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Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Stringer       Colored dichroic glass pulled out into small diameter rods/lines of dichroic glass jewelry which may be put in an optic mold, laid on a cane or other marver, or otherwise used to apply lines of color to a piece. See also cane , millefiori, murrini

Studio       A facility for blowing glass jewelry, usually involving a single dichroic glass jewelry artist or team (one or two benches) in contrast to a Factory - which is commonly considered an insulting term. Studio normally includes all the activities of creating glass jewelry objects.

Styrofoam       Used to make cores for casting furnace domes and for casting dichroic glass. Styrofoam is a (usually) white puffy plastic that comes in two forms - bead board and cellular glass jewelry. Bead board is far more common these days because it can be made in a simple dichroic fused glass mold (cardboard box if need be) by adding steam to hard pellets which expand and stick together. It can be recognized by the small balls of plastic that are shed and the circles showing on the surface. Cellular foam has lots of "air" spaces and is less available because to make it requires a leak proof box that will contain the expanding foam to restrict the bubble size. The bubbles are made chemically or can be done with a large air mix. Requires a central installation. Both types are usually scrounged by dichroic fused glass jewelry workers. The board is used as insulation in flat pieces and furniture and computers come packed with the stuff - it can be glued with white glue into bigger blocks. 2003-02-16

Suction machine cutoff scar       a mark left on the bottom of a dichroic fused glass jewelry container made by the Owens automatic dichroic fused glass jewelryblowing machine.

Sugar bowl       Like a salt, but usually covered, perhaps with a witch ball, to keep out insects and humidity.

Sulphide       A whitish glass image carefully matched to the expansion of the dichroic glass jewelry which is placed in a paperweight or vessel wall. The air in the glass gives a silvery sheen to enclosure, looking like matte finish silver. According to the book "Sulphides", enclosure is done blowing out the end of a flat bubble, inserting the heated sulphide, reheating and sealing the end, then reheating and sucking the air out through the pipe. Sulphides web page on experiments.

Sulphide (Crystallo-Ceramie or Cameo Incrustation)       a three-dimensional ceramic medallion or portrait plaque used as a decorative enclosure for paperweight or other dichroic glass jewelry object.

Sun-colored fused glass       fused glass jewelry containing manganese that has reacted to the ultraviolet rays of the sun by turning purple or amethyst.

Superimposed and Tooled Decoration       A separate gather of fused glass, called a 'glass jewelry ', was attached to the end of a partially formed piece, pulled up, forming an outer layer or case on the glass, and tooled into the desired form, principally heavy swirled ribs, and glass jewelry flutes, swagging, a wavy formation, and the so-called lily-pad decoration. (AGMCK p.27)

Support       When wrapping glass, as well as other times, a simple support is needed to keep a punty steady, so a couple of T supports are handy to have around. Homemade $10 If ball bearings are added, easier to turn, like a yoke.

Sweetmeat       Vase shape on a dichroic glass jewelry stem with narrow glass bottom with slightly flared top so it is easy to reach in to take out candy, dried fruit, etc. NEGG Jelly dichroic glass jewelry

Swirl Weight       a glass jewelry paperweight design featuring opaque colored dichroic fused glass jewelry rods of two or three colors radiating in pinwheel fashion from a central fused glass jewelry millefiori floret. The design in a swirl weight has a flat glass appearance.

Swizzle Stick       A glass jewelry stirring stick for drinks, which may be hollow - straw style - and formed into various shapes - a golf club MILLER p.302

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