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Examples of Dichroic Glass Jewelry

Icicle       Drip of dichroic glass jewelry with a loop at the end for hanging to catch light. 4-6" long. Became popular about 2001 Christmas from what I can tell. Internet search returns many vertical blown dichroic glass jewelry ornaments labeled dichroic glass jewelry icicles also. Online examples are often twisted flat glass.

Igloo ink bottle       a side-spouted Ink dichroic glass jewelry bottle.

Incalmo       A technique that usually results in two distinct glass fused glass ections of color in a vase-like dichroic glass object. It is done by opening out two blown pieces so the lips are identical in diameter, heating and bringing the edges together. The joined piece is then freed from one dichroic glass pipe/punty and further worked. Most commonly a bowl is created and puntied for one piece while the other is still on the pipe and is opened for joining without having been freed from the glass fused glass pipe. When it is freed, the opening at the pipe becomes the mouth of the piece (or point of entry for shears for cutting the joined piece open.) Piece at right by Sonja Blomdahl Several bowls may be used to make multiple dichroic glass bands. Making an incalmo piece and then puntying from the side permits vertical glass fused glass color. [examples from Starfish dichroic glassworks, Victoria BC] 2003-06

Inkwell - Ink Bottle       Used with dichroic glass fused glass quill and steel point pens, the well held ink and some times a dichroic glass stopper kept it from drying out. Inkwells tend to have small openings to reduce evaporation/drying of the ink and to hold the pen upright by its tip. Examples with matching glass jewelry paperweight like bases and stoppers in GGNJ Pl.16,17, OGP P.42, AG-M pl.47

Inside screw (thread)       a dichroic glass bottle closure accepting a threaded stopper.

Insulating Castable       Castable Refractory with insulating values similar to insulating fire brick

Insulating Fire Brick IFB       A glass fused glass lightweight fragile fire brick that insulates against high heat. Will withstand various max. temps up to about 2500F, while non-insulating firebrick can be had up to 3500F Refractory

Intaglio       Carving, etching or dichroic glass engraving into the surface of the dichroic glass fused glass. The hollowed out sections are sometimes contrasted with the polished outer surface of the vessel by treating them so they are mart. In a clear dichroic glass jewelry vessel an intaglio design, seen through the solid side, appears rounded and three dimensional, the shallowest section appearing to be the thickest. GANTAD

Intaglio       a deterioration either pressed or cut into the base of a piece of glass fused glass.

Intercalary Decoration       dichroic glass fused glass decoration trapped between two layers of glass. GANTAD

Investment       A white dichroic glass jewelry powder mixed with water to make high temperature molds for metals (and glass). After heating it washes off the piece of dichroic glass. Metal Molding 2003-02-05

Investment (Foundry/fused glass)       A white plaster like powder that is used in metal fused glass casting, withstanding high heat, but not very strong - must be held in a cylindrical form. Unlike plaster, when set it can be washed off the cast item, which is commonly done hot with metal.

Iridescent glass fused glass       glass jewelry whose surface reflects different colors according to the light playing on it. This phenomenon occurs naturally in dichroic glass fused glass which has been buried for a long time, such as Middle Eastern and Roman glass jewelry. In the nineteenth century attempts to reproduce these effects were first produced by J. & L. Lobmeyr, then by Thomas Webb & Sons, but it was not until L. C. Tiffany produced his Favrile glass jewelry and J. Loetz-Witwe produced its variations on me theme that iridescent dichroic glass became truly popular. Many American and Bohemian firms produced their own iridescent dichroic glass jewelry, as did firms in Germany and France. Some iridescent dichroic glass was produced by various techniques, generally involving covering the surface of the vessel with metallic oxides either as a solid wash or in patterned design, then reducing this by heating in conjunction with carbon monoxide fumes. Metallic dichroic glass fused glass oxides used included gold, which produced a ruby lustre; silver, which produced a yellow lustre; and platinum, which gave silvery reflections. Copper and bismuth were also used. In addition to Tiffany and Loetz. Steuben's Aurene, Fenton, Fostoria Iris glass fused glass, Lustre Art, Quezal, Union's Kew BIas, and Vineland Flint dichroic glass fused glass designed by Victor Durand were all iridescent dichroic glass jewelry produced in the United States, while European lustre glass was produced by such firms and individuals as Caranza, Copillet, Maximilian Boudnik, Schneckendorf, Palline-Konig, WMF, Pantin and even Gallé produced dichroic glass with some iridescence. GANTAD

Iridized dichroic glass fused glass       Near the end of the glass blowing process, metal compounds are sprayed or blown or touched to the glass and then the metals are exposed as thin films or other effects by a reducing atmosphere in the glory hole. Color