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A Glassblower's Companion is Dudley Giberson's text book on building and maintaining your glass making equipment. Twenty-five chapters and over 300 illustrations give a clear picture of how to build furnaces, glories, and kilns of all sizes plus studio accessories like pipe warmers, garages, etc. Fresh off the press in December of 1998. Book is in its third printing and has sold over 3500 copies to date (August 2005). A great bonus in this book is Dudley's sense of ancient glass history. Frequent and precise references tie our present set of studio tools and equipment to their ancient counterparts. This information connects us to our ancient past and brings forth a sense of unity to all of glass history. Book is available at $35.00 |
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We have located a few of the original 1982 version of the "Joppa Catalog of Fact and Knowledge." This is a sixteen page pamphlet that helped hundreds of glassblowers from that generation to build their own studios. For a short time now you can have your own copy. |
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This is Dudley's explanation of the ancient glass mystery. This unique approach has gotten many to rethink their views on ancient glass manufacturing technology. This video summarizes twelve years of ancient glass research and is a great source to spur on your own interest in ancient glass. Many teachers use this video to augment their courses in ancient glass. |
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This is a copy of Dudley's preliminary study of ancient glass in which he develops his initial theories on ancient glass manufacture. 8.5" x 11" printed or available on CD. $15.00 |
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Volcano Dream, a video by Petrova Giberson. Filmed in the Joppa Glassworks, Inc., Studios. This video was made in 1997 and has a run time of approximately 22 minutes. The video shows a wide variety of techniques employed by Dudley Giberson and Carolyn Rordam as they make beads. One unfortunate fact of this film is it is shot with an old VHS format behemoth which is somewhat allergic to infrared heat. Otherwise it shows a variety of interesting inside shots not available elsewhere. $15.95 |
