Table of Contents:

Getting to Know Your Glass
-Soft Glass
-Borosilicate Glass (Pyrex)
-Quirks of Moretti Glass Colors
-Beanie Beads

The First Steps
-Holding the Glass
-Holding the Mandrel
-Lighting Your Torch
-Working in the Flame

The Basic Round Bead
-The Winding Method
-The Disk Method
-The Fast and Furious Method
-things That Can Go Wrong
-Is A Round Bead A Round Bead

Shaping Beads
-Tabs
-Cubes
-Barrels
-Cones
-Bi-cones
-Hearts

Dots
-Application
-Raised and Flat Dot
-Spacing
-Design
-Multi-Level Dots
-The Distortion Effect
-Poking
-Twisting Dots

Stringer Decoration
-Pulling Stringer
-Applying Stringer
-Design

Legally Pink Cane
-Rose Cane
-Twisted Cane
-Striped Cane
-Complex Twisted Cane
-Tiger Beads: Step-by-Step

All About Ivory Encasing
-The Solid Color Overlay
-Encasing Small Beads with Decoration
-How to get a Clean Encasement
-Encasing Larger Focals
-Encasing & Distortion

All About Purple
-The Kaleidoscope Bead: Step-by-Step

Encasing Florals
-Watercolor Floral: Step-by-Step

Getting Fancy
-Silver
-Frits
-Other Fru Fru Jellyfish: Step-by-Step

The Leap
-Sculptural Frog: Step-by-Step

Getting Started - How to Set-up Your Studio