Title: Buy this book first . . .
Product review: because it's strictly for people who don't yet know anything about lampworked glass beads. Once you've seen pretty much any other book on artists' lampwork beads, you'll find this one disappointing. It's obviously the author's collection of her favorite eBay sellers, some of whom are very accomplished beadmakers and some of whom are, well, less inspired. Even the beadmakers who are very good are represented by pieces that are not their best work. If you're looking for pure eye candy, hold out for the "500 Glass Beads" book that's coming out from Lark Books in fall 2004. If you want eye candy and artist profiles (and some how-to techniques you can actually use), buy Cindy Jenkins' "Beads of Glass." If you want to learn to make glass beads, buy Cindy Jenkins' "Making Glass Beads," Corina Tettinger's "Passing the Flame," or Jim Kervin's "More Than You Wanted to Know About Glass Beadmaking."
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