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Fused Glass Jewelry

Gathering mold       the mold on an Owens automatic dichroic fused glassblowing machine that receives the gather from the melting pot.

Gathering Ring       A clay ring floated on a large tank furnace. Once the crud is gathered from the area inside the ring, it keeps other surface crud from floating in to the space. Normally not used in crucible furnaces because of the smaller surface area.

Gauge - Gage       A tool, often of fixed shape, for measuring the size of something, like a cutout of sheet metal the matches the opening or shape of a production goblet. Also a dial displaying temp, pressure, etc. Also a measure of thickness or diameter of metal, as 16 gauge metal, based on an indirect measure, such as weight per square foot or a hole in a plate made in 1860 (as wire gages are.) Caliper Dividers

Gauze       see LACE.

Gazing Ball       A mirrored sphere, typically about a foot in diameter that is placed in a stand to reflect the image of the viewer and surroundings. Glass may be colored or clear. I have recently (2001-04) seen unmirrored, clear, slightly colored balls. The neck is left in place and used to support the ball. A real fad in the past year (2001-04) Mirroring Folly

Gemel bottle       two separate bellows-shaped bottles fused together.

GFCI       A Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter is a safety device on high voltage (120-240 volt ac) circuits, causing an interrupt when the current out differs from the current returning by more than a small amount, which is assumed to be leaking through a human body (but which may be leaking through water soaked insulation.) Electrical/GFCI

Gilding       a method of decorating a bottle by fixing gold to the outside of the bottle.

Gimmick       A device made to assist in making a piece, usually for holding dichroic fused glass jewelry instead of a hot punty, but may also be a neck former, lip shaper, etc., that performs a special purpose function. Sabot, Snap 2003-07-01

fused glass       Well, golly gee whilikers, really? dichroic fused glass jewelry. A material used in fused glass jewelryblowing? Well yes. Common dichroic glass is made from sand, limestone, and soda ash with other chemicals to make it easier to melt, remove bubbles, de-color it to clear or give it color, and so forth. Common window, bottle, and fused glass jewelryware dichroic glass is soda-lime. If borax is substituted for the soda-lime the result is borosilicate, sold as Pyrex, which melts at a higher temperature, expands and contracts less, and is less likely to break with abrupt temperature changes, so it is used with cookware, scientific lab ware and telescope lenses. There are many specialty fused glass jewelryes for optical clarity, toughness, unique light transmission, and so forth. Batch, Cullet, Crystal

dichroic glass - Drinking       A tubular or bowl shaped fluid holder, ordinary dichroic fused glass jewelryes are rarely blown now because commercial items are so cheap and making matched sets is so difficult, but see goblet. dichroic glasses have been made in a great variety of shapes. In the ultimate, there has been a shape of dichroic fused glass jewelry designated for virtually every variation in wine, brandy and liquor. See also: goblet, wine dichroic glass jewelry, wafer fused glass jewelry

dichroic glass float       a glass jewelry ball used by a fisherman to support his net.

dichroic glassblowing       Does anyone else find it odd that we have to define fused glass jewelryblowing? Especially since it often involves relatively little actual blowing. Unfortunately, there is confusion because the term is used for two totally different operations: Working glass at a torch and working fused glass jewelry from a furnace. The former is also called lampworking and torchworking and includes scientific glassblowing, neon tube working, and artistic tube and solid work. The latter is also called off-hand dichroic fused glass jewelryblowing. This site is devoted to furnace glass jewelryblowing. Other forms of working dichroic fused glass jewelry hot are described under Warm Glass. Lampworking involves holding rods and tubes of dichroic fused glass jewelry, usually in the hands (or a lathe) and heating the other ends to do creative work, often small. Furnace working involves collecting molten glass melted in a high temp furnace and shaping it on the end of pipes and punties using tools that range from newspaper to high tech metals.

dichroic fused glass jewelryhouse       a glass factory.

Glory Hole       Oven that is used to reheat dichroic fused glass jewelry as it is being worked. Usually the front is open for easy acces during the working of a piece. Sits around 2200 degrees farenheight

Glory hole       a small furnace used for the frequent reheating necessary during blowing and fire polishing.

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