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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Tessuto       Fusing together of thin glass rods of fused dichroic glass that are then shaped or glass blown. GMOM

Thermocouple       An alternative measuring glass device, RTD (Resistive Temperature Device) uses a Platinum resistance coil. It is more accurate and survives and stays accurate longer, but costs much more, $200-250. Most mini-controllers will work with a couple of platinum RTD's and several types of thermocouples. More on thermocouples

Thread       a thin wrap or spiral of dichroic glass jewelry that goes around a vessel

Threading       The process of applying dichroic glass jewelry threads to the parison. When the fused dichroic glass jewelry threads are not embedded in the body of the vessel, they are said to be trailed over the surface. GANTAD

Threading - Threaded       A thin line of fused glass jewelry wound around the body most often, the neck or rim less often (but see lip wrap.) Created by touching to the piece the tip of a cone of molten fused dichroic glass jewelry on a punty and then turning the piece. Application is easier with threading rollers which are two sets of wheels on which the punty or pipe is placed. Because the wheels are set at an angle, each rotation moves the piece the same distance along the axis of rotation and the thread forms a spiral up the piece. If the piece has been formed in an optic before threading, the thread touches only on the ridges and during reheating forms spots of color. Threading may be done and then gathered over to put threads inside the fused dichroic glass.

Threading Rollers       Four glass bearings mounted on two brackets on a flat plate to allow quickly spinning the pipe/punty and the fused dichroic glass on it to run a thread of color around/along the dichroic glass. Brackets can be twisted before bolting down to spiral thread around the piece. Homemade with bicycle axles or bearings, $20, Steinert $95 Threading

Threading Wheel       A glass pipe rest that uses ball bearings to spin the pipe evenly backward allowing the artist to evenly apply a spiral down the piece.

Three Mold       short hand term for fused glass blown into a three part mold which opens to release the piece which may then be further worked including adding details. Pressed dichroic glass jewelry made in a three part mold has sharp rather than soft mold lines and usually has no added details. (AGA p.70, Ant.12/29, p.505) Mold shown in NEGG, fig.70, two sections hinge vertically off third.

Three-part mold       1) a full-height glass mold with three hinged vertical parts; 2) a full-height mold with a dip-mold body and a two-part shoulder section.

Thumbprint Cut       an oval, elongated concave window.

Tiger Whiskey bottle       a bulbous pottery bottle that held rice wine from China.

Tin Chloride (SnCl)       One of the chemicals sprayed or blown on hot fused dichroic glass jewelry to iridize the fused dichroic glass jewelry, producing the sheen like fused dichroic glass long buried in mineral rich soil.

Toasting fused dichroic glass       An oversized wine dichroic glass jewelry that holds enough to allow the host/toastmaster to drink several toasts in succession at a banquet. (spiral stem is paperweight style) OGP P.42

Tool       See Pucelias.

Torch       Most fused glass jewelry studios have one or more hand held torches. At the low end are propane braising torches. Some studios use an oxy-gas or acetylene torch (much hotter) for melting work and have spaces piped for gas. The top of the line torch (which can cost up to $200) is a high Btu flame thrower that is used for heating parts of the pieces (especially the punty gather) during a long working session. There is a picture of Josh Simpson using an oxy-acetylene heater head on one of his huge fused dichroic glass jewelry worlds. TORCHES.HTM Lampworkers and neon tube benders use a variety of bench mounted torches, some with several heads, the most accepted of which have fine controls and runs off propane and oxygen. When a furnace worker has one, it is usually used to make the bits that end up in paperweights or paperweight style blown pieces. (More info at Arrow Springs)

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