can easily learn all there is to know about making beautiful glass. Inside the book, you will learn: [ The History of Glass Blowing [ The Properties of the Glass: So your art looks great and stands the test of time. [ All Necessary Glass Blowing Equipment: Learn how to get your glass blowing hobby started with the right gear. [ How to Use Your Tools: Great pointers on how to make your best artwork with your new tools. [ Important Safety Tips: How to keep all your fingers and eyebrows intact! [ Most Important Glass Blowing Principles: How to take the mystery out of the art. [ How to Make Your First Piece: All the keys you need to make your first piece of glass artwork. [ How to Add Decorative Art: Learn how to turn normal glass into a stunning piece of art. [ How to Make Glass Beads: Tips for making beautiful beads that anyone will love. [ Cane Making Secrets: Your beads will look as stunning as they possibly can with these pointers. [ How to Make Glass Pipes: Yes, keys to even making pipes as well. [ and much more! If you've ever been interested in glass blowing, but didn't know where to start, then I encourage you to learn from the author's experience and get started on the right footing. It contains everything you need to know to help you make amazing glass objects today!

Download or read book Advanced Glassworking Techniques written by Edward T. Schmid and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Glassblowing written by Homer L. Hoyt and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new book designed as a "how to" manual for the beginner. The material (glass) is introduced first with its history, composition & sources. All the equipment & tools, required to work glass, are described in detail. The fundamental procedures are defined & clearly illustrated with ample practice exercises. The instruction of these procedures is reinforced with a ten lesson course arranged in progression. The experienced glassblower may want to use this format to train apprentices. There are step by step procedures for making over 65 different items. Preliminary techniques for making larger sculptures are described & profiles of some well known glass sculptors with examples of their work. Another example of the diversity of glassblowing is demonstrated in the story of Gerhard Finkenbeiner & his innovative developments to the Glass Harmonica. The section on blown glass tubing describes how the fundamental procedures areoften working with tubing. The instructions include a number of blown items including several Christmas ornaments. There are directions to show fifteen ways to decorate glass surfaces including glue chipping & the chemical silvering of glass. Where & how to market your glass items is also revealed. There is a complete directory of where to obtain equipment & supplies.

Download or read book 52 Random Weekend Projects written by The King of Random and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most popular project channels on YouTube comes a how-to book on building things that go boom. Grant Thompson, "The King of Random," has created one of the most popular project channels on YouTube, featuring awesome videos such as How to Make a Laser Assisted Blowgun and Assassin’s Micro Crossbow. He currently has almost 10 million subscribers, posts 5 times a week, and averages over 40 million views a month. Partnering with Grant is Ted Slampyak, the artist behind the #1 New York Times bestseller 100 Deadly Skills. 52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders is a guide that enables ordinary folks to build an impressive arsenal of projects. These crafts combine some of Grant’s most popular projects—Matchbox Rockets, Pocket Slingshot Super Shooters, Proto-Putty, Ninja Balls, Mini Matchstick Guns, The Clothespin Pocket Pistol—with many new ones, providing clear instructions on how to build them step-by-step. Broken down into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced sections, 52 Random Weekend Projects is loaded with truly amazing projects, including: - Mousetrap Handgun - Mini Solar Scorcher - Air Vortex Canon - Air Mounted Skewer Shooter - Paracord Bullwhip - Bottle Cap Party Whistle - Ninja Stress Balls - Tablecloth Parachute - Skyblaster Slingshot And many more!

Download or read book Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing: A Practical Training Method written by Paul Le Pinnet and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Related Title: Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing: Advanced Techniques and Glassblowing's Place in History'If you are interested in learning about glassblowing techniques for scientific glassware, then this book is an incredible opportunity to learn from a master glassblower. Much of this information is passed down in person, and to have it available in a book such as this is a very rare opportunity that you should not pass up.'IEEE Electrical Insulation MagazineThis book explains and demonstrates the methods involved in scientific glassblowing. It describes elementary to advanced glass manipulation together with technical information on its safe use and development in the laboratory. Edited by Paul Le Pinnet (MBE), a scientific glassblower with over 50 years' experience in the field, experts in glassblowing are brought together to explain their methods and approaches used to produce a variety of glassware.Laboratory Scientific Glassblowing is a unique project which updates and develops the traditional art of glassblowing and brings it into the 21st century. New skills and materials are introduced, including descriptions of working with fused silica, on laser profile cutting and on the creation of artistic glassware in a scientific setting. Written specifically as a hands-on reference work, this book can be used as a step-by-step practical guide for practitioners and scientists as well as students and apprentices interested in the field.Contributions from: Michael Baumbach, MD of H Baumbach & Co; Paul Rathmill, Enterprise Q; William Fludgate, MD BioChem Glass (app) Ltd; Ian Pearson (Past Chairman BSSG), Editor, BSSG Journal; Gary Coyne, California State University USA; Konstantin Kraft-Poggensee, Former chairman, German Scientific Glassblowing Society; Keith Holden President of the Australian and New Zealand Glassblowing Society; Phil Murray, Churchill Fellow.

Download or read book Elena's Serenade written by Campbell Geeslin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who ever heard of a girl glassblower? In Mexico, where the sun is called el sol and the moon is called la luna, a little girl called Elena wants to blow into a long pipe...and make bottles appear, like magic. But girls can't be glassblowers. Or can they? Join Elena on her fantastic journey to Monterrey -- home of the great glassblowers! -- in an enchanting story filled with magic realism.

Download or read book The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-gas Flame written by William Ashwell Shenstone and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: