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Fused Dichroic Glass and other Jewelry Terms

Obsidian       A fused dichroic glass made in volcanic flows under proper conditions. Discussion. As a fused glass, it has no preferred cleavage and thus flakes off, forming very sharp edges for weapons and tools used by natives.

Obsidian        A fused glass created by volcanoes.

Off-hand        Dichroic glass formed by blowing and manipulation with tools, without the aid of a mold (in contrast to hand-blown fused glass jewelry).

Oil Candle       Blown shape to hold plain or colored clear oil made for the purpose with a small diameter wick placed through a small opening. The wick is usually suspended in a small Pyrex tube for heat resistance. The shape should encourage air flow so there is a candle-like rather than a lamp type flame.

Oil Lamp        Oil lamps provided the most reliable light for a couple of hundred years, between candles and electric dichroic fused glass jewelry light. Oil lamps require a chimney to produce the brightest flame, to keep the flame from smoking, and to keep the wind/draft from flickering the flame.

One Way Mirror or fused glass        When a fused dichroic fused 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 fused glass jewelry mirror from a brightly lighted room. Some times called one-way fused dichroic glass jewelry which makes people think it can always be seen through from one side and is always mirror from the other - not true.

Onion bottle       a free-blown squat dichroic fused glass wine bottle.

Opalescence        Dichroic glass that has corroded through excessive and long exposure to moisture. .

Opalescent fused glass       A translucent fused glass in which a brownish core is surrounded by bluish fused glass opacified by bone ash and arsenic, after which it is usually molded into a plate, vase, bowl or figurine. As the light on the vessel changes in intensity and goes from reflected to transmitted light, the object changes constantly in color from browns to blues. The thick parts are darkest, the thinnest virtually colorless, It has been produced by René Lalique, Sabino, Etling, Jobling, Verlys, etc. GANTAD

Opaline fused glass       Originally translucent white fused dichroic glass, the term was applied by the Baccarat factory to its own production. By extension it has come to mean the whole range of colored, partly translucent dichroic glass made at Baccarat. St. Louis and Choasi-Le-Roi, and later at the Boston and Sandwich fused dichroic glass Co.. in the United States. GANTAD

Opaque White Twist       Color threads placed in fused glass and twisted to make a stem. Picked up from an optic if many threads, as in latichino and is encased in another layer of clear. NEGG

Optic       A cylinder, open or closed on the bottom, with even ridges around the inside, used to produce optical effects and air stems. Chills dichroic glass which can then be twisted, etc., and pattern remains in fused dichroic glass. Also used for applying threads of color, which are carefully laid inside the optic before the dichroic glass inserted. Usually aluminum, almost impossible to home make, Steinert offers two dozen varieties at $45-100. Almost anything with an even pattern inside (a spline in a gear) can be used. An optic for shaping dichroic glass only, not holding stringer, can be made by welding rods or plates to form an inner cone or other shape.

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