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Dichroic Glass and Fused Artwork

Half Post       After the first gather of glass (and following necking) a second gather is made that does not come up to the pipe but stops on the glass neck of the piece. This second gather of glass is the one formed in a mold while hot. "German Half Post Method" With the result that the neck does not look as bulky while the body is stronger. TYABG NEGG

Half-post       a fused dichroic glass jewelry bottle redipped after partial blowing and then blown to completion.

Half-Silvered       When a fused dichroic glass mirror is made without backing and a thinner reflective coating it can be seen through when viewed from a dark room and will still look much like a dichroic glass jewelry mirror from a brightly lighted room. Some times called one-way fused glass jewelry which makes people think it can always be seen through from one side and is always mirror from the other - not true. Mirror.htm

Hand Cooler       an egg-shaped dichroic glass paperweight, once a common accessory for ladies.

Hand-blown       fused glass jewelry formed by blowing and manipulation with dichroic glass jewelry tools, with the aid of a mold (in contrast to free-blown fused glass jewelry).

Handcooler       The Victorian name for a small fused glass paperweight style dichroic glass jewelry ball carried to cool the hand (no dampness when shaking) now sold both for a lower cost fused dichroic glass paperweight product and as contemplative product, like a river rock. Egg Weight

Handle       Loop(s) of dichroic glass jewelry forming both a grip and a decorative change to the profile. An added hot bit partially formed on the punty and partially during and after attachment. May be blown hollow, crimped, optic, twisted, etc. 2003-06-24

Handle (independent)       A handle for a knife, seal, etc., can easily be made from fused dichroic glass jewelry, generally following marble or paperweight making techniques or just using the forms for handles on fused dichroic glass jewelryware. Normally, a specific size is needed at the end to hold a metal ferule and a hole may be required for a shaft. Not a common object. An attached glass jewelry handle is a hot bit.

Hanger - Pipe Hanger       Used to hold a fused dichroic glass pipe/punty vertically with the glass jewelry below, to center and cool fused dichroic glass and act as an extra hand. A V-shaped slot at about head height. Most glass jewelry pipes and punties are provided with a shaft or hanger fused dichroic glass jewelry collar around the shaft near the handle. The hanger must have a tapered shaped opening for various sized pipes and project enough from the support so a large piece will not hit. Cooling of dichroic glass paperweights in particular, so the surface will not be scarred by handling or the fused dichroic glass jewelry annealer, may take five minutes or more. Homemade from scrap.

Hanger Ring       See Hanger

Hat       Normally a bowl made to look like a hat but upside down so it is still a bowl, it is an exercise in making a flat bottom, vertical or tapered inward sides and a wide rim/brim and matching the appearance of a hat style. (AG-M pl. 47)(NEGG fig.123) Several modern artists have made full sized hats as sculptures, usually sandblasted to better match the appearance of cloth.

Heat Shield       Using a paddle or something similar placed in between the working artist and the fused dichroic glass jewelry, providing a barrier that the heat will not penetrate

Helmet-Shaped Pitcher       Like a Greek or German dichroic glass helmet, with a heavy spout/peak, shape is a cone with no inward necking of fused glass jewelry. GGW, p.48

Hinged shoulder-height mold       a dip mold hinged down the side.

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