Flameworking: Glassmaking for the Craftsman.

Part of the Chilton Art Book series. Glassmaking, while always having a magic appeal to persons with artistic vision, has also been a secret art. Even today, special techniques are kept confidential by different artistic glass factories. While flameworking techniques have been discussed and described in books for the scientific glassblower, this book is unique in its approach. Dr. Schuler discusses techniques for the individual in flameworking and free blowing and t hen goes into an analysis of the physical properties of glass. Flameworking torches and other equipment, annealing furnaces and procedures, design, and a brief history of flameworking from 1650 to the present time are also included. The author has invented new methods of glass blowing which are consistent with modern art forms. he has made it possible for any with modest dexterity to join the circle of this once-secret membership of glassblowers. his broad scientific and artistic experience, his direct association with research in the glass industry, and his studies of ancient glassmaking techniques for the Corning Museum of Glass have prepared him for adapting flameworking techniques for the artist and craftsman.