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Back-issues: Volume 9 Index |
April/May, 1996 - Vol. 9 No. 6.
- Artistic connections of the British Society of Scientific Glassblowers.
- BIG WINNER!.
- Photo #1 Graham. The man stood 600mm tall and was fabricated from glass rod.
- THE VAGABOND LAMPWORKER.
- Photo #1 AS-12 Oxygen Generators.
- THE BEAD COLUMN: Fork-tailed Devil Making a bead with two string holes.
- Photo #1 A completed forked-mandrel and the components used to make it.
- Photo #2 The solid circles represent the long rods.
- Photo #3 The bead core has been completed using opaque white glass and is now ready for the final layer of glass.
- Photo #4 The bead core has been covered with colorless glass for the sake of illustration.
- Photo #4 Core Beads.
- At The Lamp; Chameleon Glass Colored borosilicate glass.
- NEW NORTHSTAR COLORS! NorthStar also has several new colors and a couple of them are really fine!
- New Borosilicate Glass!
- Summer Lampworking Workshops:
- Death of a Friend. It is my sorrowful duty to report the passing of a truly fine man. Howard Davis.
- BOOK REVUE DICTIONARY OF GLASS: MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.
- AT THE LAMP Einar De La Torre Speaks Out.
- THE BEAD COLUMN; Bubbles and Droplets.
- fig.1 & fig.2 fig.1 & fig.2.
- Blast it All - Part II.
- Visiting Artists Workshop.
- Third Annual Scent Bottle Show.
- MUSEUM UNVEILS 1995 RAKOW COMMISSION WORK.
- Photo #1 TWO PORTRAITS: VACLAV HAVEL AND VLADIMIR KOPECKY.
- ARIZONA SOCIETY of GLASS BEAD MAKERS.
- THE BEAD COLUMN PHOTOGRAPHING SINGLE BEADS.
- Photo #1 Using a tripod with a reversed center post.
- Photo #2 Three extension tubes of various lengths.
- Photo #3 Note the large screw used to clamp the column on place.
- Photo #4 Small halogen lamps are useful for focusing.
- Photo #5 Camera with waist level view finder and bellows attached to a focusing rail which, in turn, is attached to the column.
- Photo #6 The strobes are merely resting on the base board.
- Photo #7 The distance (located inside of the polyethylene bottle with its top cut off) and the strobes has been increased by placing them on a long board.
- Photo #8 Some beads made by Cay Dickey and a signature cane fastened.
- Photo #9 Each strobe was covered with two layers of handkerchief and located 12 3/4 in.
- Photo #10 Note the outline of the string hole.
- Photo #11 Same conditions as previous except f5.6.
- Photo #12 Each strobe was covered with 4 layers of handkerchief.
- Photo #13 Signature cane.
- TO THE EDITOR.
- Market Highlights.
- THE VAGABOND LAMPWORKER.
- BOOK REVUE Contemporary Lampworking.
- INSPIRATION.
- THE SCULPTURAL LAMPWORK OF LOREN STUMP, A NATURAL.
- Photo #1, Five automobile beads with figures inside. About 3/4 in. long.
- Photo #2, Various netsuke figurines in the form of animals such as mice, rabbits, or tigers.
- Photo #3, Three glass sculptures inspired by Japanese subjects. The figure at the right hand side is a fisherman carrying a glass net-float. (These should actually be called beads since they each have a string hole.) About two inches long.
- Photo #4, Samurai from a kabuki play. Seven inches high at the head.
- Photo #5, Japanese character.
- Photo #6, Solid glass "Aquarium", in the form of a conch shell, with mermaid and fish made of murrine. Photo is larger than actual size which is about two inches across.
- THE BEAD COLUMN; MAKING CHEVRON BEADS BY LAMPWORKING.
- Photo #1, A chevron bead made by the method described in the current Bead Column. Actual size:
1" x 9/16."- Photo #2, The ends of a few styles of chevron beads.
- Photo #3, Core layer on mandrel.
- Photo #4, Curved marver in the process of being machined. The two pieces of graphite have been bolted together and the first of a series of holes has been bored.
- AT THE LAMP The Glass Art Society convention held in Asheville.
- BOOK REVUE DESIGNS IN MINIATURE: THE STORY OF MOSAIC GLASS.
- Winners Announced.
- Crystal Myths, Inc. Presents The Best Bead Show
- The Genesis of a Glass Sculptor: Scott Summey.
- THE BEAD COLUMN; MINIATURE MASTERPIECES: MOSAIC GLASS 1838-1924.
- Blast It All -- An introduction to Abrasive Blasting for the Lampworker.
- 1996 NICHE AWARDS OFFER $15,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES.
- Employment Opportunity GLASS TECHNICIAN/ARTISAN.
- THE VAGABOND LAMPWORKER.
- Video Review "Lampworked Beadmaking: An Introduction" Kate Fowle, 1995
- Let's Make a Exhaust Hood!.
- THE BEAD COLUMN: Marking Your Beads. (Making Signature Cane)
- Video Review Beadmaking with Michael Max.
- AT THE LAMP / Flame On: This is the second installment of a column devoted to lampworkers and lampworking that I hope will become a regular feature in Common Ground/Glass Line.
- SURF THE NET Speaking of computers and the internet.
- GAS (Glass Art Society) convention will have come and gone, but as of this writing, it is still two weeks away.
- MURPHY'S LAW OF DEMOS.
- WINTER MARKETS. I survived another trip to Philadelphia and Baltimore this year to do the winter wholesale markets.
- NEW BOOK It is called "Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide for Shaping Glass in the Flame."
- NEW VIDEO It consists of five two-hour tapes, each demonstrating in Lewis' unmistakable style, basic flameworking techniques.
- BENCHTOP GLORY HOLE.
- SUMMER LAMPWORK CLASSES.
- EXHIBITS Habitat Gallery in Pontiac, Michigan just held their annual "International Invitational Glass Exhibition."
- THE VAGABOND LAMPWORKER The "GLASS CRAFT EXPO 1995," conducted in Las Vegas from March 16th to the 19th, turned out to be, for me personally, a fun place.
- Photo #1 B.T.E.S., INC. / AirSep Booth at GLASS CRAFT EXPO 1995.
- Photo #2 According to Lewis Wilson this is the next Miguel Bonilla..
- Photo #3 Bracelets made by Kevin O'Grady.
- Photo #4 Kevin is the one wearing the hat in top photo.
- Photo #5 Kevin O'Grady making a Bracelets. GLASS CRAFT EXPO 1995 (Not Printed.)
- To The Editor.
- IT'S HOT - IT'S COOL - IT'S NEW. I suddenly realized the importance of this new revolutionary fuel to our industry.
- Computer Corner Let's build a mailing list using the online service CompuServe!
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