A renoun and inspirational album for the beginning to intermediate lampworker. Larry Scott is the book's curator and in a beautifully concise, well written style he gives a short biographical sketch about all the artists listed below.
The numerous photos are wonderful,large and crystal clear, showing incredible details of the beads. Each photo is accompanied by a caption, explaining the details of the glass used, bead size and the year it was made.
Masters Glass Beads is a book that could be enjoyed by glass bead artists and
enthusiasts, as well as by anyone who appreciates exquisite art pieces.Artists included are Barley, East, Boylan, Uchida, Dugger, Fairbanks, Gaurino-Slemmons, Logan, Holland, Dalton, Haight, St. John Maher, Ohkama, Smircich, Ovington, Peters, Shiiba, Fowle-Meleney, Kogure, Crossman-Moore, Mullaney, Mossman, Frantzen-Orr, Masui, Milliron, Cooney, Schmidt, Walton, Roberts, Hayashi-Kogure, Stump, Jones, Holland, Frantz, Sawamoto, Zumkeller, Seydoux, Adams, Penso, Hatz, Yagi, Heilman, and Tabor. |