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Contents: loose dichroic glass cabochons for
artists; Article on Dichroic glass
| WHOLESALE LOOSE DICHROIC GLASS
CABOCHONS
FOR WIRE
WRAPPING AND PEYOTE STITCHING, ETC.
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Here's what our dichroic glass cabs table looks
like. |
| INDIVIDUAL
LOTS OF DICHROIC GLASS CABS
No minimum order required for this
section, already wholesale priced |
 LOT 13
22 grams, 7/8" diameter
$21.85 |
LOT 19
25 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$25.85 |
LOT 20
14 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$14.85 |
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LOT 36
11 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$11.85 |
LOT 37
16 grams, 7/8 to 1-1/8"
$16.85 |
LOT 56
13 grams, 5/8 to 1"
$13.85 |
LOT 58
8 grams, 3/4 to 1"
$8.85 |
LOT 69
17 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$17.85 |
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LOT 72
23 grams, 3/4 to 1-1/8" $21.50 |
LOT 97
31 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$31.85 |
LOT 104
19 grams, 5/8 to 1"
$19.85 |
LOT 105
22 grams, 5/8 to 1"
$22.85 |
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LOT 126
11 grams, 3/4 to 1-3/8"
$11.85 |
LOT 129
11 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$11.85 |
LOT 134
9 grams, 3/4 to 1-1/8" long
$9.85 |
LOT 143
23 grams, 3/4" diameter
$23.85 |
LOT 145
16 grams, 3/4 to 1"
$16.85 |
LOT 152
21 grams, 7/8 to 1-1/4"
$21.85 |
LOT 153
26 grams, 3/4 to 1-1/2"
$26.85 |
LOT 176
27 grams, 7/8" diameter
$27.85 |
LOT 178
15 grams, 3/4 to 1"
$15.85 |
LOT 191
7 grams, 5/8" diameter
$7.85 |
LOT 193
17 grams, 5/8 to 3/4"
$17.85 |
LOT 194
19 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$19.85 |
LOT 197
21 grams, 5/8 to 1"
$21.85 |
LOT 203
12 grams, 3/4 to 1"
$12.85 |
LOT 204
14 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$14.85 |
LOT 206
18 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$18.85 |
LOT 208
23 grams, 3/4 to 1"
$23.85 |
LOT 215
16 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$16.85 |
LOT 217
21rams, 3/4 to 1-1/4"
$21.85 |
LOT 218
23 grams, 5/8 to 1"
$23.85 |
LOT 221
21 grams, 3/4 to 1-1/8"
$26.85 |
LOT 223
16 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$16.85 |
LOT 226
14 grams, 1/2 to 7/8"
$14.85 |
LOT 228
19 grams, 3/4 to 7/8"
$19.85 |
LOT 230
16 grams, 5/8 to 7/8"
$16.85 |
LOT 232
21 grams, 5/8"
$21.85 |
| SINGLE
Dichroic
Glass cabs
(wholesale priced) |
LOT 248
9 grams, 1-1/4 x 1"
$9.85 |
LOT 266
8 grams, 1-1/8 x 1"
$8.85 |
 LOT 267
10 grams, 1 x 1-1/8" diameter
$10.85 |
LOT 271
1-3/4" long, 12 grams
$12.85 |
LOT 272
8 grams, 1 x 7/8"
$8.85
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LOT 281
8 grams, 1-3/8 x 3/4"
$8.85 |
 LOT 290
11 grams, 1-3/8 x 1"
$11.85 |
LOT 330
17 grams, 2 x 1-1/8"
$17.85
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LOT 359
11 grams, 1-1/4 x 1-1/8"
$11.85
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THE FIRE HOSE VERSION
JUST WHAT IS DICHROIC GLASS?
The
word "dichroic" (pronounced DIE-CROW-ICK) means two-colors. It is a glass process that
has become a respected "gem" in the jewelry community, as the material used to coat the glass is expensive, and a fully
equipped lab is needed to make it. It rivals the
beauty of natural gems! It is created by only three glass companies in
the U.S.
HISTORY: Dichroic
glass was originally developed for the lighting and photo industry. Much
like a "sepia" lens for a camera only lets certain wavelengths of
light through, causing a photo to develop with a brownish tone, dichroic
coatings on clear glass will produce particular color filtrations. Think
of stage lighting where they have lights that produce red, blue, and other
various shades to make the perfect lighting. Dichroic glass is
still used for this throughout the world. NASA does use a dichroic
coating on some panels but from what I can gather it's not on glass, in spite
of what some websites claim. Due to the art potential in
this glass, it was introduced to the glass community.. at a whopping $25.00 per
square inch ($3000/square foot)! Today the sheets cost
approximately $300.00 per square foot (retail), a huge improvement. Picked up by
bead-makers in the early 1990s, it has rapidly become a favorite medium for
lamp-workers and glass craftsmen.
HOW IT'S MADE: Multiple layers of metallic oxides
& quartz (which can include gold,
silver, copper, aluminum, titanium, chromium, magnesium, silicon) are vaporized
onto the glass using a laser beam directed into a small pot of the mixture,
bonding 16 to 32 coatings
of variable thickness (average 1/40th of a sheet of paper--molecularly thin)
onto "pumpkins" (19x17" glass that is flat on two ends, rounded
on the other ends).
WHAT MAKES IT
PRETTY? The angle of the glass within the vacuum chamber determines the color. In
actuality, there is no color produced. What you are seeing is pure light
manipulation at it finest. The glass reflects one color and refracts another with incredible life and
brilliance. Depending on the texture of the glass, whether it is clear or
black, and the kinds of metals used, the reflection transmitted and color
range is huge and vastly interesting. The effects are similar to the
iridescence observed in nature such as opal, hummingbird feathers and
dragonfly wings.
FAST FORWARD TO JEWELRY:
A glass artist will cut
a piece of the dichroic glass, layer it with clear or colored "frit"
which is bits of compatible glass that add texture and color - and fire it. They may add other colors and
fire several times until
they get the color combination they want, then fire one last time with a clear
glass sheet to create depth and a professional finish. It is then either wire wrapped or set in silver or gold as jewelry. No
two pieces are EVER alike.
Expect to be stopped
wherever you go to explain what GEM you're wearing!
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| One
of our great dichroic customers in Washington State - Ann - created the
intricate necklace below using some of our dichroic glass cabochons.
The title of the piece is Fairy Berry Bog
because it reminds her of a multicolored blueberry bog. It took about a
year of beading time and uses dichroic glass cabs, glass pearls, Swarovski
crystals, turquoise rice beads around the edging, and 24k gold plated
beads. Price can be requested from Ann at her website below:
Here's http://www.eascarborough.com/beads/ecabworkfol/fberrybog.htm
Thanks for sharing, Ann! |
| Bianca
(Dichro ho' from Down Under, or The Bead Muse, as she refers to herself)
created this spectacular necklace from seed beads, and several of our
dichroic glass cabs. It took her about 100 hours to make:
Here is another that is in competition as a
finalist and will be on the cover of Creative Beading magazine in January
'06:
She makes wearable art in seed beads, silver,
lampworked beads, etc. and makes simpler items she sells at shows, though
she still has a day job. She and her husband
live on a cliff top on the coast south of Adelaide, Australia - nothing
grows there but the coastal plants, they are lovely but very utilitarian
for the area and she so loves flowers. But
she will just bead them. This blue neckpiece is very much inspired by the
night skies there, lots of dusky blues and greens and bronzes and a
smidgen of dark pink, just before the sun goes down. Here's her
website to view and enjoy: http://www.studioluna.com.au/ |
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