Gill Fry

DICHROIC JEWELLRY made by Gill Fry. Claret coloured glass with colour dichroic glass insert - pendant with sterling silver chain and dichroic glass earings with sterling silver hooks. Simply stunning and sparkles! Each piece of dichroic glass jewellry is handcrafted and unique. No two pieces are ever the same! Pendant measures approx 2cm wide by 2cm high Chain measures approx 48cm Earings measure approx 1.5 x 2cm Each exquisite piece is unique and hand-made. The earrings have sterling silver posts or findings. The glasswork is fused at 810 degrees Celsius and contains a glass called Dichroic Glass. Dichroic glass is glass containing multiple micro-layers of metals or oxides which give the glass dichroic optical properties.This gives it its incredible sparkle. Dichroic glass was first developed by NASA space program and is very expensive to manufacture. To make dichroic glass, the glass must be sprayed with micro-layers of metals, usually including titanium, chromium, gold, zirconium, and aluminium. This is conducted in a vacuum chamber, which evaporates the metals and fuses them to the glass in extremely thin layers.