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Title: Contemporary Warm Glass: A Guide to Fusing, Slumping & Kiln-Forming Techniques by Brad Walker ISBN: 0-9700933-4-9 Publisher: Four Corners International Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $47.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice but overpriced
Comment: This is a nicely presented book. The writing style is clear and informative. The pictures are nice, though a little artsy for me to find inspiring. My problem with the book is that I had already gleaned most of what I found in it on the internet - from free and helpful sources. I paid over [money] for this book what with ... I expected to be enthralled, educated and inspired for that amount of money. I was not. Every page was a disappointment - nothing I hadn't already found out. If you don't want to spend the time to ferret out this info on your own, then perhaps the book is worth your money. I, however, am going to be smarting from the loss I took on it for some time to come. At [money], I would have kept it. That's about what I would expect to pay for an arts and crafts book like this one - like many other fine ones I've invested in.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Glass Fuser's Must Read
Comment: I own a stack of glass kiln-working books (including all of Lundstrom's). Many of them are very good.
None, though, can touch Walker's book for easy-to-follow, comprehensive coverage of this topic. All the basics are covered with clear step-by-step instructions and just enough science and background to make it all make sense.
If you're thinking about getting into warm glass work then start here.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Over-All Discussion...
Comment: Brad Walker's book is great for beginner fusers with its fine sampling of projects to test new skills. Those who have been fusing for a while should welcome it, too, since it's the only new work on the subject for several years. Walker's book has valuable information, such as a summary of annealing points and strain points for various art glass makers, which reflect a depth of research that should be valuable to fusers on the intermediate and professional levels--but many may never discover these gems of information, since the book appears to be written for beginning fusers. It would have been good to see a few more challenging projects for those with a bit of fusing experience. Further, the cost of this book is surprisingly high when compared to other recent books such as Lucartha Kohler's "Glass: An Artist's Medium," which is hardcover and much more richly illustrated.
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Title: Kiln Firing Glass: Glass Fusing Book One by Boyce Lundstrom, Daniel Schwoerer, Kathleen Lundstrom ISBN: 0961228237 Publisher: Vitreous Group Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $43.50 |
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Title: Fused Glass Handbook by Gil Reynolds ISBN: 0915807025 Publisher: Fusion Headquarters Pub. Date: August, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Advanced Fusing Techniques (Glass Fusing, Book 2) by Boyce Lundstrom ISBN: 0961228210 Publisher: Vitreous Group Publications Pub. Date: June, 1989 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Glass Casting and Moldmaking (Glass Fusing, Book 3) by Boyce Lundstrom, Kathleen Lundstrom ISBN: 0961228229 Publisher: Vitreous Group Publications Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Glass: An Artist's Medium by Lucartha Kohler ISBN: 087341604X Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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