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The Video Encyclopedia of Hard & Soft Glass Techniques!
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Some like it Hard...and...Some like it Soft! Crystal Myths, Inc. can please you both ways. It's been 34 years in the making and now it's here!
The Video Encyclopedia of Glass Techniques!
18 DVDs were edited to create a true video encyclopedia of Hard and Soft Glass-Working Techniques!
"The Video Encyclopedia of Hard Glass Techniques" and "The Video Encyclopedia of Soft Glass Techniques" come together and cover it all from:
Beginning Sculptures, Advanced Sculptures, Dragons, Wizards, Dolphins, Boro Beads, Squiggles, and Bracelets; to: Beginning Beadmaking, Stringers & Dots, Animal Beads, Glass Candies, Murrini Making, Buttons, Furnace Paperweights, Schott Paperweights, and Kathy Wilson's Fusing DVD
Over 15 hours of INTERACTIVE videos!
So, whether you like it Hard...or...Soft, this Encyclopedia is a must have for any Hot Glass Artist! Be sure and get a set for mom too!
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Run Time: 15 Hrs |
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Boro Beads
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Lewis C. Wilson has been working borosilicate glass for thirty-one years. Over the past ten years he has produced many new and unique bead designs using borosilicate glass.
The most well known of these designs are his "monster" beads.
This video shows how the monster beads are made. Lewis shows how to do a dragon and a dolphin that are the side pieces for these beads.
He also shows a basic bicone design. For fun, he shows two squiggle designs and also a bead using the Burgard face mold. Lewis also shows how to do a "stem bead" to be used to make goblets or cordials.
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Run Time: 1 Hr 47 Min |
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Making Paperweights with Schott Ophthalmic Glass
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This video shows the technical side of making paperweights with Schott Ophthalmic Glass. A furnace in not used. Schott Glass gobs or "Hockey Pucks" are heated in an oven and picked up with a steel punty. The gob is "skinned" and the resulting gather of crystal clear glass is used to encapsulate a setup in a heated vacuum cup. A foot activated vacuum system is used. Mechanical rollers and torches are used to keep one half of the paperweight hot and centered on the punty. Another gob is picked up, "skinned", and used to add the bottom of the paperweight.
This video shows four paperweights being made. There is a large section showing common mistakes.
This is an advanced video. Techniques shown are not for beginners.
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Run Time: 80 Min |
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Glass Bead Making
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"Crystal Myths, Inc. presents Lewis C. Wilson on Glass Bead Making" is the definitive glass bead how-to-video. The easy step-by-step format allows anyone to understand the methodology involved in glass bead making. More advanced techniques such as the use of gold/silver foil, clear overlays and dichroic glass, are demonstrated. In this approximately two hour video, you will see beginning instructions to students and the advanced bead making of Jennifer Wilson and Keith Kreitter.
Two different torches are used to make the beads in this video. Three more torches are introduced. Nine tool and equipment suppliers are listed. This video gives the viewer all the information needed to learn how to make glass beads.
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Run Time: 2.15 Hrs |
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Lamp Working - Advanced Beads, Bracelets, Marbles
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This video is the newest release from Lewis C. Wilson of Crystal Myths, Inc. This approximately four hour long video is in two parts and covers advanced bead making techniques such as lattacinno, pulled goldstone stringer, muretti dichroic, Phoenician face beads and amphora bottles.
This video also has Kevin O'Grady showing Pyrex bracelet making, Keith Kreitter "drawing on glass", Gerry Colman making marbles and Scott Cahoon doing the S.C. swirl.
This video shows a complete 28 minute section of a double dragon bead from start to finish made of Norhtstar Borocolour.
Six different torches are used and new tools and books are discussed.
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Run Time: 4 Hrs |
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Animal Beads and Glass Candies
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This video teaches the techniques for making Animal-Shaped Beads. The presentation is simple and shows the construction of 12 beads. The video provides a logical approach to the design and creation of other animal and novelty beads. Added for fun is a section on making glass candies.
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Run Time: 2 Hrs |
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The Making of Murrini
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Murrini making provides the glass bead maker with incredible detail. The Possibility of including faces, words, or mosaic designs within a bead is exciting to most bead makers. This video shows how to use a minor bench burner and Muretti Glass Rods to create many types of Murrini. The techniques are simple and done at the torch. Studio designs and signature chips could easily be learned by following the techniques on this video.
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Run Time: 4 Hrs |
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Sculptural Glass Working (Set of 5)
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Tape 1 - "Introduction." The basics of working Pyrex brand of sodium borosilicate crystal, including geometric solids, beginning techniques and many small animals.
Tape 2 - "Small, Quick, Moneymaking Items." Bread and butter pieces, including pendants, earrings, more small animals, marbles, buttons, napkin rings and much more.
Tape 3 - "Fantasy." Larger pieces, including dragons, pegasus, unicorns, wizards and mermaids on the more advanced tape.
Tape 4 - "Aquatic Life." Larger pieces, including dolphins, whale, shark, turtle, seal with ball, octopus, seahorse and scuba diver on this advanced tape.
Tape 5 - "Wildlife." This advanced tape includes ram, deer, giraffe, eagle, elephant, trees and cactus.
Each tape is approximately 2 hours in length
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Run Time: 2 Hrs each |
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Introduction to Glass Fusing
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This video is the newest release from Crystal Myths, Inc. and the first that focuses on techniques other than torch work. It covers equipment and supplies needed to get started with glass fusing, safety concerns and time saving tips. Projects include a test strip to determine compatibility of glass, small cabochons, odd shaped cabochons, beads prepared in four different ways, four differnt ornaments, tiles and plates. All projects use fusible, compatible glass. One project shows how to fuse Moretti millifiore.
Kathy Wilson has been a glass fuser for four years, but has been an active partner in Crystal Myths, Inc. for 10 years In October, 1996, during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, President Bill Clinton purchased directly from Kathy a dish she had made depicting a cat similar to the First Cat, Socks.
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Run Time: 58 Min |
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Paperweight Techniques
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This video is intended as a guide for the care and use of the JEN-KEN KILNS Electric Crucible Furnace. It will also be helpful for working with other electric crucible furnaces. Designed by Lewis C. Wilson, this 240 Volt furnace can use frit, cullet, scored sheet glass or glass rods. The furnace pulles 17-18 Amps. Lewis shows how to set up the furnace and charge it with glass. Safety tips and suggestions for location of the furnace are discussed. This furnace will give most lampworkers the opportunity to try advanced techniques by gathering glass from the crucible and using a torch as a glory hole. Jennifer Wilson shows how to make three very small Moretti animals; a snake, a turtle and a frog. These and many more items are encased in pendants, buttons, and paperweight marbles by Lewis. The largest pieces made in this video are approximately 2 and 1/4 inches in diameter. This is an advanced video. The furnace featured in this video is not intended for use by beginners. Lewis C. Wilson has been a lampworker for 25 years. His sculptural pieces have been presented to Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush and King Juan Carlos of Spain by his native state of New Mexico. Running time: 2 1/2 hours (2 Tapes)
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Run Time: 80 Min |
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Albuquerque Flame-Off 2002, Beads
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A short intro starts the day. Then there are demos and interviews with Andrew Brown (winner), Pati Walton, Sharon Peters, David Green, Kieth Allen Engelman, Ben Muniz ,
Harold Conney, Lauri Copeland, Teri Caspary Schnidt, Ross Thackey, Greg Hoglin, Craig Hamilton, Mike Ginsburg, Angi Graham, Greg Hoff, and Avery Gross.
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Run Time: 2 Hrs & 35 Min |
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Albuquerque Flame-Off 2002, Marbles
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A different short start to the day then on to demo and interview with Gatson Recko(winner), Soah Sable, Jessi Taj, Joe Luyben, Brad Quintana, James Lantz, Richard Carter, Bryan Ratcliff, Todd Taylor, Bob Taylor, Mike Edmondson, Aaron Golbert, Geraldo Goodwin, Tim Lortie, Shell Neisler, Robin Taylor, Teri Conklin, Tiger Henderson, Jonah Magnoni, Dave Jordon, Bryan Kitson, and Francisco Chavez.
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Run Time: 2 Hrs & 8 Min |
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Albuquerque Flame-Off 2002, Sculpture/Goblet
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Another short intro and then demos and interviews with Dellene Peralta(winner-grandprize), Marcel Braun, Eli Aller, Barry Laffler, Zack Love, Doug Remschneider, Todd Taylor, doni Hatz, Dina Kalahar, Jeramy Daniel, Lames Lynch, Ernie Kober, Lewis Wilson, Roger Paramore, Brian Bentley, Jared Delong and Milon Townsand. There is a special interview with Bill Rasmussen at the end.
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Run Time: 5 Hrs & 15 Min |
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Albuquerque Flame-Off 2002, Documentary
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This documentary shows you what the event was like. Three hundred lampworkers and seventeen tool and equipment suppliers were there. Six torches, fourteen hours a day. Mikie Plane does a large encalmo piece on a Litton Lathe. Willy Horn tells and shows how the GTT Python works. Mike Plane does a second demo and really shows how the Python works. Comments by most of the sixty-two competitors. The awarding of the prizes.
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Run Time: 1 Hr 53 Min |
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