Customer Reviews:
Great book for beginners to experts!.......2005-11-03
This is a super set to learn from and refer back to! If you're a beginner - check it out! There's so much to learn from it!
must have for any lamp worker.......2005-08-04
this set is the best/ most information i have seen for learning to lampwork. packed with information it covers most techniques and even guides the beginner on how to set up a studio, great buy, worth every penny.
The best book in its class.......2003-12-30
If you could have only one book, it would be wise to consider this one. I have been in this industry many years and this is by far the best book I have seen out there.
It's Just OKAY!.......2003-12-24
To the naive public this book is great! Riddled with typos and inconsistant captions this book is not ideal for understanding formal flameworking. The book includes information about the masters and their techniques but trivializes their skill by including no-names and wanna-be's along side. A good amount of important technical information is provided, but through a string of often choppy inconsistant paragraph fragments. This is an excellent PICTURE BOOK leaving a lot to be desired from the academic artisan. Is a great reference for suppliers. In many cases the information falls short of being cohesive and understandable. Recommended for the glass-goer. Recommended for the amateur glassblower (for inspiration). Has popular appeal void of substance.
absolutely amazing.......2003-01-20
It should get more stars than five, the history of lampworking portion of the book is almost worth the price of the book itself.The history portion is only a small portion of the set. I have been doing lampworking for about 3 years now and I search the internet for anything reguarding lampworking often and this book set has tons of stuff I have never seen. excellent.
Book Description
Every eye-catching photo in this superb guide to a popular craft will inspire, instruct, and attract bead- and glass-makers. It's beautiful, easy to follow, and one-of-a-kind.
Glass beadmaking has become a crafting phenomenon, and this colorful reference features a rich repertoire of creative ideas. Splashed across the splendid pages in eye-catching photos are all the most popular types of beads, accompanied by the newest, most innovative techniques. The instructions begin with the basics: how to light the torch, wind and cool the bead, and shape the glass into barrels, cones, and discs. As beadmakers' skills develop, they can expand their horizons by experimenting with enamel; using mica dust to form an iridescent sheen; and applying silver, gold, and copper leaf to layers of glass. The most advanced projects are truly remarkable, from floral and sculptural beads to beads that encase images of stars, rainbows, and faces. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
Customer Reviews:
Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking.......2007-08-10
The book was as described, well packed and arrived in a very timely fashion. Thanks!
excellent.......2007-06-09
This is an excellent book for beginners. I'm a beginner at beadmaking and this book has explained info regarding all aspects of beadmaking. This a great referrence book. I would recommend this to everyone.
great book!.......2007-05-15
anything you need to know about glass beads and more.
Soft glass though
great boook for beginners.......2007-03-24
"The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking" by Kimberly Adams is a great book for the new lampworker. The instructions are clear, easy to read and understand, and the illustrations are very helpful. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in glass bead making.
good book.......2007-03-12
Great pictures and good explanations of how to make beads. Lots of helpful tips.
Average customer rating:
- Marigolds & Bon-Bons
- The cover looked nice. (Don't judge a book by its cover.)
- Shattered or just lame?
- Failed to hold my attention too often
- kept me entertained
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After 41 novels, most writers run out of energy before the final gallop. But Dick Francis's latest thriller is as good as his earliest. Perhaps it's because this one is dedicated to the Queen Mother, who celebrated her centennial in 2000, and who, like her famously horsey daughter, shares Francis's passion for the races. Or maybe he's just found his stride again, after a few less-than-outstanding starts. Here he does one of his best tricks: lures you into a somewhat arcane area you might know little about and explicates it so brilliantly that you don't even realize how much you've learned (in this case, about glass blowing) while a mystery is unraveled, a crime is solved, and the hero gets the girl.
This time the mise en scène is the glass blowing studio owned by Gerard Logan, friend of the late Martin Stukely, a jockey who takes a fatal fall at the Cheltenham steeplechase during the last race of the century. Still mourning Martin, Gerard is savagely beaten, his workshop ransacked, and his life threatened by a gang of thugs. Investigating, Gerard discovers that the gang includes a domineering woman who's the daughter of Martin's valet and a scientist who's stolen valuable data from the laboratory that formerly employed him. They believe Gerard has possession of a videotape entrusted to him by Martin before his death and that the secrets on the tape are worth Gerard's life.
It's a good set up, with just enough of the usual horse lore and a pleasant love story involving Gerard and a pretty policewoman, neither of which overshadow the taut pacing and the well-worked-out plot. Francis's protagonists may be accidental heroes, but they're not antiheroes; they're usually eminently decent, likable men, and their sense of self is always interesting. Here's Gerard at home, in a break from the action, thinking about the new woman in his heart in a typical Francis love scene:
I walked deliberately through all the rooms, thinking about Catherine, wondering both if she would like the place, and whether the house would accept her in return. Once in the past the house had delivered a definite thumbs-down, and once I'd been given an ultimatum to smother the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper as a condition of marriage, but to the horror of her family I'd backed out of the whole deal, and, as a result, I now used the house as arbiter and had disentangled myself from a later young woman who'd begun to refer to her and me as "an item" and to reply to questions as "we." We think. No, we don't think.
And, a few pages later,
The speed of development of strong feeling for one another didn't seem to me to be shocking but natural, and if I thought about the future it unequivocally included Catherine Dodd. "If you want to cover the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper, go ahead," I said.
She laughed. "I like the peace of pale walls. Why should I want to change them?"
It may be Francis's English reticence that keeps him, mercifully, from spoiling a good mystery with what other writers consider the obligatory sex scene, or it just may be the mastery of his form that few of his peers approach. In every page of this terrific new book, he's at the top of it. --Jane Adams
Book Description
When jockey Martin Stukely dies after a fall at Cheltenham, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen videotape. Logan is a glassblower on the verge of widespread acclaim. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a glassmaking furnace at never less than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, Logan is suddenly faced with terrifying threats to his business, his courage, and his life.
Believing that the missing video holds the key to a priceless treasure, and wrongly convinced that Logan knows where to find it, criminal forces set out to press him for information he doesn't have. To survive, he realizes that he himself must sort out the truth. The final race to the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.
Glass shatters. Logan doesn't. . . but it's a close-run thing.
Customer Reviews:
Marigolds & Bon-Bons.......2006-04-14
This is only my 2nd Francis' novel. I liked it overall--engaging characters, difficult mystery (though enough clues ARE provided to figure out who the 4th attacker was & who had the tape), very interesting explanations of glass making, & some excitement as well. The connection to horseracing is small, but so what? I especially liked the dynamic among Logan & his assistants as well as his protectors. I think the book is only worth 3.5 stars because of the hard-to-believe ending & Logan's unexplained reticence to involve the police--when he'd recognized some of his attackers--and his girlfriend is a constable. Though sometimes intelligent people do dumb things. Rose was a bit difficult to believe as well. On the other hand, his supporting cast is a trip, especially Marigold, Bon-Bon, & Worthington.
The cover looked nice. (Don't judge a book by its cover.).......2005-07-22
The truth is, this book is a bit silly. I thought this sort of novel was supposed to elicit shivery thrills in the region of the spine, but it gave me more of a dull ache in the back of the head. The plot unfolded painfully as the artist-turned-detective plods after absurd clues, including shoelaces, masked figures in dark alleys, unmarked videos, and strange syringes (oh my). Perhaps the author realized the prose were flagging and decided that a leather-clad-blonde-on-motorcyle is just what a dying plot needs to spruce things up. It is not. At the moment of crisis, this undercover detective turned to comfort in the arms of her beloved before confronting the criminal. Please.
Shattered or just lame?.......2004-05-14
Diok Francis, as I guess everyone knows, is a former jumps jockey who rode horses for the Queen Mother and then became a thriller writer in a second career after he retired from riding.
Most of his books, maybe all, follow a formula. The single male hero follows some occupation that in the earlier books is usually connected with horse racing, but in the later books his heroes branch out. The details of that profession are well researched, as for example with the photographer in Reflex, and usually in some way the knowledge of the hero's trade is woven into the plot.
The hero gets involved accidentally in some criminal conspiracy. As he tries to find out what is going on, he is invariably knocked unconscious at least one time and beaten up another time. Fortunately he never suffers permanent neurological damage.
Somewhere along the line he gets laid. Franciscan heroes do not have time for erectile dysfunction, or Viagra. Francis is not that kind of writer. His heroes' girlfriends get satisfied and they stay satisfied, though we don't get a lot of detail about how this trick is done.
In the end, the villain, who is someone unexpected, is unmasked and all is well with the world.
There--I have just written a precis of all of Dick Francis' novels.
How good is this example of the genre? Not very. What the other reviews here don't tell you is that the plot is extremely lame. If you wanted a horseracing title for this book, there it is--lame.
The stuff about the glass blowing is quite interesting, and is actually the best feature of the book.
The twist here is that we have a violent, psychopathic, homicidal villainess named Rose. Why she is this way is never really explained. Right at the end of the story she murders an inoffensive police officer, who has done her no harm, in a very nasty way. His death is partly caused by the actions of the hero, though I won't reveal any more so as not to spoil everything. However the hero is hardly concerned as he is more interested in getting nookie from the dead cop's partner.
A lot of the plot concerns itself with a highly absurd strand about a videotape that contains stolen scientific secrets that may lead to a cure for cancer. It is all very improbable.
Still Francis was somewhere around 80 years old when he wrote this, so it is remarkable that he is still trying to entertain his fans. Good on him. I hope I will be doing as well if I ever reach that age.
However, I would recommend reading the earlier books in the series first, rather than this one, if this is your introduction to Francis.
Addendum July 12th 2007. I don't know why this review is getting bad ratings from Amazon readers. All I can say is that if you read the book, you will see that this review is very accurate. I hope you will the come back to this review and give it a positive mark.
Failed to hold my attention too often.......2004-04-01
I'm not a huge mystery reader but do enjoy listening to them on my long drive to and from work. This unabridged audiobook had my attention, lost it, gained it backed and would then lose it again. Could be my distracted mind or it could be that it was just wasn't an interesting mystery? That said, there were several things to like. The protagonist Jarrod, an accomplished glassblower, was enjoyable ~ he's this regular guy with a very interesting (to me) profession who finds himself accosted by dangerous types and suddenly smack dab in the middle of mystery concerning a missing video cassette tape. His character and that of his off beat co-workers and surrounding support system were interesting and the detailed look into the world of professional glassblowing was fascinating. Unfortunately, the facts surrounding the missing tape and the sleuthing that follows to discover what the tape contains just didn't hold my attention and I repeatedly found myself drifting off into my own little world and having to rewind the tape during these sections. Maybe a true mystery aficionado would appreciate this one more than I.
kept me entertained.......2003-08-29
I would give this three and a half stars for the story and one-half star for the bonus of learning a little about glass blowing. I enjoyed the book, but was a little confused about why he didn't have the police arrest the ones that he knew who assaulted him. It would have saved him a lot of trouble, but, I know it's just a book. Never the less, I did enjoy the book. It was just long enough that I could read it in one sitting and it moved right along. The main character's friend dies in a freak accident while riding in a horse race. The friend leaves a tape for Gerard and before he can watch it, it is stolen. Other tapes have been stolen from the home of the victim and more of Gerards. Solving the mystery of the tapes leads to many adventures that keep your interest until the end of the book.
Book Description
New in Paper
You can easily form beads, candlesticks, and art objects from just a rod of cold glass and a torch. Heat it, manipulate it a bit, and almost instantaneously beautiful and new figures emerge from the fire. That's flameworking. A top teacher of the craft explains how to do it all, providing exactly the same information and exercises she gives her beginner's workshops. Lavish illustrations capture the entire artistic process. Look into the different types of glass to choose from, and find out how to melt a ball at different points of the rod; flatten it into a disc; and shape it into hearts, wings, butterflies, and the moon. Turn those designs into jewelry, hanging sculptures, and stirrers. The results are amazing!
Customer Reviews:
Mears's Flameworking book.......2007-07-16
I like the book a lot and am more than pleased with the projects. I love that there is a progression of more difficult projects that build skills. Unfortunately, the writing and pictures are not set up alongside each other, and where the directions are not easy to follow, the photos are not right beside the text (rather, they are on a different page) to clarify the directions.
This book is a lot better than the couple of books I have read in the library which had lots of pictures but no really clear directions to help a person make the projects they describe. So, I give this one a 4, and I do recommend it to people who do basic bead making and glass fusing and know a number of the simpler techniques. This book will take you further and make flameworking and fusing many times more fun.
Good book for boro glass work.......2007-06-11
I am a new lampworker, more interested in soft (Moretti/Effetre) glass, so this book wasn't as helpful as I had hoped since it focuses solely on "hard" glass. But the techniques and instructions are well written and would be very helpful.
Good Boro book.......2007-03-25
If you are thinking of buying this to learn about soft glass- moretti, bullseye, etc.- DON'T! If however, you are starting boro work, it is a good intro.
great helper.......2007-01-03
It is a really essential book for beaders.the events are built step by step.at the beginning of the book, the reader learns the basic theme: how to set up his/her studio(every detail is mentioned) and at the end of the book, he/she becomes capable of creating artistic objects. the exercises in the book are basic and you can develop yourself easily after succeded them.I advise the book every flame work lovers.
Good Flameworking book.......2006-11-06
This is a great book for beginner flameworkers. Good pictures and directions.
Book Description
“There is enough detail to make unsuspecting readers into addicts. An excellent introduction.”—Booklist
Beads that are multicolored, grooved, feathered or foiled, and decorated with spots, dots, eyes, and stripes: no matter which of these designs in glass you choose, the results will be beautiful. Detailed instructions and magnificent photos, along with scores of valuable tips and tricks, guide crafters through an awesome array of techniques, making this the best guide to glass beading ever. The creative journey begins with making a simple bead; proceeds to easy variations, such as overwraps and raked patterns; and ends exquisitely with beads shimmering with different metals and featuring millefiori, sculpting, and hollowing.
The author lives in Skokie, IL.
Customer Reviews:
Great book!.......2007-03-12
This is a great step-by-step 'how-to' book. The explanations and pictures are very detailed. I feel like I am prepared and know everything I need to know to get started making glass beads!
All the instructions you'll ever need for a great prize.......2007-02-04
I've been making glass beads for 3 years now, and recently showed a friend how to make glass beads. He picked it up right away, and next time I saw him he was definetly not an amateur anymore. I wanted to find a book that gave more then just beginners instructions, and showed many techniques in a clear and simple way. After having looked at many (much more expensive) books I found this one. It had it all! Helpfull hints (hot tips)and exciting techniques for years of fun to come, as well as simple, easy to understand instructions. After giving the book to my friend, I bought it for myself.
Excellent book on bead making.......2006-08-09
The book gave us confidence that we could make glass beads. Production has not started but soon will.
Service was excellent as usual.
The Nature of Glass Beads.......2006-07-03
This is one of two books that you should own if you are serious about learning to make glass beads. The step by steps are easy to follow. The hot tip boxes are a nice way to point out important info. The pictures are clear and to the point, and follow the descriptions of the action. The gallery pictures are spread though out each section of the type of bead work being explained.
A touch that I liked was when a new word is introduced it is in bold print and a clear description of what it is. Giving notice that this is something to be filed for future use.
They have included a whole load of other artists work for a wide idea of what can be done. the appendix's on the nature of glass and trouble shooting will save a lot of time for the newbe. Also the jewelry basics is a nice touch for the right of the street person. I own it and use it.
The other book you should own is the Kimberley Adams The complete book of glass bead making
Thanks Cindy's for sharing your craft.......2005-07-19
This is a wonderful book, loaded with step-by-step instructions on making glass beads. The instructions are clear and easy to understand. can Hardly wait to order my glass supplies and get started with her book at my side.
Customer Reviews:
Historical glassblowing for children.......2003-09-17
As a glassblower, I found this charming little tale quite informative.As an uncle to a two year old, I found it well illustrated, smooth paced, and very fun. We had a blast!!!! It is not always easy to help pass a craft to a young one,or keep one entertained in something so complex as glass, but I believe this little number hit the spot.An excellent and accruate historical view of colonial life. Did you know that glassblowing was the first free enterprise in Jamestown, stating in 1644? highly recomended........
Customer Reviews:
a must for anyone who is setting up their home studio.......2000-10-27
contains designs for: 5 different glory holes,10 dif. melting furnaces,4 styles of annealers and slumpers, pipe heater,electric hot cane pick up, electric garage, bit box, and a hanger box. also contains information on firing , gas safety systems , burner heads, and mixers. this is a must for people who haven't had the opportunity to have there hands held at ritzy art academies.
p.s. it also contains interesting tidbits on ceramic core vessel making!!!
Amazon.com
A delightfully fresh take on the "anything you can do, I can do better" theme, Elena's Serenade follows a feisty little Mexican girl on a quest to prove to her father--and herself--that she can be a glassblower, even if she is a girl. Magic realism abounds as Elena journeys (dressed as a boy) to Monterrey to learn from the great glassblowers. Along the way she meets a burro, a roadrunner, and a coyote, helping each of them accomplish their goals as she blows tunes through her father's cast-off glassblowing pipe. Arriving in Monterrey, our little "muchacho" is mocked at first, but soon silences her detractors (who continue to think she's a boy) when she creates beautiful glass stars through her pipe. If only her Papa could see what she can do! Perhaps if she blows a giant bird (golondrina), she can fly home.
A lovely story penned by Campbell Geeslin, with lyrical acrylic and crayon art by the illustrator of Jonah Winter's Frida, Ana Juan. Readers will revel in the whole experience--words, pictures, message, and all. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
Book Description
Who ever heard of a girl glassblower?
In Mexico, where the sun is called el sol and the moon is called la luna, a little girl called Elena wants to blow into a long pipe...and make bottles appear, like magic.
But girls can't be glassblowers. Or can they?
Join Elena on her fantastic journey to Monterrey -- home of the great glassblowers! -- in an enchanting story filled with magic realism.
Customer Reviews:
Great for Glassblowers!.......2006-06-25
Our family absolutely loves this book.
My daughter Ailia (age 4) enjoys the story, illustrations and wonderful colors in this book.
It is a fairly quick read, but not too short, a great one for bedtime.
and for us glassblowers... it simply warms the heart,
signed,
Edward T. Schmid
author of "Beginning Glassblowing" and "Advanced Glassworking Techniques"-(also available through Amazon.com or at: glassmtn.com)
great book.......2005-12-18
This book has wonderful drawings and an imaginative story--very much in line with South American magical realism. My son loved it dubbed himself coyote (one of the characters) for two months.
Read Aloud Winner.......2005-06-04
Elena's Serenade is the first book to receive the Comstock Book Award for the year's best picture book to read aloud to older children, ages eight to twelve.
Young Elena leaves her home to embark on a magical journey to Monterrey, Mexico in order to follow her dream of learning the art of glassblowing. Later, she returns home to her father, who had refused to teach her his trade because no one had ever "heard of a girl glassblower." This story celebrates Elena's uniqueness as an artist and a person, as well as the importance of pursuing a dream.
With acrylic and crayons, Juan has created luminous paintings with an expressionistic, folk-art quality and a palette of desert colors. Juan's use of light is particularly noteworthy, especially in the illustrations depicting glassblowing. The rounded figure of Elena and her expressive facial features make her an attractive character. The colors, movement, and details of each painting invite one to linger over every page.
In selecting this book for the Award, the Read Aloud Committee noted the lyrical quality of the text, as well as children's special appreciation of the illustrations. In addition, children were interested in the conflict between Elena and her father and also enjoyed the sprinkling of Spanish words. Readers found the Spanish-English Glossary in the front of the book helpful.
Cute book.......2005-04-23
Elena's Serenade is about a little girl who travels to Monterrey, Mexico to become a glassblower. I did enjoy the story and especially the illustrations. My favorite illustration is of Elena dressed in her brother's clothes trying to look macho. I think kids will enjoy the bright sometimes humorous pictures, and the imaginative story.
Glass menagerie.......2005-01-08
I'll cut a book a whole swath of slack of it's beautifully illustrated. I'm not ashamed to admit it either. A story could be pedantic, repetitive, and dull and I'd still be gaga over it if the pictures were pretty enough. Now in the case of Campbell Geeslin's, "Elena's Serenade", I'm torn. The tale told here is actually rather interesting and well-written. Its heroine sets out on a kind of small picaresque quest and gains her heart's desire by the end. Now certainly the story is not the best written in the world. It drops certain plot points here and fails to offer any reason for other occurrences there. But it's a nice enough tale and when you take into consideration the overwhelming beauty of artist Ana Juan's illustrations.... well let's just say it's enough to salve over any nit-picking I might have. "Elena's Serenade" is beautiful and affecting without straining to please. If you don't love it, I can think of a hundred small schoolchildren who would.
Told in the first person, we see the world of Mexico through little Elena's eyes. The daughter of a glassblower, Elena's one dream is to someday learn the trade. Unfortunately, female glassblowers are entirely unheard of at this time and, anyway, Elena is too little. At the advice of her brother our heroine decides to disguise herself as a boy and travel all the way to Monterrey to study with the world's best glassblowers. Along the way she plays funny tunes on her glassblowing pipe and helps out a burro, a roadrunner, and a lovesick off-tune coyote. In Monterrey, Elena displays her new glassblowing via music technique. Suddenly she's creating stars with five points, butterflies that clink their delicate glass wings, and huge magnificent birds, one of which takes her back home. At the end of all her journeys, Elena is pleased to show her new talents to her papa and to play delightful tunes with colorful images from the tip of her glassblowing pipe.
Obviously the story has some rough spots. After all, why does Elena help out the animals of the desert if their trials have nothing to do with the story at large? What time period is this in which girls cannot be glassblowers? Sure looks like present day to me. And the magical source of Elena's power is left unclear, though I'm willing to chalk that up to magical realism and just leave it at that. These problems could have sunk a book with an illustrator less talented than Ana Juan. As it is, it's clear to me that author Campbell Geeslin lucked out. Juan first hit the children's picture book scene with a jaw-droppingly beautiful encapsulation of Frida Kahlo's life entitled, "Frida" (by Jonah Winter). She follows that success up with the equally magnificent "Elena's Serenade", and I couldn't be more pleased. Elena is the perfect heroine. Comically ridiculous when she attaches half a tortilla to her face to look like a beard. Incredibly pitiable when she hunches over in pouty misery after her father tells her that her dreams are impossible. Each page in this book is filled with luminous rounded images. From the glass butterflies that soar through the air to the moon's face as she lovingly listens to the coyote's song. Juan is also particularly good at lighting. The scenes beside the glassblower furnaces are my personal favorites. I loved how the artist was able to meld together the faces of the Monterrey artists as they stare in wonderment at Elena's fabulous glowing orange glass star. If you would like to be blown away by a book's pictures for a little while, consider being blown away by this one.
There is no getting around the fact that there are not enough picture books in the United States that celebrate aspects of Mexican life. This is one of the few and I for one will be recommending it to every child I come across for the next fiftysome years. It's not the best writing in the world but it may well have the biggest heart. For a perfectly marvelous and beautiful story, consider trying your hand on the magnificent, "Elena's Serenade". It'll make you and your children happy.
Product Description
2001 Self Published 1st Ed. S.C.[4to] 32p. ill.(col.) Fine in custom cut and fitted Brodart Archival Clear Mylar Dust Jacket.
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