Dichroic glass is unparalleled in its stunning, eye-catching beauty. If you haven’t seen dichroic glass in person yet, you owe it to yourself to do so! Photographs simply cannot convey the color range, or the way dichroic jewelry catches and reflects light. It simply must be admired in person. Once you own a piece of dichroic jewerly, you will be entranced by it! You are virtually guaranteed to receive notice and compliments any time you step out of the house wearing dichroic jewelry.
Glittering, reflective, and brightly colored, dichroic glass was developed by NASA for use in the space industry. Thin layers of metal (gold, silver, titanium, chromium, aluminium, zirconium, magnesium, silicon) are applied to the surface of the glass, which is then kiln fired at extreme temperatures in a vacuum. Due to variations in the firing process, individual results can never be exactly reproduced, making each piece of dichroic glass unique.
Dichroic glass is incorporated into lampwork glass beads and pendants for jewelry, and is also used in a technique called fusing, where a fine layer of dichroic glass is fused to a thicker layer of glass beneath it. Dichroic jewelry tends to command a high price due to the expense of the raw material and the skill required to work with it.
