Lampwork


	The process of lampork, torchwork, or flamework is analogous to drawing mid-air with molten glass, in three dimensions. I taught myself how to flamework with a kit I ordered in the mail more than a decade ago. This is an incomplete list of some resources for torchworkers. Sundance Glass offers a bare bones beginning kit for $74. I began with a kit similar to this, and Cindy Jenkin's book, Making Glass Beads.
	SUPPLIERS WaleApparatus.com for glass, tools, and supplies (based in Hellertown, Pennsylvania) FrantzArtGlass.com for glass, tools, and supplies (based in Shelton, Washington) SundanceGlass.com for the Hot Head torch GlassTorchTech.com for more advanced torches ParagonWeb.com for kilns BullseyeGlass.com amazing glass resource and educational center (based in Portland, Oregon)	BOOKS Cindy Jenkins- Making Glass Beads and Beads of Glass Making Glass Beads is a comprehensive book to begin with. Jim Kervin- More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Glass Beadmaking This is an excellent reference manual with answers to most anything one might think to ask. Bandhu Scott Dunham- Contemporary Lampworking, Vols. I & II Contemporary Glass Beads by 30 Japanese Artists Japanese lampwork is technically the most challenging in the world and this book has some of the most beautiful and impressive beads I've ever seen!
	WEB RESOURCES (Forums and organizations) Glassartists.org International Society of Glass Beadmakers Forum http://www.isgb.org/forum/ Glass Arts Society glassart.org Lampworketc.com/forums/ wetcanvas.com	STUDIOS & SCHOOLS http://www.austinbluemoon.com/ Austin, Texas http://thecrucible.org/ Oakland, California http://www.bagi.org/ San Jose, California http://www.pratt.org/ Seattle, Washington http://www.bullseyeglass.com/education/ Portland, Oregon http://www.diabloglassschool.com/ Boston, Massachusetts http://urbanglass.org Brooklyn, New York http://www.pilchuck.com/ Stanwood, Washington http://www.haystack-mtn.org/ Deer Isle, Maine http://www.penland.org/ Penland, North Carolina
	MAGAZINES Glass The Flow Glass Line	MUSEUMS The Corning Museum of Glass- cmog.org Corning, NY The Bead Museum Glendale, AZ Bead Museum Washington, D.C.