Kilnworking: Kilnworking

"Best studio practices, techniques, projects". Table of Contents: Studio and best practices; Tools; Materials and methods; Airbrushing; Sandblast carving; Jewelry; Mold making and casting; 3-D printing; Fused boxes; Sand art; Ceramics; Mokume gane; Marbling; Making pastels; Beyond the kiln; Firing schedules. Includes 3-D printing, pp. 42, 45, 66, 150-163, 219.

This is a compilation of notes in a 3-ring binder on fired-on surface application, fusing and slumping, pate de verre and kiln casting.

Photographs show a range of kilnworking techniques including fused jewelry, combing, fused mosaics, pot melts, silkscreening on glass, and more. Publication from Argentina.

Compilation of Reynolds' columns for Stained Glass News since 1992, with bonus material, charts and color photos.

Extensive information about mold-making; also includes fusing & slumping, pattern bars, and more.

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Fusing and slumping: p. 76-95; Casting: pp. 54-95. Molds: pp. 35-40, 66-67, 88-92, 186-203.
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Includes kiln casting, pâte de verre, fusing & slumping; surface decoration (fired enamels, metallic coatings, electroplating, mirroring, gold leaf, engraving, sandblasting, printing, silk screen, xerox); cold working (saws, polishing, drilling holes, glues, assembly). "Annealing cast glass" by Dr. Frank E. Woolley: pp. 212-21.

Information about colorants (see index); color compatible glasses; enamels; frit; high fire enamels; opalescent glasses; powders; reduction atmosphere; silver stain; stains; vitreous enamels, etc.

Appendix includes studio equipment and kilns, basic fusing (compatibility, volume control and annealing) and materials and suppliers list.

Glass Craftsman, no. 214. June/July 2009.

Updated and expanded edition of Contemporary Warm Glass. Glass types; Supplies and equipment; cutting; fusing process; preparing the kiln; molds for slumping; slumping process; surface techniques for fusing; inclusions in fused glass; beyond two layers; high temperature firing; bottles and recycled glass; coldworking and finishing; kiln casting, and more.

Pate de verre -- Lost wax casting -- Crucible casting -- Castable mold materials -- Mold formulas -- Metal, clay & sand molds -- Fiber molds -- Safety -- Technical information.

Embellishments -- Glass workshop -- Broken art glass -- Casting glass -- Cold combing -- Copper mesh method -- Crackle technique -- Etching glass -- Fused glass frame -- Marble art glass -- Fused glass lace -- Fusing photo paper -- Fused wind chimes -- Glass clay -- Puffy glass -- Rubber stamping on glass -- Slumping bottles -- Stringer bowl.

Excellent overview

"[Project objectives were] a. to contribute to a greater understanding and knowledge of the complexities of pâte(s)-de-verre in general, and the work of Walter in particular; b. to generate and present an account of Walter’s probably procedures, illustrated by examples and supported by data, in a form that enabled their replication; c. to estimate the contribution to Walter’s technique of his background at Sèvres, and time at Daum. The intention was to illustrate Walter’s mastery over his medium in a way that would enhance his status, and through practical advice allow his discoveries to serve as a stepping-stone for a new generation of practitioners"--P. 3.

This catalogue features a private collection of one hundred and sixty-six pieces of pâte-de-verre glass, each with a zoological motif, by the French artist Amalric Walter"--P. 4.