 | Make It or Break It: Stained Glass for Beginners by Phillip Curtis McKee III
The book I wrote. Great intro to Stained Glass. Textbook for many classes, including Arlington County's. Comes with free trial design software and more patterns than any other book on the market.
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 | Conservation of Stained Glass in America : A Manual for Studios and Caretakers by Julie L. Sloan
Buy used from: $142.72 Amazing guide to restoring glass. Hard to find but worth the work.
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 | A Thousand Years of Stained Glass by Catherine Brisac
Buy used from: $21.60 Great overview of the history of Stained glass with amazing illustrations.
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 | Engraving Glass: A Beginner?s Guide by Boyd Graham
Buy used from: $27.47 Engraving is another wonderful way to work with glass. This book will get you started on this fabulous artform.
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 | Making Mosaics: Designs, Techniques & Projects by Leslie Dierks
Buy used from: $2.86 Great book for beginners looking to branch out into glass and tile mosaics. Mosaic are an interesting and very ancient method of using glass for artistic purposes.
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 | Encyclopedia Of Mosaic Techniques: A Step-by-step Visual Directory, With An Inspirational Gallery Of Finished Works (Encyclopedia of Art Techniques) by Emma Biggs
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $13.21 Once you've mastered the basic mosaic techniques, this is THE reference manual to have in your workshop.
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 | Fused Glass Handbook by Gil Reynolds
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $19.85 What list of glass art books would be complete without including something on hot glass and fusing and slumping. This book is an excellent primer to get you started on this almost limitless technique
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 | Glass: An Artist's Medium by Lucartha Kohler
Buy used from: $21.85 Another excellent book on hot glass art, but one that one that really shows how glass is truly an artistic and not a craft medium.
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 | Flameworking: Creating Glass Beads, Sculptures & Functional Objects by Elizabeth Mears
Buy used from: $6.88 Another way to work in glass is to use millefiori (small glass canes) and crushed glass to make amazing beads for jewelry and other art!
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 | Glassblowing: An Introduction to Solid and Blown Glass Sculpturing by Homer L. Hoyt
Buy used from: $43.27 The most fundamental hot glass art form is glass blowing. This is just what a beginner needs before getting started.
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 | The Complete Guide to Glass Painting: Over 80 Techniques with 25 Original Projects and 400 Motifs by Alan Gear
Buy used from: $9.95 And some people like painting on glass. This is NOT about traditional glass painting for stained glass use (using a kiln) but about decorative painting that is air-dryed. A great a book on that craft.
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