Best glass & glassware books according to redditors

Beginning Glassblowing by Edward Schmidt

Advanced Glassblowing by Edward Schmidt

Glass Notes by Henry Halem

Glass and Print by Kevin Petrie

Glassblowing is a cruel, & unforgiving bitch goddess.
Know going in that it takes a lot of work, and cash before you are going to make anything that doesn't suck. You are going to burn the ever living bejeezus out of yourself several times. The odds of someone renting their studio to anyone with zero experience is rather slim.
Take a few classes to familiarize yourself with the basic tenets of turning, tool use,safety, etc. read this book...http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Glassworking-Techniques-Enlightened-Manuscript/dp/0963872818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374894925&sr=8-1&keywords=glassblowing+technique . Obsess.
I learned primarily from watching people. I have never taken an actual class in my life, and I do this for a living. Offer your services to glassblowers for free. Obsess. Buy an aloe plant.
As far as tools, I own a bunch of stuff from here http://www.toolsforglass.com/. A basic set up would include 9" Jacks, 12" tweezers, standard diamond shears, trim shears. You are also going to need some pipes. There are several places to find pipes I have bought some nice ones from these guys http://www.spiralarts.com/. Obsess. Probably going to want some wood blocks as well, I would suggest swedish style from http://www.glasscolor.com/blocks/swedish_blocks.aspx.Obsess. You are probably going to want some color. These are the two companies I buy from http://www.glasscolor.com/ , http://www.gafferglassusa.com/.
I hope this was coherent enough to help. If you have more specific questions feel free to PM me.

Many are, yes.

But, before you go big, you should focus on technique and try to blow the thinnest vessels you can (no strength or muscles required!). Also, don't worry about color, it's distracting you from becoming better! Try blowing nice thin, even-thickness amphoras and goblets. That's how you become a great glassblower.

Get yourself a copy of Ed Schmid's Advanced Glassworking Techniques http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Glassworking-Techniques-Enlightened-Manuscript/dp/0963872818. It's the bible of glassblowing.

Hello, very new knitter here (just started a couple weeks ago!). Anyhoo, this is my WIP, the "You Go, Girl! Scarf" from The Chicks With Sticks Guide to Knitting. It's my first project.

After a few difficulties in the beginning (mysterious extra stitches), I've started to get the hang of it. Now I'm looking forward to learning the other techniques, like purl, increasing, decreasing, etc.

What I'd really love to be able to do is create those beautiful cabled sweaters. In particular, I love the designs in Viking Patterns for Knitting, by Elsebeth Lavold. I know I still need to learn the basics though, but my goal is to eventually knit something as beautiful as that.

Advanced Glassworking Techniques by Ed Schmid. http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Glassworking-Techniques-Enlightened-Manuscript/dp/0963872818/ref=la_B001KC7SWU_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345294003&sr=1-2

These are focused on blowing and not flame working, but he goes into a lot of properties of glass in general and illustrates his explanations quite well. Useful for any lover of glass!

(*Schmid) Agreed! The beginning book really helped me out. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Glassblowing-Edward-T-Schmid/dp/0963872826

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This book by Jason Welsh is a very basic, great step by step guide to getting set up and started in electroforming. He outlines the creation of a small, beginner's tank and then a larger, multi-piece tank

https://www.amazon.com/Electroforming-Beginners-Jason-Welsh-ebook/dp/B079KJ8FJP

No, you might blow glass sometimes while lampworking however it is not nearly the same thing...I've never even heard of that book series, however this book is considered the bible on glassblowing (not lampworking) techniques.


Lino and Dante are glassblowers, not lampworkers.