Customer Reviews

Introduction to Glass Fusing

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Petra Kaiser's book on Glass Fusing is a great place to begin your exploration of warm glass. The book is layed out very well, highlighting important information, for example, by providing tables of temperatures when different things happen to glass...slumping, tack fusing, full fusing, etc. A beginner needs to know about equipment and supplies, kilns, safety, and all about glass itself... Kaiser covers everything you need to know to start out working with fused glass. Then she puts you to work, where you learn as you do! I like the way she takes you though a series of 15 projects, all of which build on each other, expanding your knowledge at the same time as you reinforce important skills, such as glass cutting. As an artist I also found that all projects were easily adapted to my own aesthetic, therefore they did not have to be copied exactly to learn the intended lesson. As a former art instructor, I recommend it highly because it not only provides you with basic information -- it also provides you with hands-on experience.

This book takes you step by step in the fusing process and gives little tips and tidbits to aide you. The projects are wonderful even if you are experienced in fusing. You start small and work up to serving dishes, this is a complete book on fusing

Good for someone really new to glass fusing.The writer seemed to lack the experience of a more advanced glass fuser and the projects were very basic but over all still a good introduction to glass.

a little to simple and the projects are somewhat uninteresting. but, it does give a good jumping point for glass fusing and it is very easy to read.

This book is not too daunting and explains everything in nice simple terms for the beginner. I saw plenty of references to Kaiser-Lee shelf paper in the book, but did not realize until the supplier's list that the author is part owner of Kaiser-Lee. Usually this sort of self-promotion really annoys me, but it was done rather tastefully in this book. Some of the projects are very specific - a bit too much emphasis on sushi plates, for example - but otherwise a very good book.

I received this book today. It has enough projects with detailed instruction that I feel confident I can do this. The projects in this book are way more professional looking than some simple glass objects I've seen sold by supposed "glass artists" for outrageous prices. I now know I can make my own quality glass products with the guidance of this book and another great book I purchased. Both have great photos, instructions and supply details.

This is an excellent book for all beginning glass fusers. It is clear, consise and the projects are easy for beginners to do. It gives you a lot of important and useful information about fusing. I strongly recommend for all beginning glass fusers!

not a bad book if you are just starting out, they go through Items needed to a couple projects as well, worth the money.

This is a good intro class to glass fusing. It walks you thru projects and explains the various stages of glass fusing in the kiln. The graphs explain the kiln firing-"ramping", "Flash Cooling", when to "Hold Temp" in an easy to understand way. This is the perfect first book to start fusing glass. 200 color photographs. Idiot proof.

I was expecting a little more from this book. The designs are not my style but do give the beginner somewhere to start. The book itself is clear and the pictures are good quality. I ahve had a hard time finding a good fusing book... I'm still looking.