Resources For Beginners

Beginner Glass Resources, quick startup torches and starter kits:

Hot Head Glass Torch

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Torch Propane or Mapp Gas Torch. Quickly melts soft glass for making all kinds of beads and other jewelry. Professional Lampwork Torch, designed specifically for melting soft glass. Will not fully melt boro glass. It will only soften.




 Welding Torch Fueled By MAPP and Propane Gas For Soldering, Glass blowing




Glass Beginners Kit (soft glass)

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Glass Lampworking, Blowing, Beadmaking COE 104 Beginner Starter Kit - Basic

Glass Literature

Beginner Glassblowing : A practical guide for the beginning glassblower by Edward T. Shmid   





Advanced Glassworking Techniques: An Enlightened Manuscript by Edward T Schmid






Contemporary Lampworking: A Practical Guide to Shaping Glass in the Flame (Volume 1 and 2) by Bandhu Scott Dunham