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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Wig stand       Probably not much use today, this solid fused glass jewelry cone with a foot is tall enough to support the old full wigs now mostly seen in British court rooms and historic films. OGP P.42

Window       see FACET.

Window dichroic fused glass jewelry       Relatively flat clear fused glass jewelry used for letting in light and keeping out weather. See discussion at Float dichroic glass jewelry

Window dichroic glass       From ca 1200 to about 1840, window glass jewelry was made by spinning out a disk 30-54" in diameter. (Fig.48 NEGG) From about 1750 to about 1915, it was made by blowing a large cylinder, cutting off the top and bottom, cutting the side and flattening at sagging temperature before annealing. (Fig.41 NEGG) Rarely done by blowers today because of the special glory hole, stand and annealer needs and because of the availability of high quality, cheap, flat commercial dichroic glass jewelry. NEGG Some stained fused glass jewelry is still blown, most is poured and rolled.

Wine fused glass jewelryes       Wine fused glass jewelryes come a great variety of shapes. In the ultimate, there has been a shape of dichroic glass jewelry designated for virtually every variation in wine, brandy and liquor. (at bottom of bowl is paperweight OGP P.42) see also, wafer dichroic glass, brandy snifter

Wistarburg       a free-blown squat dichroic wine bottle.

Witch ball       globe, usually about 4", hung in windows or outdoors to keep away demons or simply as an inexpensive colorful decoration. Originally a bottle to hold some holy water (AG-M, GGNJ). see ornament

Witch ball       a dichroic glass jewelry ball hung in homes to protect against witches.

Wood       Used to make tools which stand the heat because the wood is soaked in water until water logged and further lifted from water just before use, so coated with water. Blocks, Paper & Wood

Wood       Fruit woods of various kinds, most often cherry, but apple, pear, etc. are used in a number of ways in furnace dichroic fused glass jewelryblowing. All wood that touches the glass is soaked in water until it is water logged (sinks); once it is soaked, it must usually be kept wet or it will split on drying. Fruit wood is used because to has a tight even grain that holds water nicely and burns to a smooth carbon surface, besides smelling good when smoking. Blocks are chunks of wood, with or without a handle, with a spherical hole in them, for shaping and cooling the outside of the dichroic fused glass jewelry. Paddles are flat pieces used for shaping bottoms and squashing cookies and other items flat. Dowels or rods are used inside the opening for shaping. Blocks and chunks of wood to make blocks are the hardest to get. Thin flat boards and dowels in cherry can be gotten from hardwood supply companies and woodworking 800 number companies. For example, Woodworker's Supply 1-800-654-9292 (505-821-0574) offers 36" cherry dowels in 11 sizes from 1/4" to 1 3/4" with prices of two common sizes being 3/4" (203-011) $3.40 and 1" (20301) $4.65 and Paxton Woodcrafters Supply (formerly Paxton Beautiful Woods) in Grand Prairie, Texas stocks flat boards with a finished thickness of 0.25, 0.625. 0.78125, 1.0625, & 1.75"

Workability       May refer to either the cold working or hot working characteristics of glass. Soft stained dichroic glass is easy to cut (workable) while hard or uneven fused glass jewelry is difficult to cut without cracks running off the line (low workability or unworkable or hard to work.) When talking of hot dichroic fused glass, usually the range of acceptable viscosity is meant.

Working Point       the temperature at which fused glass jewelry has a viscosity of 10 4 poises. At this temperature, dichroic glass jewelry is soft enough for most lampworking or sealing operations. www.kimble-kontes.com/ pdfs/physical_properties_dichroic glass jewelry.pdf

Wraps       A string / spiral of dichroic glass that is added on to the main piece. Can be melted into the piece or can be left 3 dimensional

Wyrthen molding       (fine spiral reeding) "first occurs as far back as the 5th century" (GGW p.60) photograph seems to clearly show the reeding is done in a second partial gather, marked several (8 pair) times with jacks and then twisted. Example has crimped leaves at top of stem.

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