Glass Jewellery

Glass jewellery is currently enjoying a renaissance and kiln-working glass has also grown in popularity in recent years. This book is great for anyone interested in either glass or jewellery, for jewellers who want to learn and incorporate new glass techniques, and for glassmakers who want to find out more about incorporating jewellery in their work. Readers will benefit from the clearly illustrated step-by-step guides, and will learn exciting new skills to move their work on to new levels. This book includes inspirational work from an international range of contemporary makers along-side the practical sequence of photographs.

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Glass Jewellery

Glass jewellery is currently enjoying a renaissance and kiln-working glass has also grown in popularity in recent years. This book is great for anyone interested in either glass or jewellery, for jewellers who want to learn and incorporate new glass techniques, and for glassmakers who want to find out more about incorporating jewellery in their work. Readers will benefit from the clearly illustrated step-by-step guides, and will learn exciting new skills to move their work on to new levels. This book includes inspirational work from an international range of contemporary makers along-side the practical sequence of photographs.

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Glass Jewellery

Glass Jewellery

by Yvonne Coffey
Glass Jewellery

Glass Jewellery

by Yvonne Coffey

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Overview

Glass jewellery is currently enjoying a renaissance and kiln-working glass has also grown in popularity in recent years. This book is great for anyone interested in either glass or jewellery, for jewellers who want to learn and incorporate new glass techniques, and for glassmakers who want to find out more about incorporating jewellery in their work. Readers will benefit from the clearly illustrated step-by-step guides, and will learn exciting new skills to move their work on to new levels. This book includes inspirational work from an international range of contemporary makers along-side the practical sequence of photographs.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780713679403
Publisher: A&C Black Publishers, Ltd.
Publication date: 06/15/2010
Series: Jewellery Handbooks Series , #4
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.62(w) x 9.03(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Yvonne Coffey completed an MA in glass and ceramics at the Royal
College of Art, London, and has exhibited in London and throughout
Europe. She is a member of Contemporary Applied Arts, the Contemporary
Glass Society, the Contemporary Jewellery Society and the New London
Glass Collective. She is also a lecturer at Westminster Adult Education
College, and a visiting lecturer at University College, Falmouth.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Introduction 7

1 A Brief History of Glass and Glass Jewellery 9

2 What Glass to Use 12

3 The Cutting and Preparation of Glass 21

4 Fusing 33

5 Slumping 42

6 Gelflex 52

7 Small-Scale Casting 59

8 Cold-working 77

9 Fixings 93

10 Firings, Kilns and Annealing 107

Glossary 123

Suppliers 126

Bibliography 127

Index 128

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