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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> My book is both a guide and a revivalist manifesto. In particular the book de scribes the way hand-blown articles are made from molten glass explains why artists in increas- ing numbers choose to work in this rather primitive way encourages other artists to try the same thing and still others who may not be artists to appreciate and collect the articles that are created. It is my purpose to suggest the dimensions of glass as a medium for the artist rather than to define its properties or to set rules and limits for its formation. The book is inevitably a statement of my own motivations sources and concepts which I hope will provide a base for growth-for my- self my students other practitioners critics collectors and the others who love glass. Ours is a small segment of the art world and an even smaller segment of the world of glass but I believe it to be exciting and important to both. The complete coverage of the composition of glass and its nature the materials tools and tech- niques of forming furnace design and finishing can be found in the technical literature and in in- dustry and it is expanding continually. The complete catalog of past achievements can be found in libraries and museums. But there is no guide or introduction to these technical and aesthetic works to give an artist any point of reference. The very richness of the historical background and the breadth of technical achievement today point the way toward a tremendous future for glass as a vehicle for the artist.