Kiln forming glass / Helga Watkins-Baker.

Title: 
Kiln forming glass / Helga Watkins-Baker.

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Author/Artist: 
Watkins-Baker, Helga.
Publisher: 
Ramsbury : Crowood Press, 2010.
Description: 
240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Kiln-formed glass.
Glass fusing Technique.
Cast glass.
Glass craft Technique.
Glass manufacture Molds.
Bib ID: 
110657
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
TP859.1.W33
Location: 
Secured Stacks
Call Number: 
TP859.1.W33
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Notes: 
"Captures the excitement of working with glass and explains the techniques involved in this stimulating sphere of glass making"--Dust jacket.
Reviewed by Ruth Wilcock in Glass cone, no. 92, Autumn 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235).
Image of crown glass making statue in Glass Innovation Center on p. [42].
Contents: 
A short history of glass --
Technical aspects of glass --
Materials and equipment --
Fusing and slumping --
Beginning kiln-casting --
Lost-wax casting --
Master mould-making --
Further mould-making and kiln techniques --
Cold-working and finishing --
Health and safety --
Firing schedules --
Problems and troubleshooting --
Alternative mould recipes --
Resources --
Glossary.
ISBN: 
9781847971760 (hbk.)
1847971768 (hbk.)

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG objects: 94.3.101, p. [12] -- 55.1.2 (upper right), p. 17 -- 67.1.21 (lower right), p.17 -- 61.3.4 left, p. 21 -- 61.3.6 right, p. 21 -- 97.3.58 (upper left), p. 23 -- 97.3.72 (upper right), p. 23 -- 93.3.26 (lower left), p.23 -- 74.4.186, p. 28 -- 99.4.91, p. 39.
Includes CMGL materials: 40940 (v. 1, plate 19), p. 18 -- 95282 (Verrerie en bois, 1re section, plate 19), p. 19 -- 95282 (Verrerie en bois, 2e section, plate 15), p. 45 -- 95284, p. 45.