Glass Notes Illustrated Guide For Hot / Glass Blowing Studio Glass 3rd Edition
$30.00
Glass Notes Illustrated Guide 3rd Edition ( for Hot Glass / Glass Blowing Studio Set Up and Upgrades ) by Henry Halem
290 Instructional and illustrated guide covering :
- Glass composition of raw materials, colorants for batch and cullet
- Annealing Glass with calculating linear expansion and glass durability.
- Basic sand casting "break-away" box Chardiet method of sand casting and Moje kiln forming techniques
- Enameling glass, paradise enamels, sugar acid, sand blasting resists, jack wax, Scavo, mold separator.
- Photosensitive glass, silver nitrate, copper electroforming.
- Building an invested pot furnace, freestanding pot furnace and the car / feeding of crucibles plus the furnace door.
- All about refratories,, building a day tank, the Horhart day tank, heat flow charts.
- Blowing benches
- IFB annealing oven, the roll-out annealer, digital controllers and relays, rigid fiber panels and crown installation, designing electrical elements.
- Fiber glory hole, IFB glory hole, the glory hole stand, the glory hole doors.
- Combustion, Burners (types and descriptions), flame safety.
- Vendor list, temperature conversions, weights and measures.
Keep in mind that many Stained Glass, Mosaic Glass, Leaded Glass and Glass Fusion designs and patterns are interchangeable. With a daydream style just imagine the design in the glass art technique of your choice. And if you really want to have a very exciting glass art build time then consider adding multiple glass art techniques to a single glass art project.
Irene - The happy glass gal