Blowing glass question again"more specific"

hey again, thanks to those who replied to my last post, i wanted to learn
how to blow glass for two things...one is to make pipes "mostly for
decoration purposes not into that whole thing anymore" but i have a few old
ones in cases on my walls and i love how it looks.. the second thing is i
wanna make glass figures, i love sculpting and would like to make small
sculptures and such out of glass..what is needed in either case? a torch?
what kind of glass? and liquids for coating and such? i need site links and
book names if you know of any i should check out....i looked at the one
listed on my other post for pipes and it was confusing i couldn't see
anything everything i clicked said page couldn't be displayed..well please
help...thanks
bobby

I checked the links in my last post they all seam to be working for me. Here
is the link to the news group again
http://pub109.ezboard.com/bartglasspipemakers you need to get this link
working. You can try to go to http://ezboard.com/ and type "art glass" in
the search. The first board to come up should be Glass Lampworkers
Discussion Group

Where are you located? There may be a supply house within driving distance
from you. Witch would be a good place to start.

I will try to post some more info and anser the other questions you have but
I don't have time today so until later.

Best of luck

Stone



"Bobby Callahan" wrote in message
nk.net...
hey again, thanks to those who replied to my last post, i wanted to learn
how to blow glass for two things...one is to make pipes "mostly for
decoration purposes not into that whole thing anymore" but i have a few
old
ones in cases on my walls and i love how it looks.. the second thing is i
wanna make glass figures, i love sculpting and would like to make small
sculptures and such out of glass..what is needed in either case? a torch?
what kind of glass? and liquids for coating and such? i need site links
and
book names if you know of any i should check out....i looked at the one
listed on my other post for pipes and it was confusing i couldn't see
anything everything i clicked said page couldn't be displayed..well please
help...thanks
bobby

thanks stone..will try the link after this, i'm in bakersfield
california....nt sure if there are any supply houses around here but i'll
try to find out...gonna try to get to the book store this week but dunno
when see what they have on blowing glass, a friend told me his cousin got a
book about glass work at a barnes and nobles a couple years back
thanks again
bobby

I'm not familiar with the geography of CA, and I know it's a big state, but
there is a company called Sundance in Mountain View that sells equipment and
has classes. They also have a web site.
You are talking about blowing borosilicate glass, which need a higher
temperature to soften it enough to work than other glasses.
There is a book by Bandau Dunham that should give you some information. The
type of glasswork you are talking about is called lampworking or
flameworking.
Google on that for more info.

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There are no mistakes, only unexplored techniques

"Bobby Callahan" wrote in message
ink.net...
hey been looking around online all night, but all i can find are 2 gas
torches, can you not use single gas torches to blow gas? and do you
absolutely have to cook them in a kiln after?know of any kits that have
single gas torches and all the needed stuff for me to start out blowing
glass????
pleaseeeeee help
thanks for any
Bobby