Art of Fire: Beginning Glass
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A photo-rich, step-by-step roadmap to hot shop glassblowing fundamentals—perfect for students who want faster progress and fewer frustrating mistakes.
Item Name:
Art of Fire: Beginning Glass
SKU:
BK63
Description:
Art of Fire: Beginning Glass is a soft cover instructional book on hot shop glassblowing titled Art of Fire: Beginning Glassblowing by James McKelvey. It is built as a structured, lesson-based learning manual designed to shorten the learning curve that normally comes from apprenticeship and observation alone. The book emphasizes practical studio fundamentals with a heavy visual approach, including safety exercises to prevent burns, over 500 photographs and illustrations, step-by-step instruction for basic techniques, and fixes for more than 50 common problems.
Even if your primary background is lampworking, this is a valuable crossover reference because it teaches the core heat-control and shaping logic of hot glass. That translates directly into better gather control, cleaner tool marks, and fewer preventable failures when you move between torch work, furnace work, and kiln-based processes.
Author: James McKelvey
ISBN-10: 0978683102
ISBN-13: 978-0978683108
How it is used:
Use this book as a progressive training guide in the hot shop, working through the structured lessons and exercises to build foundational skills in gathering, marvering, centering, opening, and shaping. It is also used as a troubleshooting reference when a student is stuck on common early-stage problems like uneven walls, off-center forms, poor heat distribution, or uncontrolled stretching, since it includes targeted fixes for frequent mistakes.
Dimensions:
7" x 10" soft cover, 248 pages
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