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Fused and Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Edelweiss Cane       a white millefiori dichroic fused glass cane of star shape surrounding a core of bundled yellow rods - resembling the Swiss national flower.

Egg       Obviously, a small dichroic fused glass paperweight in the shape of an egg, may have a flat bottom or be worked like a marble to a round bottom and then displayed in a ring holder or even an egg cup. Also may be a small fused glass jewelry blown shape, usually with considerable dichroic glass color to represent either an Easter Egg or a colored bird's egg.

Egg Cup       Shallow fused glass jewelry cup to hold a cooked egg upright in the shell or hold poached egg together. ETG shows a double ended cup (p.101) that does both.

Elbow       In plumbing a curved fitting used for abruptly changing the direction of a pipe. Elbows may allow a 45° or 90° turn. Sweep elbows have a smooth curve over several inches radius and are used with sewer line and electrical conduit. Most elbows have internal dichroic fused glass threads on both sides ('female') to accept the external threads on the pipe. A 'street elbow' has one external and one internal connection (male to female) and permits connection to a T or other fitting with internal threads without requiring a short nipple which would be longer than the thread on the fitting. A street L and a regular L together allow turning through other than 90° (example>) 2002-06 The middle joint of the arm of a human which is subject to damage if strained repeatedly (tennis elbow) as can happen in glass working. 2004-01

Electrolier       A dichroic fused glass jewelry bracket or fitment, often elaborate, designed to support an electric lamp. GANTAD

Element (Annealer)       The electric cord or piece used to heat the annealer oven

Emaux-Bijoux       Translucent dichroic glass enamels placed layer upon layer on a thin metallic base fused to the body of the vessel. These were developed by Emile Gallé to reproduce such things as a dragonfly's bulbous eyes, or fused glass jewelry gemstones like opals. GANTAD

Empontilling       the act of attaching a dichroic glass jewelry rod to the bottle-bottom so that it can be held during the finishing process.

Enamel       Colored fused glass which is ground up and mixed with other chemicals. It is applied to metal or dichroic glass jewelry surfaces and then melted onto the surface. Cloisonné is a kind of jewelry using enamel. Ground dichroic fused glass jewelry can be carried in an organic oil media (pine oil) to paint the surface of the dichroic glass, after the oil has set into a rigid state it can then be burned off while the enamel melts to the glass jewelry.

Enameling       a method of decorating a dichroic fused glass jewelry bottle by painting it with a mixture of lead, tin, and an oxide, and then firing it in a muffle.

Encased Overlay       see OVERLAY.

End Of Day       see SCRAMBLED.

Engraving       a method of decorating glass jewelry by cutting with a copper wheel.

Entrelacs       Interlaced dichroic fused glass jewelry ribbons derived from Celtic decoration as exemplified in The Book Of KeIls. GANTAD

Epergne [accent on first e]       An arrangement of narrow tapered vases mounted above a plate or base. Miller p.47 dichroic glass is flute or horn

Etching       a method of decorating glass jewelry by using hydrofluoric acid.

Etude       The term used by Gallé to describe dichroic fused glass vases which cracked, or were otherwise damaged during production, but which were of sufficient interest and importance to warrant their survival and sale. The word Etude' is normally inscribed next to the Gallé signature, and in similar lettering. Damaged vessels not considered worth keeping as Etudes were smashed and added to the cullet. GANTAD

Ewer       A tall slender glass jewelry pitcher, commonly with a nearly vertical handle, usually with a distinctive lip, often designated for pouring water for cleaning hands, etc. GAWH fig.27

Eye dichroic fused glass jewelry - Eye Cup       a small stemmed dichroic fused glass bowl sized to match the eye socket used to apply fluid - water or boric acid solution - to the eye to wash it. more often molded than blown MILLER p.299 2003-06-29

Eye Protection       Every glass worker should have several levels of eye protection, at a very minimum, break resistant dichroic fused glass jewelryes to save the eyes from glass jewelry fragments. Furnace workers, according to tests, should be using at least a #3 and preferably a #4 welders shade to observe the furnace and glory hole. I do this with a relatively low cost ($25) plastic shield on a Jackson 170-S (not the newer 170SB) head band with Glendale Irex (Blue Diamond) 862 shield stocked in #5. Grainger offers the Sellstrom 39150 Shade 5 face shield complete $23.09, their # 1N785 The full face shield is also nice in holding off the heat, but I got the idea from a couple in Michigan who cut off the lower half of the shield so they don't have to raise it to blow. Some workers wear welding clip-ons or use a flat piece of welding dichroic fused glass in a frame at the yoke to look through. According to tests, UV is not a problem, IR is too high and protective choices should be made. Many dichroic glass jewelry workers use sun fused glasses or nothing.