eBook - Botanic Topics: Plant Portraits in Glass Book 1

This is the first book in the Botanic Topics series by Vitrum Studios, opening up creativity to all skill levels. You don't need to be an artist to create the beautiful plant portraits in this book. With full explanations for all the uncomplicated steps, you can create realistic plant portraits using only glass powders, a few simple tools and a kiln.

Vitrum Studios know and love plants, and this book illustrates the simple step-by-step directions used to create accurate images of spring flowers. With added tricks and tips you will have all the help you need to produce beautiful, accurate portraits. These techniques can be easily adapted for plants of your choosing. Also illustrated is several different ways of using these plant images for a variety of unique projects, ranging from simple serving ware to more elaborate sculptural pieces and wall panels that use new and unique display methods designed just for this book.

Features:

• 110 pages and over 315 photos & illustrations
• Complete library of stencil patterns for all projects in the book
• Comprehensive material lists & instructions
• Complete firing schedules in both Fahrenheit and Celsius
• Vitrum Studios Tips

Suitable for all levels of experience. Vitrum Studio, created by Judith Conway and Kevin O'Toole, has gained an international reputation for excellence in kilnformed glass, providing advice and inspiration to thousands of students over the years. The brick and mortar version of Vitrum Studio is no more, but all they have developed over the years is being distilled into their Vitrum ebooks, with each book designed to be a Masterclass in itself!