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April/May, 2000 - Vol. 13, No. 6.
- Beauty and Ingenuity: A Holiday in Glass - Glass is our family business and my first love. (My father Victor Shevchenko is a doctor of Technical Sciences, specializing in the technology of glass. Similarly, my Uncle Yuri Shevchenko is an engineer-technologist in a subject called the "Chemical Technology of Non-metal and Silicate Materials", as am I.)
- Galplast artist - showing the process of making a sculpture to young art students.
- Zhenya Shevchenko - at the burner.
- Beginning - of the process of creating a sculpture.
- Sculpture - in mid-process.
- Horses
- Cranes
- Crab
- Glass Bytes - Spring is here!
- Museum Film Wins "Best of Show" and Gold Awards. ~ The Corning Museum of Glass film
- Glassified Ads - April/May, 2000 - Vol. 13 No. 6
- Workshop Calendar
- Patti Walton's Flower Garden Bead: The amount of detail she can get on one small bead is amazing to me. Having the opportunity to watch her work and teach broke the process down into a less intimidating adventure into the world of beads.
- Photos 1 through 6 - Steel Punty.
- Making Mold-Blown Ornaments I recently had the opportunity to attend the first annual Christmas Ornament Workshop taught by Fred and Jean Birkhill on the University of Michigan Dearborn Campu ~
- The Lampworked Glass of Loy Allen One hundred and forty retail outlets carry the flameworked glassware of Loy Allen! That is a pretty impressive number, especially when you consider that she does not have a representative and depends on one wholesale show ~
- THE ART OF GLASSMAKING IN UKRAINE When thinking about glass on an international level, first immediately jumps to mind Czech glass, maybe for some Venetian glass, Spanish glass, etc. However, who would have ever thought "Ukrainian Glass"? Surely the numbers can be counted on one hand. It has been a well-hidden secret ~
- Glassified Ads - February/March, 1999 - Vol. 13, No. 5.
- Workshop Calendar
- Thermal Indifference Assembly "Through Proper Annealing". by Ricky Charles Dodson. I don't know the exact history of how this technique of working borosilicate, came to be, but I do know that Ginny Ruffner, Susan Plum, Hans Fräbel, Shane Fero and a number of other people have used varieties of this technique for over 10 years now.
- Clothes Do Make the Man / Woman. by Marty Daily. ...When I did my next hot glass manipulation I wore the shirt. Boy, did it make a difference. No more fear of catching on fire and things were even a little cooler.
- ALEXANDRE KAPRAN. by Murray Bloom. How did you learn to lampwork glass? It's easy to forget that workshops, classes, and demonstrations were formerly not as available as they are today.
- Alexandre Kapran using his Russian-made torch.
- His flameworking space showing the mandatory stereo and lighting.
- Empress
- Consecration
- Black Queen and White Queen
- Gentleman
- Glass Bytes. by Candice King. Wow, here it is Christmas time and a new millennium already. Where did the last year go? I think I have included some great tips to get your year started out right, or to make some last minute gifts for the holidays.
- Pendants - you know how hard you try to make nice big round beads that are REALLY round?
- Production beads - I can make a bunch of what I call "blanks".
- Glass and Metal Glues - What I found works great is a product called "Monster Glue".
- Mixing Colors - Purple...
- Glassified Ads - December/January, 1999/2000 - Vol. 13, No. 4.
- Workshop Calendar
- Mini Blowpipes and Flameworking Amphora Pendant - I had the honor of meeting Stevi Belle while she was doing a workshop at A Touch of Glass in Asheville NC. She finds her inspiration in glass from contemporary and ancient sources, as well as nature. Color and texture are inspired by nature; form is from the ancient glass. Stevi has always done female forms inspired by fertility figures.
- Cane Cutter - The cane chopper pictured here has been proven to cut lengths of cane reliably and with little chipping for thicknesses up to and exceeding 3/8".
- Glass Bytes by Candice King. - It has been a long hot summer. But fall is in the air, and it is time to buckle down and get ready for the Christmas season. So dig out those flannels and sweatshirts, go to your studio, fire up those torches, and make stuff!!!
- Northstar Purple
- Murrini Cutters
- Cane Making
- Kiln Wash Removal
- Keeping Cool
- Mica Flakes
- Buttons
- Mushroom Pendant
- Photographing Glass - There are techniques that can make glass actually look better in a photograph than in reality
- THE BEAD COLUMN Book Review: American glass: Masters of the Art, by Lloyd E. Herman.
- Glassified Ads - October/November, 1999 - Vol. 13 No. 3.
- Workshop Calendar
- A Lathe Is Not Scary - In this article you will be walked through a basic Christmas ornament with color overlay.
- The Bead Column; Further Work by Toru Sato.
- Toru Sato
- The corner of his studio where the hot glass work is performed.
- Another corner of his studio showing the large amount of space devoted to racks.
- Close-up view of tote boxes in the racks. The lower right-hand tote box has cores waiting to be used. The box at the lower left has vessels ready to have their cores removed.
- The annealing furnace annealing furnace is also used as a place to dry out the cores.
- Various Various core-formed vessels.
- Various core-formed vessels.
- Various core-formed vessels.
- Various core-formed vessels.
- Various core-formed vessels.
- To The Editor; - I just wanted to say that you hit the nail on the head with your recent article in Glass Line.
- Glass Bytes. - by Candice King.
- Cats and glass
- Stuck beads
- Scummy glass
- Foils
- Tank service
- Reducing mold
- Fuming
- Hollow beads
- Rod warmer
- Glassified Ads - August/September, 1999 - Vol. 13 No. 2
- Workshop Calendar
- I Was Wrong. Now as, Paul Harvey says on the radio, here comes "the rest of my story."
- LAMPWORKED MARBLES: A GETTING STARTED; FAQ
- Where should I buy my supplies?
- What torch should I get?
- What supplies will I need?
- What kind of molds should I use?
- Where can I get information on how to actually MAKE a marble?
- What do you use for annealing your marbles?
- I put my marbles in my annealing oven and they got flat spots (or they picked up the texture from the floor of the kiln). What’s up?
- What glass should I start with?
- Transparents Colors
- Pastels Colors
- Special Colors.
- Dichroic
- To The Editor I'm a believer. (not the song by the "Monkeys")
- Glassbytes I have decided to pick one topic for this month’s column, SAFETY.
- SAFETY
- Apparel
- Jewelry
- Hair a flaming redhead...
- Pot Holders This might sound a bit weird, but it works.
- Makeup could be a hazard...
- UV Protection Have you ever had a "sunburn"?
- Lighters
- Glass Shard
- Heat Rash diaper rash ointment in your toolbox...
- Ear Infections Since I started doing this, I haven’t had an ear infection.
- Heat Issues The danger over getting over heated...
- Hands it is a REAL pain that can end your career in glass...
- Hot arms If you have ever tried montage with borosilicate glass...
- Workshop Calendar
- Glassified Ads - June/July, 1999 - Vol. 13 No. 1.
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