resources
This page provides links to fellow glass schools, suppliers, and other items we have found of interest. Note that inclusion on this page isn't necessarily an endorsement - just a pointer.
Glass suppliers - color and batch
Glass suppliers - color and batch
Feed the addiction!
- C&R Loo - Richmond, CA (Reichenbach, Kugler)
- East Bay Color - Richmond, CA(Reichenbach, Gaffer, Spruce Pine, Spectrum)
- Olympic Color Rods - Seattle, WA (Reichenbach)
- Hot Glass Color & Supply - Seattle, WA (mostly Kugler)
Glass manufacturers
Glass manufacturers
- Gaffer glass USA - New Zealand color manufacturer (rod in whole kilograms only)
- Kugler - German glass manufacturer (color chart)
- Reichenbach (aka Q-color) - German glass manufacturer (color chart)
- Reusche - enamels for glass painting.
- From David Ensign: "Here's the catalog. I ordered from the list of Hot Glass Colors at the bottom of page 7, my teacher (John DeWit) recommended them for anything you want to gather over. I also got the sample kit #3000, but it was a only a tiny bit of each color. I'm using the 1903 paining medium, but there is also a water medium. You can silkscreen this stuff. The COE is unknown, but it seems to work."
- Spruce Pine Batch Co. (also have color charts for Kugler, Reichenbach)
Tool suppliers
Tool suppliers
- Blockhead Tools - blocks, molds, paddles, parchoffi - distributed in US by Olympic Color
- Carlo Dona - brass molds, hand tools - distributed in the US by Spiral Arts
- C.R. Machine - pipes, punties
- Cutting Edge Products - hand tools, pipes, punties, shop equipment
- Hot Block Tools - cherry wood blocks, molds, paddles
- Jim Moore - hand tools
- Maruko Tools - hand tools - the Japanese language pages have the complete range of tools, the English does not.
- Palmer - hand tools, pipes, punties - distributed in the USA by C&R Loo
- Putsch - hand tools, pipes, punties
- Steinert - hand tools, machines, molds, pipes, punties
Glass schools
Glass schools
- Bild-Werk Frauenau, Germany
- Corning Museum of Glass, New York
- The Glass Furnace, Turkey
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine
- MIT glass lab, Massachusets
- Ox-bow, Michigan
- Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina
- Pilchuck Glass School, Washington state
- Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pennsylvania
- Pratt Fine Arts, Seattle
- Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada
- Scuola del vetro abate zanetti, Murano,Italy
- Urban Glass, New York
A longer list can be found at WorldArtGlass.com. and another one (slightly out of date), at Steiner Industries.
Rental facilities
Rental facilities
Public
Public
- Public Glass, San Francisco (SFSU glass class partitpants sometimes get special membership deals over the summer here)
- Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI), San Jose
Private
Private
These typically require that you know the owners or someone who has previously worked in that studio.
- Effetto Glassworks, Richmond, CA
- Glow Studio, Oakland, CA
- Slow Burn Glass, Oakland, CA
Glass Organizations
Glass Organizations
- Glass Art Society - preeminent glass organization in the USA
- 2008 annual conference, June 19-21, Portland, OR
- 2009 annual conference, June 11-14, Corning, NY
- 2010 annual conference, June 10-12, Louisville, KY
- 2011 annual conference, June , Seattle, WA
- 2012 annual conference, June 13-17, Toledo, OH
- 2013 annual conference, June 13-15, Boston, MA
- Glass Alliance of Northern California - non-profit organization whose mission is to further the development and appreciation of art made from glass
Glass museums
Glass museums
- Museum of Glass | Tacoma, WA
- Corning Museum of Glass, NY
- Glass flowers, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA
- Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion, OH
Books/Magazines
Books/Magazines
Glassblowing:
- Ed Schmidt, Beginning glassblowing, Glass Mountain Press, January 2005, ISBN 0963872826 (Abe's books, Olympic color, Amazon.com)
- Ed Schmidt, Advanced glassworking techniques, Glass Mountain Press, December 1997, ISBN 0963872818 (Olympic color, Amazon.com)
- Ed Burke, Glass Blowing: A Technical Manual, Crowood Press, November 2005, ISBN 1861265212 (Amazon.com)
- Lucartha Kohler, Glass: An Artist's Medium, Krause Publications, March 1999, ISBN 087341604X (Amazon.com)
Glass art:
- 500 Glass Objects: A Celebration of Functional & Sculptural Glass, Lark Books, May 2006, ISBN 1579906931 (Amazon.com)
- William Warmus, Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass, Norton Museum of Art, June 2003, ISBN 0943411394 (Amazon.com)
Magazines:
- Jim Wiltschko's list of magazines and publications that are either entirely about or frequently have articles on glass blowing
Technical:
- Henry Halem, Glass Notes: a Reference for the Glass Artist, Franklin Mills Press, November 2006, ISBN 1885663064
- Graham Stone, Firing Schedules for Glass: the Kiln Companion, Igneous Glassworks, 2010 ISBN 978-0-578-05495-7
- Dudley F. Giberson, Jr., A Glassblower's Companion: a Compilation of Studio Equipment Designs, Essays, and Glassmaking Ideas, 1998 ISBN 0-9665713-0-4
- Pete VanderLaan's CraftWEB message board (many wide-ranging discussions about glass)
- Brad Shute's handmade-glass.com
Marketing and selling
Marketing and selling
- Marty Kremer, How to sell your stuff, July 2009. (Posted with Marty's permission.)
Videos
Videos
There are many good glass-related videos to be found on sites like YouTube. This link highlights just a small part of that selection.
- Corning museum of glass (CMOG) - a wealth of videos on their YouTube channel
- Murano glass blowers making a glass goblet [caution: disable the sound!]
- Jim Wiltschko's how-to videos including: Guido doing avolios
- John Wilkes' glassblowing videos, including: Tobias Møhl at Corning, July 2009: tall leaf, tall cylinder
Miscellany
Miscellany
- Resource Guide to Glassblowing (Artisan Elevators) - glass-related articles