Wire Wrapped Dichroic Glass

This piece of dichroic glass is handmade by an artisan I met at the gem and mineral show here in Arizona. The piece is filled with orange, red, yellow, green, gold and silver.

I didn't want to take away from the beautiful colors in this dichroic glass pendant, so I did a simple, swirled argentium (non tarnish) silver wrap to mirror the swirl in the pendant itself.

The pendant is about 2" from the top of the bail to the bottom of the piece and is a little over 1" wide.

Dichroic means "two colors" (Greek): dichroic glass reflects one color (i.e., when light bounces off the surface of the glass) and transmits a different color (i.e., when light passes through the glass). A third color is usually visible at an angle. Re-entry tiles on the space shuttle have dichroic coatings.

$42.00 - [link]