The PGI Anthology - Volume I

The PGI Anthology, Volume I, is a collection of articles making fireworks, published between 1998 and 2010 in the PGI [Pyrotechnic Guild International] Bulletins. The book is over 400 pages in length and contains 116 articles covering basic fireworks chemistry, stars and garnitures, shells, rockets, tourbillions, set pieces, and question-and-answer articles on a wide variety of firework subjects. It is extensively illustrated with line drawings and photographs in both color and black-and-white, including step-by-step tutorial articles on a number of projects. The PGI Anthology lists numerous new and unique formulas, taken from actual use. The step-by-step tutorials are very good. Do you want to see how a cylinder shell is made, from ramming the spolette through lift, leader, and finish wrap? See Kurt Medlin's article. How about a 12" chrysanthemum, as made by a genuine master of the art? See Jim Widmann's article - which also gives a number of original, never-before-published formulas. For both detailed how-to instructions on how to achieve numerous firework effects, and technical background on a wide variety of pyrotechnic subjects, the PGI Anthology is a valuable addition to the fireworker's reference shelf. 405 pages, 6 x 9 inches, soft cover. Published in 2011, 2nd printing.