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Summary: Excellent instruction, beatiful photos, must-have
Review: This is a great book for learning all about how to make glass beads. It is packed with beautiful color photos. Each technique is both demonstrated and explained in clear step by step instructions.The author first covers a brief history, then talks about materials, tools and safety. Next, she explains the basics of making beads. Many variations are then explained, including making different shapes, raking colors & adding stripes. More advanced techniques including mixing colors, adding metal, furrowing & adding surface treatments. She also explains how to make millefiori canes, cased beads, filigranas, latticinos, hollow beads, buttons & marbles. There are 3 wonderful appendices in the back covering jewelry-making basics, the nature of glass and trouble shooting tips. My only wish for this book was that a list of suppliers was included.
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Summary: A coffe table how-to book!
Review: This is how I view this book! I learned lampworking from this book, and it details everything a beginner needs to know to make outstanding beads! Cindy Jenkins provides detailed descriptions and clear photographs that show the steps involved in making beads. Just as importantly, the book is a gallery of some of the most gorgeous lampwork I have ever seen. It includes beautiful photographs of beads made by many of the most important lampworkers in the field. The photographs are great inspiration for beginners and advanced lampworkers alike.
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Summary: Great first Book!
Review: Very nice book with lots of information and good pictures. Very well organized book that goes into detail on making glass beads.To me this is the only book you need to get started in Lampworking. I especially enjoyed in each chapter the pictures of other artists beads as Cindy described how to make that type of bead. Certianly a book that I will refer to many times! Thanks for a great book Cindy!.....
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