Glass Notes

An illustrated guide for building and maintaining a modern glass studio.

A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.

“I am deeply inspired by this heartwarming story of how two people found love and—even better—a way to get paid for drinking wine.” —Dave Barry Internationally renowned journalists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher present a captivating memoir about falling in love with each other and with wine. She grew up in the all-black environment of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He was raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where his was one of a handful of Jewish families. When they met on June 4, 1973, in the newsroom of The Miami Herald, she says, “I felt in my bones like I had known him forever.” And he says, “I felt the instant I saw her that we had always been together, and knew we always would be.” That passion for each other and for wine has made their column a must-read for millions of neophyte and veteran wine lovers, who also follow their appearances on Martha Stewart’s TV show. The annual global celebration of wine that they created, “Open That Bottle Night,” encourages readers to finally drink that special wine they have been keeping. As Dottie and John write, “Wine can conjure up memories in a way that few other things can,” whether it’s a rare Burgundy or a bottle of cold duck. Frank J. Prial of The New York Times said of their first book, The Wall Street Journal Guide to Wine, “Their enthusiasm for the grape . . . is exceeded only by their enthusiasm for each other. It spills over on every other page.” Indeed, John and Dottie say they don’t write a wine column; they write a column about more important things. This book follows them from love at first sight, through a life of journalism, to a triumph on the basketball court at Madison Square Garden. You’ll discover the joys of wine along with them, but you’ll also discover that wine is really about good times, bad times, moments shared with loved ones, and new friends. It’s about memories. It’s about life.

GLASS NOTES: A REFERENCE FOR THE GLASS ARTIST was written by PROFESSOR HENRY HALEM, DIRECTOR OF GLASS STUDIES AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1969 & AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED GLASS ARTIST. This one-of-a-kind book explains in easy-to-understand language & illustrations how to build & run a glass blowing studio. Descriptions include how to construct furnaces, annealers & glory hole. There are also chapters on glass enameling techniques, copper electro-forming, adhesives, & lustering as well as various types of molds including CO2 sand casting & constructing a pate de verre mold. Learn how to use Bob Carlson's "breakaway" blow box or the Libensky/Brychtova Czech casting techniques. Find information on glass calculation, electrical requirements for your annealer, annealing, linear expansion & glass durability testing. One of the most useful chapters includes a list of suppliers & products for the glass artist. All of the above information & more is found in this comprehensive 165 page reference for the student, independent artist, collector & hobbyist. "YOU'LL FIND IT ALL IN GLASS NOTES." This book is available for $30 plus $4 shipping; quantity discounts available from: Halem Studios, Inc., P.O. Box 906, Kent, OH 44240-2303. 216-673-8632 or FAX 216-677-2488.

A guide to reading "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

Intended for forensic scientists and students, this book provides the necessary statistical tools and methodology for introducing forensic glass evidence into the laboratory. It contains an introductory chapter on glass evidence procedures and analysis before covering topics such as classical approaches to handling glass evidence, the application of Bayesian statistics to forensic science, and the use of histograms. The authors present both the physical and chemical examinations performed on glass along with their interpretations. With free software available for downloading at the authors' web site, scientists can apply their own data and draw conclusions using the principles detailed in the text.