Towards the Torch....

Yay! One of us, one of us!

Um, OK. Websites: Wetcanvas.com, absolutely. ISGB.org forums. Warmglass.com (fusing). Corinabeads.com Glasspoet.com Frantzartglass.com

Books: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Glass Beadmaking, James Kervin. Making Glass Beads, Cindy Jenkins. Beads of Glass, Cindy Jenkins Passing the Flame, Corina Tettinger The Fused Glass Handbook, Gil Reynolds Glass Fusing Books I-III, Boyce Lundstrom

No comment on videos, I don't have any!

To Kalera's list I would add:

Smircich Makes Beads - VHS or DVD Contemporary Lampworking, Vol. I and II - Bandhu Dunham

I agree with both Tink and Kalera on books and websites...the wetcanvas website and the isgb website both have forums with several threads that are basic tutorials and have lots of good information in them on pretty much any aspect of glass lampworking and some fusing. Taking a class will be invaluable - make sure to ask about safety and equipment. :) Good luck and have tons of fun!! I can't wait to see what you do with glass. :)

Ditto! Diana

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeatspam (Sjpolyclay) :

]Ok, so I'm thinking that in 2004 I will be ready to invest money and time into ]new beady directions. I'm wanting to try more with metal, and the kids are old ]enough to respect torches and glass, so I'm prepping for the plunge. I know how ]to go about the wire and PMC stuff, but please point me in the right direction ]for glass, both lampworking and fused, also cold applications. I know that ]other newbies have gotten great direction here, but I've often looked the other ]way, not wanting to get sucked in just yet....

AAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! oh, man . . . i am in SUCH trouble!!!!!

**grin** i, for one, can't wait to see what you come up with! Nicole was showing me the PMC this last weekend. i would LOVE to play with it!

but the idea of you and glass is mind-boggling - in a good way!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

(Jewelry) ----------- It's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you; it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

Wow, Sarajane! I can only imagine what kind of things you will do with glass! Your polymer clay is so amazing!

Thank you Kalera! The Cindy Jenkins books I have seen at Bead Bazaar, she's VERY good. Thanks for the list! Sarajane

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Thanks, Tink! Sarajane

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Oh to be sure--I'm OCB about ovens already. I'm what's refered to as a "checker". And I NEVER run with scissors. Sarajane

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I'm looking forward to it too----I'll be moving slowly, as I do need to keep up with making polymer beads!! But if I do get a decent sized royalty check for the last quarter of 2003 (I hear Michaels' picked up my books) the I will need to spend a lot of it on business, so as not to have to pay so much self employment tax.

That's the cool thing about the schedule C tax stuff----make money, spend it on business tools, and get to keep the tools AND maybe a refund or a tax break. OR, spend the money on rent, food and other frivolous such bills, and have NO tools to show for it AND owe big bucks. I'd prefer to start buying more tools....and I have a friend who also wants to get into it, so we can do it together at first! Sarajane

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ok, thank you all---I've started a file on Glass Info and will be going to the library tomorrow!! Sarajane

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Thank you Vicki! I can see the glass as having a much longer learning curve than the PMC. PMC and polymer clay have a lot in common, toolwise and technique as well--I can poke at it with my fingers, which I already know better than to do with molten glass!!! Sarajane

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Thank you Jerri! I think there are some ways of using multimedia that I am VERY curious to explore. Glass, PMC, and PC all have to be worked very differently but should go together rather well--- just look at Cynthia Toops and Dan Adams' glass and PC work. Sarajane

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Oh, I vote for spending it all back on tools and supplies even if it didnt mean a tax break! Food, rent?? whats that? I do believe your glass work will be even more irresistable than your polywork. Im all excited to see what your particular style and signature will be in glass.. waiting will be hard! Diana

I agree!! I AM going to spend a biggish chunk sending my DS to college a while longer, but he's studying film and video production, and I intend to get my money back out of him in trade later!! Sarajane

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ROFL!! What I really meant was to make sure the class is taught with safetly in mind. The room where I took my class had almost no ventilation, and being newbies, no one thought to ask about that (All they did was open the door), so we all had chest pains similar to Tink's for a couple of weeks afterward. And of course, make sure they give you proper eye wear. :) I know you won't let them get away with teaching an unsafe class. :)

I totally agree!! Can't wait!

You are joining the wild and wacky world of glass. It's just the beginning.

Will do, Kandice! The main reason I've not gotten into glass before was the safety issue first, then the cost. But we'll manage--every person in my household is born under a fire sign--two of us are Aries Sun-Aries Rising (I'm one) so I figure we should have SOME sort of incendiary leanings!!! Sarajane

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