Making Glass Beads by Cindy Jenkins (2004)

After taking a two day beginning course in Lampworking , i bought this book to help me further what i had learned. It was really helpful and very good on the beginners level. I think it would be good for any new bead maker, even shows how to set up your torches and safety information. Paul~ jglasswerks

1) Do you want to learn how to make glass beads or marbles?
2) Are you looking for some artistic inspiration?
3) Do you love to collect beads and want to know more about their creation?
Then this is THE book for you. For those who want to learn lampworking I would also ask, "Would like to know exactly how the process works from start to finish before you ever pick up a piece of glass?" If so, then this is really the book for you. Cindy Jenkins beautiful book has all the basic information you need to teach yourself to do hot glass work: tools, setting up your workspace, heating glass, and lots of different techniques.

I learned about this book from a website of a glass marble artist who said he had learned exactly how to work the glass before he ever tried lampworking just from reading the book. That's because the pictures and instructions make the process very easy to understand. And it includes all the necessary basic information you need to teach yourself. You will have made your first beads completely in your mind so thoroughly that you'll "know" exactly what to do when you first start to make a real bead with real glass in a real flame.

I'd highly recommend this book if it stopped with the basics. It doesn't. It continues to describe the advanced processes of millefiori, cased beads, dichroic glass, hollow beads, sculpted beads, marbles, buttons and core vessels.

This book is the best how-to book I've ever read on ANY subject. It is filled with beautiful photos presented in an organized, orderly fashion. The book will be appreciated by any bibliophile and is itself an inspiring work of art.

The last word: This book delivers a combination of clearly written, highly detailed instructions and a whole lot of inspiring ideas. Making Glass Beads is an absolute must for anyone interested in making, buying or collecting lampworked beads, marbles or any other small, handmade glass objet d'art.

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I'm a beginner at lampworking and I found this book very imformative and helpful. It took you step by step through the process and didn't assume you knew anything. I like the book and do not regret buying it

This is a great book for the person just starting out. It was very easy to understand. It gives a brief overview of all kinds of beads that can be made.

I love to read just about everything, ex specially when I love the things I do. I have many lampwork books and heard that Cindy Jenkins book is a must read. I found the book very informative talking about, glass types are compatiable with each other to all the tools that are involved in making glass beads. There are many different types of torches depending on what kind of glass you are using. Glass designer use many types of tools and this book sums up quiet a bit. This rule has been around for some time, but it also was mentioned in the book. I love it! If you can't remember what order to extinguish the torch just remember POOP: turning on - Porpane Oxygen Turning off: Oxyen Propane. It also showed examples and hot tips in the book. Most people like to just look at the pictures, not me I like reading and then looking at the pictures. This book would be great for those who are just starting out, or if you just love collecting lampwork beads books.

I decided to purchase this book due to the wide variety of topics and step-by-step tutorials for beginners. It exceeded my expectations. It has great tuturials and even has advanced techniques to try when you are ready to do more elaborate work.

I bought this particular book to learn the basic skills needed to make glass beads because I hope to take up this hobby soon. It takes you step by step through the process of making your first glass bead to making more elaborate beads. It also stears you in the right direction on what type of materials you will need to set up your own glass bead making studio. It is a well thought out book with many, many great colorful pictures of glass beads. I really enjoyed it. I would recomend this book to anyone who is looking to start glass bead making.