Item Name:
The Flow Magazine Winter 2017
SKU:
FLOW-WINTER-2017
Description:
The Winter 2017 issue of The Flow features the 13th annual Gallery of Women in Glass, showcasing innovative work from 180 female flameworking artists. The gallery includes beads, jewelry, and sculptural work with themes ranging from animals and plant life to geometric designs and character-inspired pieces. This issue also includes features on Kathleen Elliot’s sculptural glasswork and an article about necklaces made by Cindi Brunell and Annie Shook to support their mission work with a Cambodian orphanage. Four comprehensive, step-by-step tutorials round out the issue, including A Hovering Hummingbird by Vicki Schneider, Tiger Lily by Carolyn Baum, and Art to Art by Kat Sanders. The magazine also includes information on new products intended to support common flameworking tasks.
How it is used:
- Readers use the Gallery of Women in Glass to study current design trends in beads, jewelry, and sculptural flameworking and to gather inspiration for color palettes, form, and surface treatment
- Flameworkers follow Vicki Schneider’s A Hovering Hummingbird tutorial to build a pendant in stages, starting with the body and hanging bail, then adding wings, head, and beak, with specific tips for keeping the beak and tail centered
- Artists work through Carolyn Baum’s Tiger Lily tutorial to make glass flower petals from flattened lollipop shapes, decorate them with Pixie Dust and dots, then assemble the flower using wire and finish it with floral tape
- Beadmakers use Kat Sanders’ Art to Art tutorial to translate a Norwegian decorative painting style into glass by applying raised dots and scrolls with colored stringers on both the front and back of a focal bead, then finishing the sides with additional dot work
- Readers reference the artist features to learn how established makers approach sculptural composition and how glass jewelry can be used for mission-driven fundraising projects
- The new-products section is used to identify tools and materials that can streamline common bench tasks and expand technique options
