Item Name:
The Flow Magazine (Winter 2009)
SKU:
FLOW-WINTER-2009
Description:
The Flow Magazine (Winter 2009) is a printed, full-color lampworking magazine issue focused on flameworking techniques, artist features, and community coverage. This issue highlights the Fifth Annual Gallery of Women in Glass and includes “Ladies Behind the Scenes” featuring Sheila Collins, Phyllis McKenzie, Jean Robichaud, and Leslie L. Silverman, along with coverage of the 2009 Female Flame Off.
Tutorials and technical features available from The Flow’s Winter 2009 archive include:
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Aymie McKesson: Boro Stix - How Do I love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
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Karen Leonardo: Sculpting Flowers Using the Leonardo Petal Puller
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The Flow Magazine: A Newbie’s Guide to Mastering Skills for Creating Solid Rod Sculptures
How it is used:
- Use Aymie McKesson’s Boro Stix technical feature to understand practical applications for Boro Stix in surface work, implosions, and tube pulls, including guidance on color reactions, building a “Stick Stack,” and using Glow Stix.
- Follow Karen Leonardo’s flower tutorial to learn a structured approach to building sculptural floral forms by adding petals to a short tube-shaped bead using the Leonardo Petal Puller.
- Work through A Newbie’s Guide to Solid Rod Sculptures to build foundational skills for shaping and controlling solid-rod sculptural forms, with an emphasis on technique development for newer sculptors.
