Pāte de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass [Paperback]

James Kervin (Author), Dan Fenton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: GlassWear Studios; 2nd edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965145832
• ISBN-13: 978-0965145831
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #668,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent casting and pate de verre resource, August 16, 2000

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M. B. Walker (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pāte de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the best book I have seen for anyone who wants to learn the basics of glass casting and pate de verre using a kiln. It's more focused than Lundstrom's 3rd book, better written, with more coherent step-by-step instructions and lots of suggestions that will be useful to both the novice and the more experienced kiln caster. Highly recommended.

Note: This book is NOT, despite a previous reviewer's statements, about making beads. It has no information about beadmaking -- the earlier reviewer was probably confusing this book with Dan Fenton's "More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Glass Beadmaking" (which is, as the title suggests, about beadmaking).

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Book!, March 28, 1999

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This review is from: Pāte de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was awesome. It had everyhing I needed to know to get started with pate de vere. It was the only book I could find which talked about safety in my workshop. I liked it because it was not the visual fluff found in all the other books.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition for the studio glass artist, September 10, 2007

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This review is from: Pāte de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass (Paperback)

This is a good introduction to both casting and pate de verre, well-researched and the authors obviously have a lot of hands-on experience. Don't be put off by the fact that it's a decade old; although some of the latest equipment and glasses won't be referenced the techniques don't change.