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Can someone recommend a book on warm glass casting?

I want to try to cast a figure of a person in glass about 6 inches high.

I saw books listed on the subject but I will have to order the book.

Some of the books had mixed reviews.

Can somebody recommend a book that covers:

the lost wax process,

investment,

types of glass,

and annealing schedule

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Beveridge on my shelf is a lovely book with lots of details and a rotten index. Lark Books.

    Although it does have a lot of detail on pate d'verre, it has nothing on lost wax or investment. I don't recall if Lundstrom's 3rd book on kiln casting does - it may be in the library.

    If you want some notes on investment and lost wax casting, here are mine, although I was doing metal to do glass into, I am told same stuff for glass and plan on trying. Caution: investment is nice because unlike plaster it washes off after firing, but it is very weak and must be contained in some form - I use large diameter metal conduit and stainless sheet held in shape with SS hose clamps

    http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/castgobl.htm#MIX...

  • 1 decade ago

    "Warm Glass" by Beveridge, et al.

    Also Boyce Lundstrom books are good, IMHO.

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