Glass Notes includes up to date illustrated information on building glass furnaces, annealing ovens, glory holes and other equipment. Other information includes how to cast and fuse glass, how to batch glass and proper annealing. Experts have written detailed information on pate de verre, fuming, proper insulation of ovens and heat recuperation. An up to date section on suppliers of material and equipment is included. This edition is fully Indexed for easy referencing.

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Henry Halem has been actively involved in the glass movement since 1968. His undergraduate degree comes from the Rhode Island School of Design where he received his BFA in ceramics in 1960. After serving as the first Resident Craftsman for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Halem returned for his MFA work in ceramics at the George Washington University where he received his MFA in 1968. During this time he was an Instructor of Ceramics at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, a working artist, as well as exhibiting his work extensively throughout the US.Halem saw the energy and excitement generated by artists using glass, particularly as they emerged into the studio movement of the late 1960 s. He returned to post graduate studies in glass as Harvey Littleton s assistant at the University of Wisconsin for one year. In 1969 Halem assumed a teaching post with Kent State University with the mandate to create a Glass program within the Crafts Division of the School of Art.In 1998 after 29 years of teaching at Kent State University Halem retired from teaching. During his tenure Halem built the Kent State University glass program into one of international reputation. Many of his former students have become major names in the glass art field and maintain throughout the United States. Halem has taught on numerous occasions at the historic Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and the internationally known Pilchuck Glass School North of Seattle, Washington. He has presented workshops at major glass institutions in the US., Europe Japan and Australia. Previously Halem has been invited as a representative of the U.S. to participate in prestigious international symposiums in, The Czech Republic, and the former Soviet Union. Henry Halem with Fritz Dreisbach, Mark Peiser, Joel Myers and Marvin Lipofsky founded the prestigious Glass Art Society and was elected its first president.

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