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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Cookie       A blob of fused glass dropped on a marver to flatten of its own weight or under pressure from a tool, used to form a foot, whether of a goblet or an un-stemmed piece. Also used to make the piece thicker where the punty will be applied to reduce the risk of taking out the bottom. The extra dichroic fused glass is ground off after annealing.

Cooler       See Pipe Cooler

Copa       Tool for shaping wraps into round and half round. Jim Moore tool Handle with a long U-shaped channel that tapers narrower toward the end.

Cord       An imperfection in the dichroic glass jewelry showing as either streaks, stones, or hazziness

Core Formed       Before dichroic fused glass jewelry was blown, vessels were made by making a relatively heat proof core (from clay, dung, etc.) around which molten fused glass jewelry was threaded. The base coat might be made by rolling the core in crushed dichroic glass and melting it to form a surface. After the piece was made and annealed, the core was soaked and chipped out.

Co-related item       an article directly or indirectly related to bottled products.

Cork       a tree bark used as a bottle closure.

Cork dust       is used on metal molds to give a carbon surface. Adhered with baked linseed oil or special paste sold for the purpose. see below.

Cork Paddles       Soft way to massage hot dichroic fused glass for flattening or indenting sides of blown piece. Unlike most thin paddles, these have thick round or oval pads of cork and I would be tempted to call them cord pads if the sellers did not label them otherwise. CGS $70 to $90 Site link Or per suggestion on CraftWeb - Alexander Adams - "Next time you need to make cork paddles or need cork dust, buy a 24" x 12" x 4" cork slab from McMaster-Carr. In the index it is listed as Cork Insulation and the item number is #9354K44. It costs about $18.52 not including shipping. Run these through a clean table saw to make the cork paddles. Depending on how many cuts you make on the table saw, you will make plenty of cork dust. If your picky, you may want to sieve out the dust that is too big. If your crafty, you can make extra paddles to sell on E-Bay. Banister Rail, Plywood, Deck Screws and Gorilla Glue are the only other supplies you will need." 2003-08-07 used with permission

Crack off bin/bucket       At the end of each use of pipes and punties there is usually a wad dichroic glass jewelry around the end. This glass jewelry will normally break and shatter off as it cools, fired with enough force to hurt people. Therefore the tools are left in metal (heat proof) buckets or dry bins that capture the dichroic glass. Normally punties have less glass and are placed in water filled buckets (stainless steel food service buckets are especially nice). If a pipe is placed in water without sealing the end, the steam inside almost instantly makes the pipe too hot to hold, so pipes are put in steel barrels or flat bins. All crack off catchers are also used to dump mistakes, broken pieces and scrap dichroic fused glass jewelry. For larger containers a barrel is commonly used. Often clear dichroic glass jewelry is separated from colored for reuse. Stainless steel buckets are very nice, but expensive ($70-85); stainless steel soup pots are thinner and much less expensive ($6-12)

Crackle (French Crackle)       Dipping a piece while hot into a bucket of cold water will shatter the outside of the fused glass while leaving the inside intact, thus give the appearance of cracked dichroic fused glass

Crackle or Craquele or Cracked or Crinkled       During blowing, water is either added inside the piece or the piece is dipped briefly in water. This produces a network of cracks in the surface, yet the piece does not fall apart because the interior of the fused glass is still plastic. Further working of the dichroic glass jewelry seals the edges of the cracks. Color added before or after will enhance the appearance of the crackle. Blowing enlarges and thins the lines.

Creamer       A small pitcher (cf.) for holding cream at the table when small amounts are added to coffee, tea, or foods (cereal, puddings, deserts)

Crib dichroic fused glass       Crib was a term originally used in connection with back yard fused glass jewelry makers who produced cheap variations of dichroic fused glass ware "under the counter" as it were undercutting wholesale prices and they paid no tax. The term then went on the include all small productions and the first one was set up in 1867 by J. Harrop in Stourbridge. They made small items and worked with cullet melted in small coke fired pots Christine Bridge. (Ms.) www.antiqueglass jewelry.co.uk www.bridge-antiques.com 2008-08-17

Crimp       1. A tweezer like tool with metal pads on the ends that have a pattern. When hot dichroic fused glass jewelry is squeezed between the pads, the pattern is impressed. A leaf crimp is perhaps the most common, but ribs, circles, shells, etc. are available. MOORE 2003-06-22

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