Item Name: The Flow Magazine Spring 2024 SKU: FLOW-SPRING-2024 Description: The Flow Magazine Spring 2024 is a print magazine issue focused on flameworked glass, centered around a Nature theme. It is constructed as a full-color, bound periodical that combines artist features with technique-driven instruction for lampworkers. This issue includes a feature on poet and sculptor Bishop Randall discussing his glass artistry as a natural evolution of his spiritual journey, plus a gallery showcasing nature-inspired work by 19 flameworking artists. The instructional tutorials in this issue include Bladderwrack Beads by Yvonne Dieckmeyer, which teaches how to form hollow beads on the end of a dipped mandrel and add dots for texture, Rainbow Rose Murrine by Deniz Divleli Özdemir, which demonstrates building a rose murrine in layered rainbow colors, and Core-Formed Vessel by Daisuke Takeuchi with support from Vicki Schneider, which demonstrates preparing a mandrel with simple materials as a base and then forming a small murrine-based core-formed vessel. How it is used: Use the Bladderwrack Beads tutorial to practice hollow bead formation on a mandrel, then refine surface texture by applying and shaping dot work for organic detail Use the Rainbow Rose Murrine tutorial to build layered color structure in a murrine cane, then slice and apply murrine components to beads, pendants, or small sculptural elements Use the Core-Formed Vessel tutorial to learn a small-vessel workflow that starts with preparing a mandrel-based core and then forming and shaping the vessel body using murrine-based construction methods Use the gallery and artist feature content as reference material for design direction, composition, and surface treatment ideas when developing nature-inspired lampworked work
