Education & Resources
If you can’t take a class or call the studio…
These are better than youTube & Facebook
and (most are) free
Bullseye Glass Company, besides making all our gorgeous glass, has an incredible wealth of kilnforming (fusing) information and resources on their website. It’s best to start at the beginning. It’s a very good place to start.
$ Bullseye Videos Subscription for $45 a year (the price of one or two ebooks!) gets you access to over 100 project and technical videos produced at Bullseye’s Research and Development center.
$ Bullseye Video Classes by Master kilnforming artists. Need I say more?
Warm Glass in the UK has a great collection, called “the Knowledge Base”, available on-line to aid in your fusing education journey:
Free Video Tutorials including How-tos and tool tips
Beginning Fusing questions and answers by their Tech Support Team
HisGlassWorks.com has an incredible set of videos teaching how to use various coldworking machines. They, and I can’t support this enough, sell $ coldworking machinery, consumable parts and materials (yeah, it needs to be replaced, and you’ll be so glad you do), provide product manuals and safety data sheets, and MOST importantly have an incredible and knowledgable staff who will answer any question you have about any machine and it’s use.
For those who enjoy the more technical side, Stephen Richard has an excellent blog called Verrier, in which he delves into the finer details of the science behind various aspects of kilnforming. He also has an excellent technical $ ebook on low temperature firings, among a few others.
One fuser to rule them all…Cynthia Morgan perfectly documents her forays in all things glass (and life) on her blog Morganica. Every experienced fuser keeps records. The best document everything. The very best share their experience.
Paul Tarlow started Helios. He continues to share tid-bits of his knowledge on fusedglass.org through tutorials and projects, as well as inspiring fusers everywhere with his $ fusing ebook series.
Interested in fusing with bottle glass? crystal? float glass (window glass)? Jodi McRaney Rusho is your girl. She created glasswithapast.com and started another free, on-line, knowledgebase resource for firings and projects using recycled glass.
Are you using coe96 glass instead of Bullseye glass? We’ve got you covered, too. Check out the resources at Oceanside Compatible. They’ve got 96 firing schedules, tutorials, and inspiration galleries for you to delve into.