More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Glass Beadmaking

[Yellow friend]

Has anyone read a Kervin book - I just had a look on Amazon and his relatively thin pamphlets (32 pages) seem to cost a pretty penny - are they worth £35, seeing as a lot of info can be had on the internet for free, is the info truly worth it's weight in gold.  Books on the subject are quite costly but 32 pages    I have Passing the Flame, a couple of Cindy Jenkins and Karen ?'s  book, can anyone recommend any other books worth having.

Shelia

[ebj]

Like a fair few on here I am a book junkie and have too many! However I hardly look at them apart from Passing the Flame and Bead of Glass - Art And Artists by Cindy J. I have just bought a copy of contemporary lampworking  - and am waiting for it to arrive.   Dont know if that helps lol x

[Yellow friend]

Does the Contemporary Lampworking book actually show you techniques because I have looked at some books which show you history etc and samples but not actually how to do it so to speak?

Shelia

[Mary]

His artist based books are more about the individual artist, with a few techniques special to them. And not usually £35, you'll get them for a lot less than that.
Try here, £11 each http://www.pandorasbookshop.com/acatalog/Beads___Beadwork.html

"Everything you wanted to know" is 295 pages long, and more of a reference book. Not many pictures, or a lot of decorating info, but great annealing tables, scientific stuff, fusing, furnace work, it covers a lot. Not a book you sit and read from cover to cover, but I refer to it a lot.

[aoturoa]

I dearly want a copy of Passing the Flame, but it's so expensive 

I wonder why, since it's obviously so popular, that it's not reprinted? There's clearly a market for it. Publishers are weird.

[Yellow friend]

Thanks Mary

On Amazon the book is actually £65 +, his pamphlet on Jim Smercich is £35 Will take a gander at Pandoras Bookshop right now.

Shelia

[Mary]

Helen, I think Corina self published PTF. It was recently republished, I think Frantz had it?

Sheila, £35 for the Smircich book? Ouch!

[mariag]

I've bought some from these people

http://www.wellheadbooks.com/acatalog/Lampwork_Beadmaking.html

Not online but from their stall at a couple of bead fairs.

[Yellow friend]

Aoturoa (btw ru from NZ?)

I believe Corrina is working on an updated version of Passing the Flame, hence them not re-printing - not sure when it will be out but unfortunately expect it will be just as costly :(but well worth the investment when you can afford it).  Maybe if enough people put in a request for it they will do a larger print run and bring the price down.  I may just send her an email to find out if that is possible.

Shelia

[aoturoa]

Wow Sheila not many people ask me that. But no, I'm not from New Zealand, but I do plan on moving out there. The sooner the better.

But anyway... I was planning on getting PTF with whatever Christmas money I get from the parentals, but if Corina is going to rewrite it then I'll hang fire.

Thanks for letting me know that 

[Yellow friend]

Helen
NZ is very much on my mind as both of my girls are out there at the moment, 1 based in Wellington & 1 in Wanaka.  (Aoturoa according to Google is a lovely villa near Wanaka) 
NZ is a fantastic place,they both love it so I feel a long journey coming on(when I can get enough clanky bits together).

Btw I have emailed Corina about her book and will let you know her reply. Probably worth waiting for.

Shelia

[aoturoa]

Aaaaaaaah. That'll explain it then. Aoturoa means 'light of day' in Maori, though you may have known that.

Thansk for keeping me (and everyone else) posted.

[Yellow friend]

Dear Helen

Got a reply from Corina - as follows-

I AM working on a sequel to Passing The Flame...but it will be at least another year. Passing the Flame costs $ 75, and has 220 high quality color pictures, in a very sturdy binding. This comes down to 35 cents per page.
The average downloadable tutorial these days costs an average of $ 1.50 PER PAGE (or more) - and you have to print it out yourself...and then the pages will fade, or get lost if not organized.....

my initial investment in creating PTF was $ 85 000 - payment for the layout designer and printing, my own labor not include. it took me 2 years to recover the investment....

The now so popular downloadable tutorial doesn't cost the creator a dime to make......


So, they think PTF is EXPENSIVE???   If people keep thinking that way, printed books will go out of business - which is sad..... I think.

Hope that this didn't come across as snotty or anything,

She has a certain style. 


When you get to NZ there is a glass place near Nelson called Hoglund worth visiting- that's where I first saw a copy of Passing the Flame. What can I say - it changed my life 

Shelia

[aoturoa]

Oh. Well I might get PTF in the new year then.

Or should I make the most of my eBay vouchure - a whole £2.50 

When I get.. I like that 

[Yellow friend]

Hmmm - I don't think I could wait a year either - maybe Santa might be generous this year

Don't suppose your local library could get it for you?

Shelia