40 Great Glass Fusing Projects
by Lynn Haunstein
Whether you are new to glass fusing or a veteran glass crafter, you will find fresh ideas in this book. Information on fusing glass compatibility, firing schedules, and fusing materials is presented for fusers with minimal experience. More advanced techniques and components are included for fusers wishing to add extra depth to their work. Within the 40 projects you will find a variety of skill levels for practical and decorative items--herb and garden markers, bowls, serving dishes, hanging panels, house numbers, jewelry cases, and more. Complete instructions in text are accompanied by step-by-step photographs. Full-size patterns, materials lists, and beautiful finished project photos are included.
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Basic Glass Fusing
by Lynn Haunstein
This guide contains all the skills and tools you need to get started in the world of glass fusing. It will talk about what type of glass to use and how to cut it; how to work with a kiln from setup to project completion; how to make your own molds and glass accents. Includes instructions and full-size patterns for 18 projects: bowls, vases, plates, windchimes, candleholders, and more! Illustrated with hundreds of step-by-step photos, a gallery of inspiring projects, and a list of glass fusing resources. 160 pgs, 670 color photos, spiral bound.
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Beginning Fusing And Beyond
by Christy Rector
Includes 20 exciting projects for the glass fuser. The projects vary in skill level and application. Vases, bracelets, clocks, and a bottle slumping firing schedule are just a few to choose from. The selection of projects were chosen from the favorites taught at the Vinery. This book will be a great guide for retail stores teaching fusing classes or for the hobbyist that wants to work independently. Provides clear step by step instructions and pictures.
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Chimes For All Seasons
by Linda Russell Whitcomb
Contains patterns for wind chimes for every season, holidays and special events. There are chimes for Christmas, Easter bunnies, New Year’s hats and champagne glass, Valentine hearts, autumn leaves, hummingbirds, ribbons or remembrance and more. With its illustrated, step-by-step instructions, this is an excellent book for beginning fusers and stained glass craftspeople alike.
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Christmas Cookies
by Mari Stein
Full of fused Christmas cookies, Gingerbread boys & girls, a Christmas tree, a 3D gingerbread house and church. Uses System 96 glass. Firing directions include as well as glass choices. Why not have a reminder of Christmas all year?
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Contemporary Fused Glass
by Brad Walker
Extensively revised and expanded! 30% larger than the previous release with an improved tutorial and expanded sections on inclusions, surface techniques, pattern bars, high temperature firing, and more. Basic fusing and slumping projects, such as making coasters, tiles, bowls, and platters. Complete instructions for compatibility testing and annealing, including master firing schedules for fusing, slumping, and kiln casting. 208 pages with over 200 full color illustrations.
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Destination Innovation
by Lisa Vogt
Your fast-track to fantastic fusing, casting and sinks! Includes firing guides. Patterns include clocks, candle holders, picture frames and much more. In this book, glass fusing is taken to a new level of sophistication. Ignited by curiosity, fueled by experimentation, you will find proven kiln crafting techniques approached from totally new directions. The result is a collection of incredibly exciting, awesomely fun, and often super-easy fresh new project ideas.
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Dimensional Mosaics
by Leslie Perlis
Uniquely weaves together glass fusing, kiln fired surface decorating and mosaic fabrication to create outstanding dimensional sculptures. Developed for crafters who already have basic glass working skills it contains 18 pages of instructions to guide you through the complete process, starting with the development of a design, through the fabrication and final cleanup of a full-size sculpture. The project gallery includes 11 fully completed sculptures showcasing them with detailed illustrations and descriptions
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Fusing...But Had No One to Ask
by Susan Kutno
The first Fusing and Slumping "hands-on" manual of its kind has been updated with the latest fusing techniques and is now available in paperback. A user-friendly, easy-to-read, step-by-step lesson on how to fuse and slump, including information and pictures on what tools to use and how to use them correctly. Learn how to choose COE, measure glass, work with ceramic and stainless steel molds, and how to set firing schedules. Includes hundreds of tips and pictures to help make the learning process fun! 109 pages.
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Fireworks
by Lisa Vogt
Choose from over 30 art glass fusing projects designed to spark your imagination and ignite your creativity. This flashy assortment of easy-to-make projects features many holiday designs, including Halloween, Christmas, and Hanukah. Make beautiful fused bowls, plates, decorations, flats, and even kites! Choose from abstracts, marine life, flowers, frogs, and even a US flag. Firing guides and assembly information included. All projects shown in color pictures to assist in glass selection.
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Fuse It
by Petra Kaiser
Introduces new ways to utilize the bonanza of glass forming methods & materials through 18 lessons with names such as: Wear It (Jewelry), Display It (Holders), Hang It (Mirrors & Ornaments), Screw It (Clocks & Sculptures), Drop It (Vases), Zen It (Fountain), Rake It (hot combing), Sell It (marketing your work), plus 10 more. Fuse It will be a valuable resource for fusers of all skill levels with a desire to progress to the next step. More that 300 color photos offer a wealth of instruction and inspiring ideas for distinctive kiln formed creations.
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Fused Glass & Wood Wildlife Projects
by Don Greene
What started as a fun way to use the cigar boxes has evolved into a book that combines fused glass wildlife patterns with wood settings. Include patterns for creating a variety of small fused glass panels that look especially at home when placed into a wooden box lid or wooden frame. You'll find patterns for deer, bear, eagles and rainbow trout, as well as a butterfly, dragonfly and bumblebee. Instructions are included for both creating the fused animals, as well as preparing a wooden box to accept your finished panel. Many of these projects make great gifts for those "hard-to-shop-for" guys in your life.
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Fused Glass Fan Lamps for All Seasons
by Mary Loutsenhizer
Looking for new projects to make in your kiln? This book contains patterns for a dozen colorful projects that can be used as "fan lamps" or hung in the window as suncatchers. With 12 holiday and seasonal designs, you can display your creations for a month at a time and change them with the seasons. Tips and hints are included for creating these fused glass projects, but basic fusing techniques are expected.
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Fused Glass Flowers
by Creative Paradise
In this beautiful 40 page book you will find the original 19 flower patterns found in the original Fused Glass Flowers book printed in 2009. You will also find 9 additional patterns and intriguing NEW molds and techniques including a innovative new “Frit Slurry” process created at Creative Paradise, Inc. that allows the fuser to create fascinating flowers that mimic blown glass flowers. Several new techniques are also given to place flowers on “stems” as well as how to enhance glass flowers and glass flower arrangements with frit cast pieces.
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Fused Glass for Walls
by Lynne Rae Eaton
If you′re running out of window space for your art glass creations, this book is what you need. Here are 15 contemporary designs for fused tiles to decorate your walls. Each tile is only 6"x6" so you can create them in even a very small kiln. These tiles are intended to be created in sets of three (or more) and then mounted, using hardware from Hang Your Glass, so that they "float" an inch or so in front of your wall. You can display the tile sets horizontally or vertically, depending what kind of space you are trying to enhance. Or use them individually to liven up a small nook or cranny.
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Fusing Images on Glass Book
by Terrie Banhazl
Teaches how to easily, safely and inexpensively fire high quality photographs, graphics and text onto their fused glass projects using Fired-On Photo Fusing Decal Paper and any HP Black and White Laser printer. Takes all the guess work out of this exciting process giving step by step instructions and project ideas including instructions for colorizing sepia images. Filled with beautiful full color detailed photographs of exciting projects such as Wedding Invitation Plates, Family Portrait Brooches, Kids Own Drawing Tiles, Illustrated Stained Glass Panels and Treasured Family Recipe Platters. All fired images are permanent and food safe.
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Fired-On Fusing Photo Decal Paper
Fusing Images on Glass Decal Paper
for use with Fusing Images on Glass Book
Easily Turn Any Picture into A Memorable Piece of Art. Customize your glass art with this high quality water-slide fusing photo paper. You can easily transfer photographs, or any pre-printed design, onto your glass art and your memories will forever be preserved in glass in a gorgeous sepia tone. Note: Will not work on Dichroic Glass. Pack contains 10 pieces of 8.5" x 11" photo sheets and firing instructions. Any HP or Canon black-only laser printer or copier will work.
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Fusing Log Sheets
by Randy & Carole Wardell
There are times when we would love to repeat a perfect firing outcome or an amazing, but unanticipated effect. There are other times when we have disappointing results that we would like to avoid in the future. These Fusing Log Sheets come in a writing pad style with convenient tear off pages. Each log page is pre-printed (in 2 colors) with easy to use check boxes for the most common types and styles of fuse firings. There is a space to describe the glass & components in the project and another to make a simple sketch. Then a conclusion and observation area is available for comments and suggestions to help you make appropriate decisions when planning similar projects in the future.
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Glass Decor Indoors
by Janet Schrader
Decorate your home with stained glass and fused fountains, oil lamps, trivets, suncatchers and plant stands. Combine copper foil and glass to create contemporary decorating accents. Step-by-step instructions included.
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Glass Forming with the Mold Block System
by Petra Kaiser
Learn how to use a tabletop kiln and this mold block system to create dozens of unusual glass art pieces. The innovative Mold Block System is well suited for use in portable tabletop kilns, offering the ability to create glass forms that are difficult to produce any other way. It’s fun and exciting to design unique mold configurations that continually offer a twist to standard fused glass shapes. Presented in an easy to follow self-directed format starting with an examination of the mold material and cutting the mold block components. A complete guide from start to finish through the creation of a glass project, including an essential tutorial describing the process to manually fire a tabletop kiln.
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Glass Kiln Casting with Colour de Verre
by Jayne Persico
An 80-page book offering more than 260 color photographs that will inspire dozens of exceptional projects. Features invaluable information covering frit casting molds, tools, equipment and kilns, plus an in-depth yet simple approach to working with digital kiln controllers. This book is sure to become a studio favorite that fusers of all levels will refer to time and again. The take-you-by-the-hand writing style guides crafters through the frit casting process. and shows you how to make frit cast jewelry, plates and bowls with amazing results.
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Hearts & Flowers
by Marick Studios
This book is all about the kiln. Each page is filled with all kinds of flowers and dozens of heart patterns. Projects featured are for all skill levels from the novice to the experienced glass fuser. Includes easy instructions and display options. All projects are photographed in full color.
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Hot Hot Hot - Pictures, Plates & Platters
by Chrisitne Stewart
Offers you the opportunity to experiment with two different fusing techniques. The first part of the book features designs for the kiln-fired and slumped dinnerware in three distinct styles. When your table is set, move on to decorating your walls with dramatic hot mosaic pictures using kiln-fired glass pieces and additional found embellishments. Step-by-step instructions for each layer of the project. Full color photos.
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Illuminated Art Glass
by Jayne Persico
Create elegant light sculptures in your Kiln with instructions for glass frit casting, Fusing assembly & deep-drop slump Forming. This book reveals ingenious lamp-making process using all color photographs, detailed instructions and helpful, step-by-step design tips. You will discover an impressive array of glass kiln techniques from frit casting to tack-fuse assembly to ultra-managed slumping. An 80-page book with more than 160 color photographs of 14 unique projects. Includes details on casting molds, tools, equipment, kilns, and a comprehensive look at digital controller programming.
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Innovative Adornments
by Jayne Persico
80 color pages with over 250 color photographs. 12 Complete projects that teach how to make distinctive fused glass jewelry using silver or gold wire wrapping techniques to produce spectacular personal adornments. Techniques are simple enough for new students while providing established crafters additional instruction, practical guidance, motivational hints and refreshers. Photos of 80 Additional Art Pieces also included.
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Introduction Precious Metal Clay
by Mary-Ann Devos
PMC is one of the most remarkable developments in silver and gold metal working since lost wax casting was developed thousands of years ago. 96 color pages with over 360 color photographs. 18 Complete Projects that include step-by-step instructions for hand-forming this remarkable clay material to produce distinctive silver and gold jewelry.
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Introduction to Glass Fusing
by Petra Kaiser
A comprehensive guide to techniques presented in project-by-project guided lessons. This full color, 80 page book gets started with some easy projects (Tangram puzzle, window shade pull, etc.) and continues with more difficult projects (serving trays, soup bowls, etc.). Kaiser discusses tools, equipment & supplies, kilns, kiln furniture, glass selection and more.
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Joy of Fusing
by Randy & Carole Wardell
Fusing Basics, Molds & More
The full-size drawings in this book were designed to enable crafters to recreate the fusing projects exactly as they appear. With an emphasis on design composition, pre-fuse assembly and firing technique, you can copy a project straight from the book or make creative personalized changes. Contains 32 full-size line drawings in total - 20 of these are printed on oversized fold-out sections (17" x 22" - 43 x 59 cm). 27 projects which include a list of specifications, firing schedules, the forming mold used and color suggestions.
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Full-Size Project Drawings Book
by Randy & Carole Wardell
A Companion Publication for Joy of Fusing
The full-size drawings in this book were designed to enable crafters to recreate the fusing projects in Joy of Fusing exactly as they appear. Or they can be used as a starting point to add creative personalized enhancements. All projects are finished and presented with a color photograph. Each project drawing has a list of specifications, the firing schedule, the forming mold used and color suggestions.
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Kiln Crafting
by Gil Reynolds
How successful are you when it comes to fusing glass in a kiln? Are your skills growing with each firing? Do you understand the Why as well as the How for the techniques you were taught? This book will help fill in some of the holes in your knowledge base and help improve you fusing skills. The information included will also help you take your work up a level or two by exposing you to option you may never have considered. Learn how to write a firing program and how to keep your glass from breaking in the kiln.
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Kiln-Formed Glass: Beyond the Basics
by Brenda Griffith
Takes kiln-formed glass to the next level! From casting and coldworking to adapting unusual tools and materials, this book describes a range of advanced techniques. Chapters include instructions on: airbrushing, sandblast carving, mold making and casting, 3-D printing, marbling, making pastels, incorporating dichroic glass with silver metal clay and more. In addition to beautiful projects and stunning gallery images, information on best studio practices and a "beyond the kiln" section make this an indispensable workbench guide.
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Precious Metal Clay Mixed Media
by Mary-Ann Devos
96 pages with over 240 color photos. Over 120 examples in 10 Idea Galleries. 21 Complete Projects with Instructions. Featuring the work of 12 Metal Clay Artists, the 21 projects in this book were carefully selected to demonstrate the versatility of PMC. Releasing the artist’s imagination to explore the capabilities of blending other materials into their work. Precious Metal Clay is sure to enrich the work of jewelers in addition to artists working in polymer, ceramic, porcelain, fabric or art glass.
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The Art of Fusing Contemporary Mood Lamps
by Martin Gill
Contains 14 designs for fused glass table lamps. All shown in color pictures and include detailed fusing and assembly instructions and material lists. These lamps can also be used as wall sconces with the purchase of a wall sconce mounting kit. The lamp designs in this book use a 9" x 8" x 3-3/4" wall sconce mold. Included are detailed instructions on how to modify the designs for molds of other dimensions.
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