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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

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.

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.

Hot       Glass that has been worked by a hot process such as fusing, firing, blowing or lamp-working.

Impact-resistant       A type of engineered laminated glass that offers considerable resistance to impact from natural or man-made missiles impacting the glass. Bullet-proof and hurricane-proof glass.

Inlaid       A type of laminated glass where the art glass is laminated to a plate glass substrate by epoxy.

Insulating       Two pieces of glass that have been sealed together at the edges. The edge strip usually contains a desiccant to prevent moisture on the interior glass surfaces. The space between the glasses may be filled with argon gas.

Iridescent       Glass on which a very thin coating of metal has been applied. This thin coating reflects light from the upper and lower surfaces of the metal. These reflected light waves interfere with each other and produce a rainbow effect similar to that produced by a thin film of oil on water.

Jewel       Glass that is cast into molds with jewel-like facets and then polished to a smooth brilliance.

Laminated       A sandwich of two pieces of glass with a plastic-like material between them. In this type of safety glass, it is difficult to penetrate the glass even if both layers of glass break. Automobile windshields are made by this process.

Lamp-worked       Art glass that is made by heating with a torch and then "worked" in order to bend or fuse or shape the glass.

Leaded       iris stretched.jpg (61999 bytes)Type of art glass that is made by connecting pieces of glass with a lead channel and soldering the intersections of the lead channel. This has been the method of making church windows since the earliest times. Lead has the advantage of being strong enough to support the glass but flexible enough to withstand the thermal expansion stresses from the glass and the window encasement.

Liturgical       Glass designed for a prayer or worship space.

Low-E       Low E, (low emissivity), glass is high performance window glass made with an invisible thin metallic coating that blocks heat flow.

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