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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Medallions       A series of stained glass panels that have been arranged within a larger window in a narrative sequence.

Mosaic       Opalescent glass that has been sliced into small pieces (smalti) for assembly into designs that are cemented into building walls, floors or other surfaces. Mosaic pieces may also be composed of natural stone or ceramics.

Mottled       Glass that has variation in coloration in the form of small spots, some of which run together.

Obscure       Clear glass through which images cannot be can be seen because the light waves are bent by the texture on the glass surfaces. Obscure glass is used where light is desired but visibility is not, for example, in a bathroom.

Opak       Glass which has a thin coating of white on one side. This makes it behave somewhat like opalescent glass, but gives a more delicate effect which transmits more light.

Opalescent       rose cone lamp bight.jpg (15051 bytes) Glass containing some white pigment. The glass transmits some of the light striking it and reflects other light. Most of the glass used in the "Tiffany" style windows and lamps is opalescent glass.

Painted Glass with designs painted onto it and then fired so that the paint becomes part of the glass.

Plate       Thick, clear, smooth commercial glass. See "Float".

Plated       Multiple layers of glass used together to achieve a color not available as a single piece of glass. Tiffany often plated two or three pieces of glass to obtain the realistic shadings of images in his designs.

Protective-glazing       Glass (or other material) used to protect stained glass windows from external objects impacting them (e.g. tree limbs in a windstorm, rocks from vandals, etc.)

Reeded       Glass with uniform parallel ridges. Any dimension given specifies the spacing, for example, "1/2 inch Reeded glass."

Reinforced       Leaded glass that has been strengthened by the use of iron. Common methods are:

Residential       Art glass designed for residences.

Restoration       Clear glass that is manufactured to resemble glass made in the 18th and 19th centuries. This glass has some slight variation in thickness that causes some distortion.

Ripple       Glass with a ripple texture rolled into it while still molten. Various widths exist from fine (spaghetti ripple) to wide.

Roundel       Glass that is rotated as it is blown, thereby creating a disk shape with a thicker center and a cut-off from the punti (iron glass-working rod).

Safety       Glass with reduced hazard of injury when it breaks, and therefore specified by building codes for hazardous areas. The two main types are Tempered and Laminated. (see definitions).

Seedy       Glass that contains small bubbles or ?seeds?.

Slab       Glass poured into a mold to make small slabs of glass. See "Dalle de verre."

Smalti       Molten opalescent glass poured into pizza shape and then hand cut into small uneven squares (tesserae) used for assembling mosaics.

Stained       Colored glass assembled into designs. The color comes from the addition of metallic oxides during the process of melting the glass ingredients. The name comes from the silver nitrate that was used in the Middle Ages to "stain" clear glass yellow or orange when fired.

Tempered       Glass that has been heat treated to make it very hard and brittle. When the surface is broken anywhere, the entire piece of glass shatters into tiny pieces without sharp edges. The rear windows of automobiles are made of tempered glass.

Tessera       A small piece (normally square) of glass or marble used to make mosaics. (plural = tesserae)

Tiffany       Used to describe either:
A type of glass (see Opalescent and Favrile)
A style of glass art (produced in the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany).

Transparent       Glass through which light passes freely. Glass through which objects on the other side of the glass can be seen.

Triple-glazed       Glass that has been sandwiched between two pieces of clear glass with the edges sealed. This is a common technique for insulating stained or beveled glass in doors.

Vaseline       Glass that is the color of petroleum jelly, emits slight radioactivity, and glows neon green under ultraviolet light.

Vision-obscuring       See Obscure. Opposite of transparent.

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Fused Glass Words 5 | Fused Glass Jewelry Definitions 6 | Glass Jewelry Terminology 7
Dichroic Jewelry Explanations 8 | Fused Dichroic Glass Defintions 9