Night Sky Dichroic Glass Pendant

This large rectangular dichroic glass pendant has a visible fine silver bail embedded in the glass. The pendant is a large narrow rectangle of a random patterned dichroic glass. The dark base provides a foundation for a range of coloured squiggles that evoke memories of night sky sparklers! Size: approximately 3.5cm (H) x 1.5cm (W).

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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