newbies- Get the bible

[chayes]

I reccomend to all newbies or people interested in blowing glass to pick up a copy of contemporary lampworking. It may explain some things you wanna know :). Also Somewhere within its pages is the secret of life. :D Not to mention the recipe for Bandhu's honey mustard salad dressing.

[SteppingRazor]

that book got me though my first year of lampworking with no lessons. it's great.

[Batou]

OMG!! i just got that book a week ago and it's awesome! now all i have to do is wait for 10 days then we will close on our house and i can start setting up shop. reading it now feels like watching food network in the middle of a famine.