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How To: Do glass lathe cutting
Watch this video to learn how to do various cold-working glass cuts using a lathe.
How To: Do glass ladle casting
Watch this video to learn how to do ladle casting glass with experts from the Corning Museum of Glass.
How To: Make ice glass
Learn about making ice glass with experts from the Corning Museum of Glass.
How To: Grind glass
Learn about grinding glass using various methods with experts from the Corning Museum of Glass.
How To: Apply gold leaf to glass
Watch this video to learn about applying gold leaf to glass with Corning Museum of Glass experts.
How To: Make a glass goblet with used and pre-made parts
Learn about goblet making using pre-made parts stored in an annealing oven with Bill Gudenrath from The Corning Museum of Glass.
How To: Create a goblet with an air twist stem
Learn about creating an air twist stem on a goblet with Corning Museum of Glass experts.
How To: Do the Prince Rupert's drop with glass
Learn about Prince Rupert's Drop with Corning Museum of Glass experts. The Prince Rupert's Drop is a classic demonstration of the great strength of glass in compression.
How To: Make a glass goblet
Learn how to make a glass goblet with Corning Museum of Glass experts. Building glass goblets began with Roman glass makers.
How To: Fuse and slump glass
Learn how to fuse and slump glass with Corning Museum of Glass experts. Fusing and slumping are two techniques that have been used for centuries, and can be used together or separately.
How To: Make glass molds
Learn about glass molds with Corning Museum of Glass experts. One can form and decorate glass by blowing into a mold.
How To: Do glass enameling
Learn about enameling with Corning Museum of Glass experts. Enameling is a popular decorative technique used around the world.
How To: Color glass
Learn how to make colored glass with Corning Museum of Glass experts. Some glass is colored by the addition of a metal oxide, while other glass is colored by adding color to the surface in a variety of ways. This video clip covers five different ways to color glass.
How To: Do glass chunk casting
Learn about chunk casting with Corning Museum of Glass experts. Chunk casting is a method of casting glass by packing a mold with chunks of glass and melting the chunks in the mold, instead of filling the mold with molten glass.
How To: Make cameo glass objects
Learn how to make cameo glass with experts from The Corning Museum of Glass. Cameo glass consists of two or more layers of colored glass, with the outer layers carved away to produce relief decoration.
How To: Making a glass bowl with a Roman foot
Watch this demonstration of the making of a glass bowl with a Roman foot. This is taught by experts from The Corning Museum of Glass.
How To: Make glass beads from molten glass
Watch this video for a demonstration on how glass beads are made.
How To: Airbrush the water drop effect
Watch this video to learn how to airbrush the water drop effect.
How To: Create an airbrush carbon fiber effect
Watch this video to learn how to airbrush the carbon fiber technique.
How To: Airbrush urban camouflage
Watch this video and learn how to airbrush the camo effect.
How To: Change colors, assemble, disassemble & clean airbrush
This is a basic airbrushing tutorial. Learn how to change colors, disassemble, assemble, and clean your airbrush.
How To: Make a two-part mold with urethane RTV rubber
This video segment will show you how to make a simple two-part mold using Urethane RTV molding rubber. The same process can be used for silicone molds.
How To: Cut a plastic sheet
This video segment will show you how to cut plastic sheet. It will also show you the cutting option you have, should you choose to have TAP Plastics cut it for you.
How To: Cast embedments in clear polyesther resin
This video segment will show you how to cast embedments in clear polyester resin.
How To: Color with colored pencil and gamsol
Watch this video to learn how to color with gamsol and prisma colored pencils for drawings and stamps.
How To: Draw an apple using the cross contour drawing method
Barry Fahr, an associate professor of drawing at Otis College of Art and Design, demonstrates how to create a still life drawing of a red delicious apple.
How To: Paint warm to cool color harmony using gouache
Learn basic techniques of creating value steps using gouache paint. This is great for art and design foundation students.
How To: Paint value step scales using gouache
Learn basic techniques of creating value steps using gouache paint. This is great for art and design foundation students.
How To: Draw value step scales using the graphite pencil
Learn basic techniques of creating value steps using graphic pencil. Great for art and design foundation students.
How To: Build a portrait of Abraham Lincoln
This timelapse of builidng a portrait of Abraham Lincoln was done with $17.02. Use the front and back of pennies, to create the perfect Abe portrait. This video needs to be watched a few times to figure it out.
How To: Build a mold box of silicone or urethane
This video segment will show you a few of the many ways to make mold boxes or containers. Build a mold box of silicone or urethane.
How To: Make a silicone rubber mold
Learn how to make a silicone rubber mold.
How To: Make your own punk patches
Make patches yourself instead of making them! I use fabric paint markers.
How To: Add studs to a leather jacket
Watch this video to learn how to stud your leather jacket. See the finished product in chapter two. Also, learn how to get 100 studs for free from studsandspikes.com (for a limited time)!
How To: Do silk painting or batik
Jill Kennedy is the famous UK author of several books on her favorite art - silk painting. In this video, she demonstrates how wax is often preferential to gutta or other resists for it's ability to contain or hold colors. It can be used in larger areas while providing similar effects to gutta's ability to contain dye within regions. Here she emphasizes the ability to work with dyes immediately after application and demonstrates how fun it is to use traditional Indonesian tjantings and Japane...
How To: Do batik techniques on paper
Learn this batik technique using beeswax and dye.
How To: Do batik drawing on fabric
Watch host Xandria Ooi learn batik drawing techniques at the Jadi Batek Centre in Malaysia. Part 1 of 3 - How to Do batik drawing on fabric.
How To: Do encaustic wax painting
Watch this video and learn how to do encaustic wax painting. All you need is melted beeswax, paint brushes and powdered pigments!
How To: Do the encaustic wax painting technique
Watch this video to learn how to do the encaustic painting technique, or painting with wax - a technique used by Egyptians and Romans!
How To: Blow glass with experts
Discover the history and process of glass blowing with experts at the Corning Museum of Glass. This is for beginners who are thinking about blowing glass for the first time.