LibGuides: Pipe Making: Decorative Techniques

Information on this page is drawn from the Flameworking/Lampworking: Borosilicate Flameworking guide.

Almost any flameworking decorative technique can be applied to pipe making including various colorwork and sculptural techniques. Guides to flameworking can help develop and inspire different types of decorative techniques to incorporate into pipe making even if they are not written about pipe making specifically.

Books

Books and articles in the general "flameworking" tab are also appropriate for borosilicate glass, including Bandhu Scott Dunham's three volume set.

Advanced Flameworking, Vol. 1 by Milon Townsend
Call Number: Stacks TP859.2 .T74
ISBN: 0970893906
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Also available bound with Townsend's Making & Marketing Better Work
Colorful glasscrafting by Eppens-van Veen, Jos H.
Call Number: Open Stacks TT298 .E64
Publication Date: New York : Sterling, 1973
Making Beads from Glass Tubing,” pp. 54-58.
Cookbook of Color Borosilicate recipes by Bearer, Rocio.; Bearer, Ron, Jr.; Robbins, Lori.; Northstar Glassworks, inc.
Call Number: Secured Stacks TP859.2 .B36
Publication Date: 2005
Flameworking: Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures & Functional Objects by Elizabeth Ryland Mears
Call Number: TP859.2.M48
ISBN: 157990297
Publication Date: 2003
Step by step exercises for beginners using borosilicate or "hard" glass
Scientific glass blowing : an introduction by Colvin, Clair Ivan.
Call Number: Open Stacks TP859.2 .C72 2008
Publication Date: 2008

Articles

Blowing Beads with Boro Glass
Call Number: Periodicals TP859 .G55
Publication Date: Glass Line (2014): n. pag.
Step-by-step making instructions.
Cactus 'Boro' Beads: Lampworking Cactus Creations with Borosilicate Glass.
Call Number: Periodicals NK7300 .L31
Publication Date: Lapidary Journal, v. 58, no. 2, May 2004, pp. 73-74, ill.
Includes step-by-step instructions.
Colouring Borosilicate Glass for Lampworking Iglehart, Ed
Call Number: Periodicals NK5143 .B14
Publication Date: June 1985, pp. [20-24] British Artists in Glass Newsletter
Discover Borosilicate Beads
Publication Date: Glass Patterns Quarterly, v. 18, no. 2, Summer 2002, pp. 22-25, ill.
Includes step-by-step instructions.
Frit and Powder = Man's Best Friend.
Call Number: Periodicals TP859 .G55
Publication Date: Glass Line, v. 18, no. 5, Feb./March 2005, pp. 24-27, ill.
Borosilicate lampworking techniques.

Live Streamed Content and Videos

Corning Museum of Glass Studio demonstration: Karina Guévin & Cédric Ginart (
arina Guévin & Cédric Ginart demonstrate for their Studio course, Flameworking Cocktail, in which the focus is on providing beginners with a solid foundation in basic technical skills. Students are introduced to various techniques using both soft (soda lime) and hard (borosilicate) glass. Working with colored rods and tubing, students explore techniques from beadmaking to glassblowing, and learn how to add flair to these basic techniques with unusual twists.
Kim Thomas Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration
Sculptor and flameworker Kim Thomas shows students in her class how to incorporate moving parts into sculptures using borosilicate glass. Get an insider’s view during this live stream from her class Model & Motivity on August 21
Joe Peters Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration
Influenced by marine life and the natural world, artist Joe Peters demonstrates for students in his class how to create detailed sculptures of animals, plants and humans in borosilicate. Watch him demo a solid hammerhead shark in this live stream from The Studio.
Miles Parker Live-Streamed Studio Demonstration
Marble-maker and flameworker Miles Parker shares how to create whole worlds in tiny glass spheres using a variety of techniques. Get an insider’s view during this live stream from his class Borosilicate Marble

The Boro basics
Call Number: Open Stacks, Videos and Audio Recordings The Boro basics : off mandrel techniques (DVD)
Publication Date: 2009
Flame settings - 2 ways to make a gather -- 2 ways to pull a boro stringer -- Cold seals -- Using Peter Tweezers and Handy Andys -- How to practice making loops -- Drilling a hole with hot tungsten -- Making a layered boro Twisty -- Encasing with boro -- Adding dots -- Setting up and striking silver colors -- Marking a Maria -- Reaming a big hole in boro -- Raking boro using a clear stringer -- Adding a drip to the bottom of a pendant.
Goblets
Publication Date: 2007
An instructional demonstration for beginner to intermediate lampworking enthusiasts on making goblets from borosilicate glass rods. In Part one, "Accent goblet", Steve shows the steps and techniques used. Part two, "Mermaid goblet", begins with using the blowout technique to turn solid rod into tubing for a goblet top and foot. Sizelove then shows the assembly of a complicated architechtural structure which surrounds a previously made mermaid.