The Bottom Line
Fantastic visuals and easy-to-understand instructions. An excellent book that you should own if you plan to make lampwork beads.
Pros
- Close-up color photos accompany text
- Thorough explanations of techniques
- Combination of visual beauty and excellent advice
Cons
- The price is $75
- An index would be helpful
Description
- Beadmaking with soft glass, such as Effetre / Moretti, with tips for using specific colors.
- Basic and advanced techniques are thoroughly explained and are enhanced with close-up photography.
- Step-by-step instructions for many beads and bead shapes. Learn to make a little frog, too.
- Instructions for making stringers, twisties, and other types of bead embellishments.
- Learn to make gorgeous floral beads--inspiration that will head you down your own creative path.
- The do's and don'ts of dots. I'll bet you never knew you could do so much with dots!
- Making glass beads that incorporate silver and frits and other special materials and techniques.
- Not just beads to mimic--you'll learn how to tap-in to your own creativity.
- Basic advice about setting up your lampworking studio.
- User friendly, it is not an in-depth reference about glass chemistry-that's not this book's purpose.
Guide Review - "Passing the Flame" by Corina Tettinger
I can't begin to tell you how much you'll learn from this book. The text is very detailed, but written in an easy-going style that's almost like having Corina in your studio, talking to you one-on-one. Close-up photos of every important process reinforce the text, with plenty of extras of the author's finished beads to serve as inspiration. Learn the what-ifs: how glass behaves when used in certain ways, and how the entire design can be changed with just a few variations. No more wonky beads, because now you'll understand why they happen. Nothing I can say in this short space conveys the help and inspiration you'll find in this book. Corina truly is Passing the Flame, and doesn't hold back anything she feels will help you learn the craft.
