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Blown       Glass made from blowing a glass bubble on the end of a hollow tube. An artisan may then shape it by spinning, rolling and pinching with iron tools to make a vase, bottle, glass or other object. Alternatively, the bubble may be placed into a hollow mold and further blown until it expands into all of the details of the mold.

Border       A band of glass that surrounds the main work in a window. It's purpose is to frame but also to allow removal of a non-essential area to adjust the fit of the stained glass to the window. It is often made of strips, geometric, or plant shapes.

Bottle       Sheet glass that is cut from the four sides of a glass bottle that was blown into a square mold. It has been replaced by the cylinder-blowing method described under "Antique."

Carved       Glass with the appearance of a three-dimensional sculpture imprisoned within the glass. This is achieved by etching the glass to varying depths.

Cast       Glass made by pouring molten glass into a mold.

Cathedral       Transparent glass of uniform thickness made by squeezing molten glass between rollers. The color is uniform across the piece of glass (no color gradient). Usually one roller is smooth and the other textured, which gives texture to the glass. (See "Hammered" below for one of the more popular textures).

Copper-foiled       Copper-foil is a method for making 2 or 3-dimensional objects from small pieces of colored glass. Very thin strips of copper foil are wrapped around the edges of each piece of glass. The pieces are positioned into the desired shape or design and then soldered together. The copper foil is completely hidden underneath the solder, which is usually blackened by application of a patina-forming chemical. Stained glass lamps of all shapes are made by this method.

Crackle       Glass made by dipping a molten cylinder into water. The exterior of the cylinder cracks but the molten interior holds it together. The cylinder is sliced down the side and flattened. There are now imitation crackle textures rolled into glass.

Crown       Glass that is rotated as it is blown, thereby creating a disk shape with a knob, or crown, in the center. Same as Roundel.

Cut       Sculptural glass (three-dimensional, like a vase or goblet) that has designs cut into the glass with a copper wheel.

Curious       Glass that did not meet the manufacturer's specifications (in other words, "rejects"). Mostly this glass is very unusual, unpredictable, sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly.

Cylinder       Most common type of blown glass. The glass bubble is blown into a cylinder, the ends cut off, the cylinder split along its length, and then unrolled into a flat sheet.

Dalle de Verre       "Slab of glass" (translation from the French) is a cast chunk of glass approximately 1" x 10" x 8" that is used to make "faceted" glass windows (see ?Faceted?).

Dichroic       Glass that has a thin metal film vaporized onto its surface. The glass transmits one color and reflects a different color. Each manufacturer offers about a dozen different color combinations.

Double-glazed       Two layers of glass with a seal around the edges. The edge strip usually contains a desiccant to prevent moisture accumulation between the glass surfaces.

Drapery       Glass with varying thickness and irregular ripples. It is made by pushing a hot sheet of glass across a tabletop into folds resembling fabric drapery.

Enameled       Glass design made by melting enamels on the surface of the glass.

Encapsulated       Glass which has been sealed inside a "sandwich" of two sheets of clear glass.

Etched       Glass with some of the surface removed by either a chemical or sandblast process. The result is that the glass is slightly thinner in the etched region and has a diffused reflective surface, thereby appearing whiter in color.

Faceted       Slab glass that has been chipped on the edges to cause thin flakes of glass to break off the flat surfaces. Pieces of this type of glass are set into an epoxy-concrete mixture to produce large architectural window-walls. The fractured edges ("facets") cause the light to bend and refract (break into a rainbow of colors).

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Fused Glass Words 5 | Fused Glass Jewelry Definitions 6 | Glass Jewelry Terminology 7
Dichroic Jewelry Explanations 8 | Fused Dichroic Glass Defintions 9