e-book "Weekend projects: Stringers in glass fusing. Getting Started."

Glass stringers are widely used in both lampworking and glass fusing, serving as decorative accents or as the main elements of intricate glass designs. This book can be viewed as a prequel to the popular Weekend Projects: Stringers in Glass Fusing series. Through six carefully selected projects, it introduces a variety of stringer techniques and provides a solid foundation for more advanced stringer work.

You will learn essential skills such as cutting, bending, arranging, and firing stringers. Each project introduces techniques commonly used in stringer-based designs, gradually building your confidence and understanding. The first project opens the door to a wide range of decorating methods while demonstrating how stringers behave at different firing temperatures. Subsequent projects expand on these concepts and reveal that many designs often considered labor-intensive are, in fact, much easier to create than they appear.

Along the way, you will learn how to create woven-looking patterns, develop effective assembly techniques, and gain experience working with increasingly complex striped shapes. By the end of the book, you will be well prepared for the more advanced projects featured in the other books of the series.

Like the other books in the series, each project begins with an explanation of the design concept, followed by a complete list of materials and dimensions. Separate chapters cover project assembly and firing schedules in detail, and alternative approaches are provided where appropriate.

The book contains 84 pages and more than 80 photographs and illustrations.