Contemporary Lampworking Vol. III Lightly Revised Printing

$99.50

…A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame

Text and Illustrations by Bandhu Dunham

Volume III, has been “lightly revised” in its most recent reprint. We didn’t feel the need to make enough changes to qualify for a new Edition, but we corrected some typos and added some QR codes to link with interesting online resources. Both this printing and the previous printing are compatible with the Fourth Edition.

If you already have Volume III and haven’t worn it out yet, you may or may not feel a need to get this version. If you don’t yet have Volume III, you definitely need it!

Building on volumes one and two of this series, this information-packed book will deepen and broaden every artist’s exploration of this highly addictive craft. The fascinating human enterprise of creativity is emphasized throughout this engaging and readable text in historical references and the author’s personal travel accounts around the globe. Printed entirely in full color, it features over 1300 photographs and diagrams, including detailed step-by-step demonstrations by 35 different artists, with dozens of finished works to inspire the advanced and beginning lampworker alike.

Above price includes shipping within the US.

International Customers will receive a bill via PayPal for the additional shipping cost before your order is shipped.

Africa: $85.00

Asia/Pacific Rim: $80.00

Canada: $45.00

Europe: $70.00

Mexico: $60.00

United Kingdom: $75.00

…A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame

Text and Illustrations by Bandhu Dunham

Volume III, has been “lightly revised” in its most recent reprint. We didn’t feel the need to make enough changes to qualify for a new Edition, but we corrected some typos and added some QR codes to link with interesting online resources. Both this printing and the previous printing are compatible with the Fourth Edition.

If you already have Volume III and haven’t worn it out yet, you may or may not feel a need to get this version. If you don’t yet have Volume III, you definitely need it!

Building on volumes one and two of this series, this information-packed book will deepen and broaden every artist’s exploration of this highly addictive craft. The fascinating human enterprise of creativity is emphasized throughout this engaging and readable text in historical references and the author’s personal travel accounts around the globe. Printed entirely in full color, it features over 1300 photographs and diagrams, including detailed step-by-step demonstrations by 35 different artists, with dozens of finished works to inspire the advanced and beginning lampworker alike.

Above price includes shipping within the US.

International Customers will receive a bill via PayPal for the additional shipping cost before your order is shipped.

Africa: $85.00

Asia/Pacific Rim: $80.00

Canada: $45.00

Europe: $70.00

Mexico: $60.00

United Kingdom: $75.00

Topics Include:

  • Designing and Rendering Natural Forms in Glass (Philosophy, Underlying Structure and Method).

  • Detailed Human Proportion (plus Glass Eyes and Three Ways to make a Skull).

  • Graceful Blown Shapes, including Goblet Theory (Structure, Proportion and Conceptual Development).

  • Fascinating Glass History, including American, Italian, German and Japanese Glass Traditions.

  • Fun with Marble Runs—A Detailed Guide to Whimsical Rollercoasters for Your Marbles.

  • Using Forms, Braces and Jigs to Make Complex Sculptures More Easily.

  • Constructing Flowers (Nine Styles, Including a Dramatic Bird of Paradise rendered in Neon).

  • Glass Insects (Dragonfly, Mosquito, Tarantula and Beetle).

  • Spinning Tops, Bottle Imps, Aeolipyles, Pyrophones, Radiometers, Automata and Even More Elaborate Kinetic Sculptures in Glass.

  • Essential Health and Safety Information

  • Techniques for Beads and Marbles in soft glass.

  • Graal Technique, Working With Galleries, Recipes, Local Color and much

  • ISBN 978-0-9658972-3-5; 320 Pages; over 1300 illustrations in full color; Full Color Hardcover; 11-1/4” tall x 9-1/2” wide; Concealed Wire “O” Binding with square back to lay flat; Individually Shrinkwrapped.