Frequently Asked Questions
What is Fused Glass?
It is glass formed by placing different pieces of glass in contact with each other, then firing them in a kiln at high temperatures to fuse them together into a single piece of glass. Once this step is completed, then glass objects can be formed by slumping the single piece of glass into or over a mold. In some cases cold working of the glass, such as grinding and polishing, will also be performed.
What is Dichroic glass?
Dichroic Glass is a multi layer coating placed on glass by using a vacuum deposition process. Quartz Crystal and Metal Oxides such as titanium, silicon and magnesium are vaporized with an electron beam gun in an airless vacuum chamber and the vapor then floats upward and attaches then condenses on the surface of the glass in the form of a crystal structure. The resultant coating is brilliant in colors that vary depending on the angle of light.
What is iridized glass?
Opalescent or cathedral glass that has been coated with a thin metallic coating. Depending on the process the color can be silver, gold or rainbow in appearance fading from gold, silver, purple, blue to green.
What temperature does glass fuse at?
Slump - 1250 degrees Fahrenheit
Tack fuse - 1350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Full fuse - 1450 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is a Full fuse?
A full fuse is when all pieces of glass melt together to form a solid sheet of glass.
What is a tack fuse?
A tack fuse is when pieces of glass are sufficiently heated as to adhere to another piece of glass but not hot enough to melt into the glass. This is similar in appearance to gluing one piece of glass to another.
What is slumping?
Slumping is where a piece of glass is placed over a mold and heated to approximately 1250 degrees fahrenheit when it begins to slump down into or over the mold..
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