Item Name:
The Flow Magazine Spring 2009
SKU:
FLOW-SPRING-2009
Description:
The Flow Magazine Spring 2009 issue is a print magazine focused on flameworking and lampworking, built around technique instruction and artist demonstrations. On The Flow Magazine website, multiple tutorials are specifically tied to the Spring 2009 issue, including Venetian-Style Seashell Sculpture by Mike Warren, Sculptured Rose Perfume Bottle by Brayton Furlong, and MZ and JC’s Excellent Enamel Adventure Enamels for Base Color by Margaret Zinser and JC Herrell. These projects cover sculptural hollow work, stopper and bottle construction, and enamel application methods that can be adapted to both soft glass and borosilicate workflows depending on the artist’s preferred material and studio setup.
How it is used:
- Use Venetian-Style Seashell Sculpture as a reference for building flameworked conch-style shell forms with layered stringer color and gold fuming for surface effect.
- Use Sculptured Rose Perfume Bottle to study a functional hollow build that includes forming a perfume bottle body and making a rose-shaped stopper, then refining fit and finish for a clean closure.
- Use MZ and JC’s Excellent Enamel Adventure Enamels for Base Color to learn approaches for applying enamels as a base color layer, then building additional decoration and heatwork control on top of that enamel foundation.
- Apply the project workflows as repeatable exercises to improve heat control, symmetry, and clean detailing in small-scale sculptural and functional lampworked forms.
