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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Dichroic       Glass that has a thin metal film vaporized onto its surface. The glass transmits one color and reflects a different color. Each manufacturer offers about a dozen different color combinations.

Double-glazed       Two layers of glass with a seal around the edges. The edge strip usually contains a desiccant to prevent moisture accumulation between the glass surfaces.

Drapery       Glass with varying thickness and irregular ripples. It is made by pushing a hot sheet of glass across a tabletop into folds resembling fabric drapery.

Enameled       Glass design made by melting enamels on the surface of the glass.

Encapsulated       Glass which has been sealed inside a "sandwich" of two sheets of clear glass.

Etched       Glass with some of the surface removed by either a chemical or sandblast process. The result is that the glass is slightly thinner in the etched region and has a diffused reflective surface, thereby appearing whiter in color.

Faceted       Slab glass that has been chipped on the edges to cause thin flakes of glass to break off the flat surfaces. Pieces of this type of glass are set into an epoxy-concrete mixture to produce large architectural window-walls. The fractured edges ("facets") cause the light to bend and refract (break into a rainbow of colors).

Favrile       Type of glass produced by Louis Comfort Tiffany that is opalescent with a coppery metallic coating. Note: Starting in 1892, Tiffany called his glassware "Fabrile", supposedly, derived from the old English, meaning "hand-made". "Fabrile" evolved into "Favrile", which he trademarked on November 13, 1894. He used this word to apply to all of his glass, enamel, and pottery.)

Fired       Heated to a critical temperature in a kiln. The temperature depends on the glass and the desired effect. Painting becomes part of the glass about 1200 degrees F. Glass will slump or fuse (see definitions) at higher temperatures.

Flashed       The glass has a thin coating of a second color of glass processed onto the base glass. For example, most antique reds are made of clear glass with a very thin layer of intense red glass.

Flat       Glass art that has minimal thickness. The glass has NOT been worked into a three dimensional shape by being bent or fused or otherwise assembled or distorted.

FIBER BOARD:       One inch thick, high density fiber board. Gives the same insulating value as several layers of Fiber Blanket. Can be cut and machined like plasterboard. Upper limit of 2600 degrees.

FIBER PAPER:       One eighth inch thick. Excellent substitute for kiln wash. Perfect for slumping glass. Upper limit of 2600 degrees.

FIBER ROLL:       Is used to line a Glass Kiln. It is a one inch thick, 8 lb density Fiber Blanket composed of alumina and silica fibers. Excellent for wrapping and insulating kilns, or Raku kiln construction. Upper limit of 2600 degrees.

FLASH VENT:       A quick-cooling step to be executed when a fuse glass or slump glass reaches VISUAL MATURITY, according to the judgment of the glass artist.

FLASH VENT       (for Fusing Glass): TURN OFF KILN POWER. Open kiln for 8 seconds, then close.

FLASH VENT       (for Slumping Glass): TURN OFF KILN POWER. Open kiln for 3 seconds, then close.

Float       Glass that is made by floating molten glass on a bed of mercury. This makes an extremely smooth and flat surface.

Fluted       Glass that has evenly spaced flutes running parallel to each other.

Fused       Two or more pieces of glass that have been melted together to form one piece.

Globs       Non-uniform round or oval smooth "puddles" of glass with one flat rough side formed by dripping glass onto a table.

Glue-chip       Glass that is covered with an animal glue and then dried in an oven. The glue shrinks and pulls chips out of the glass surface leaving a delicate, random, feathery, fern-like texture. This process can be repeated for a denser "double chip" appearance.

Grisaille       Black or brown fusible paint used for shading on glass. Grisaille glass is glass that has been painted and fired.

Hammered       Glass textured by indentations which resemble a surface that has been beaten with a ball-peen hammer.

Dichroic Glass Words 1 | Dichroic Glass Terms 2 | Dichroic Glass Definitions 3 | Dichroic Jewelry Terms 4
Fused Glass Words 5 | Fused Glass Jewelry Definitions 6 | Glass Jewelry Terminology 7
Dichroic Jewelry Explanations 8 | Fused Dichroic Glass Defintions 9