Maldives Blue Dichroic Glass Pendant

A medium round hand fused dichroic glass pendant with a fine silver bail encased in glass. The ocean blue dichroic glass base is a solid colour which has definite ocean paradise overtones.

Originally created for the aerospace industry, dichroic glass is made by vacuum depositing a special coating onto a glass sheet. The process creates a mirror like finish that reflects a specific color but when the glass is held up to the light, a different color is seen (transmitted) through the glass. Glass artists often refer to dichroic glass as "dichro".

A plate of dichroic glass can be fused with other glass in multiple firings. Due to variations in the firing process, individual results can never be exactly predicted, so each piece of fused dichroic glass is unique.

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