All About Glass
All About Glass
This is your resource for exploring various topics in glass: delve deeper with this collection of articles, multimedia, and virtual books all about glass. Content is frequently added to the area, so check back for new items. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, send us your suggestion. If you have a specific question, Ask a Glass Question at our Rakow Research Library.
Watch Suellen Fowler's demo of making a flameworked glass owl from June 26, 2019. See the final piece starting at 1:11:37. When not teaching at The Studio, Fowler devotes much time and energy to developing and refining oxide formulas to color borosilicate glass. Her work features rich colors
Watch Suellen Fowler demonstrate for her class, Flamework Glass Sculpting: Solid and Blown Forms, a variety of techniques for creating sculptures in colored borosilicate glass. During the class, Fowler demonstrated cane decoration and patterns, the use of commercial and hand mixed color, and
Watch as Suellen Fowler and Hugh Salkind demonstrate for their class, Flamework Glass Sculpting: Solid and Blown Forms, how to create sculptures and vessels in colored borosilicate glass.
Watch as Suellen Fowler demonstrates for her class, Flamework Glass Sculpting: Solid and Blown Forms, cane decoration and patterns, the use of commercial and hand-mixed color, and techniques for realizing a successful interpretation of natural and fantasy subjects.
Watch as Hugh Salkind demonstrates for Suellen Fowler's class, Flamework Glass Sculpting: Solid and Blown Forms. Salkind makes a marble at the torch using gold to create a pattern on one side and a fish-scale or dot stacking pattern on the flip side.
Watch as Suellen Fowler demonstrates making a small perfume bottle with stopper for her class, Flamework Glass Sculpting: Solid and Blown Forms.