Fused Glass Art and Technique
by Richard La Londe

• 224 Full Color Pages
• 475 Photographs
• Hardback 8-1/2" x 11" Gold Stamped Cloth Cover
• Printed on Heavyweight Matte Art Paper
• One inch Thick and Weighs three Pounds
• 45 Pages of glass fusing history
• A portfolio selection of Richard La Londe's art
• The technical aspects about fusing glass
• More than 50 pages about La Londe's fusing techniques
• Gold leaf and foil techniques in fusing
• Kilns, glory holes, mounting systems
• and much, much, more!

Chapter 1 - History

• Natural and man-made glass: 5 1\2 billion-3000 BC
• Ancient glass fusing: 3000 BC - 500 AD
• Pate de verre: 1800- Present
• Fusing in the USA: 1950's
• Experimental glass: 1960's & 70's
• Past influences present: Klaus Moje
• The Bullseye fusing movement: 1981- Present

Chapter 2 - Richard La Londe

• The beginning: My path
• Cut sheet glass: 1983 - 1988
• Black Lake Elemetary story
• Free design frit: 1988 - present
• Frit follows design: 1989 - 1993
• Liquid glass line: 1993 - Present
• Collaboration: 2000
• Story telling: 2003
• Multilayers: 2004 - Present
• Rattles: 2004

Chapter 3 - Fusing Concepts

• The Big Three
• Compatibility
• Volume Control
• Annealing
• Devitrification
• Color reactions

Chapter 4 - Technique

• Liquid glass line
• Clear frit overlay
• Frit on a shelf
• Frit in sand
• Slumping, sagging, & mold
• Precious metal: leaf & foil
• Leaf under glass
• Leaf on top of glass
• Foil fused in glass

Chapter 5 - Equipment

• Mounting systems
• Special studio equipment
• Kilns
• Glory hole

Chapter 6 - Appendix

• Resume
• Bibliography
• Materials and suppliers
• Ancient glassmaking articles
• Firing schedules
• Annealing thick slabs
• Index
• Story