The magic of glass, originally made to imitate gemstones, continues from ancient times to today. Natural minerals and elements are heated to high temperatures and transformed magically in furnace, kiln, by handheld flame. The combining of different glass elements is "fusing". A popular metallic component is "dichroic glass". We show below jewelry pieces from various designers that are fused glass, and many of them include shimmering metallic dichroics!
If we have more work by any designer shown, you can find it by using the jewelers list to left, or by clicking on the product name for enlarged image, and using the click here link to full artist page.
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Indigo Flameworks Petite Pendant
$35.00
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Petite pendant of fused glass in dark blues is about 7/16 x 9/16 inch plus bail, set in sterling silver.
Mark and Kelly Payne, designing jewelry under the name Indigo Flameworks, have a true artistic partnership. Kelly cuts dichroic and colored glass, fusing them, painting with enamels (which are glass ground into fine sand), fusing and layering into a final stone. Mark cuts and polishes these with lapidary tools, and creates the sterling body to finish the piece of jewelry. The depth and color variety of these pieces is more than can be seen in web images!
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Indigo Flameworks Small Pendants
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Here is a selection of a small plain bezel pendant. For comparison, #B is in shades of red, purple, black and gold measures 5/8 inches across bottom, 3/4 tall plus bail.
Mark and Kelly Payne, designing jewelry under the name Indigo Flameworks, have a true artistic partnership. Kelly cuts dichroic and colored glass, fusing them, painting with enamels (which are glass ground into fine sand), fusing and layering into a final stone. Mark cuts and polishes these with lapidary tools, and creates the sterling body to finish the piece of jewelry. The depth and color variety of these pieces is more than can be seen in web images!
• Indigo Flameworks Small Pendant-B
$55.00
• Indigo Flameworks Small Pendant-C
$55.00
[ SOLD ]
• Indigo Flameworks Small Pendant-D
$55.00
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Indigo Flameworks Medium Pendants
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A medium-sized pendant. For comparison, #B has a wonderful pastel pallette with peach, aqua, pink and gold. 3/4 wide x 1-1/4 including bail.
Mark and Kelly Payne, designing jewelry under the name Indigo Flameworks, have a true artistic partnership. Kelly cuts dichroic and colored glass, fusing them, painting with enamels (which are glass ground into fine sand), fusing and layering into a final stone. Mark cuts and polishes these with lapidary tools, and creates the sterling body to finish the piece of jewelry. The depth and color variety of these pieces is more than can be seen in web images!
• Indigo Flameworks Medium Pendant-B
$75.00
• Indigo Flameworks Medium Pendant-C
$75.00
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Sucherman Blue-Green Necklace
$140.00
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Necklace on 18 inch sterling neck chain, with cool pendant in refreshing watery-blue and seafoam green fused glass cabochons. The glass has metallic dichroic accents fused into it, has a translucent sandblasted appearance like seaglass tossed in the waves and found on the beach. Sterling silver body of pendant measures 2-1/2 x 1 inches.
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Tamura Pink Dichroic Pendant
$55.00
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Fused glass pendant by Tamura, it has an opaque pink glass background, but covered in clear. Dichroic colors mysteriously peek on top and within in gold, fuchsia and mint. Goldfill wire-wrapped large bail. Measures 1 inch across, 2.25 inches long including the bail.
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Sucherman Dichroic Turquoise Earrings
$100.00
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Barbara Sucherman earrings are hand cut and soldered with sterling silver and goldfill. A 1/2 inch cabochon of fused glass in brilliant turquoise color has a dichroic metallic stripe across the center to shimmer mysteriously. Sterling silver back and post, textured silver branches extend out from underneath, a goldfill spiral is fixed below. Post is located at center behind glass. Overall measures 1-1/8 x 7/8 inches.
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Karen Ambellan Kiss Pin
$35.00
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Fused glass pin measures 1-3/8 x 1-7/8 inches, with dark transparent red glass background, onto which dichroic glass of various metallic colors has been fused. The dichroics have patterns, lips, words revealed within them, making this a statement to wear! Barpin closure. Metallic colors of green, turquoise blue, gold, sapphire and pink.
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Karen Ambellan Glass Pins
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Fused glass pins, individually made by Karen Ambellan. They feature black glass backdrop with metallic dichroic glass shapes fused onto the top. A choice of shapes and colors, with smallest #C at center measuring 1-1/8 inches. All have barpin closures to be worn at the angle shown.
• Ambellan Pin B
$35.00
• Ambellan Pin D
$35.00
• Ambellan Pin E
$35.00
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Libertad! Dichroic Purple Glass Bracelet Set
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Fused glass pieces rich with dichroic metallics covering the entire top surface. The center is violet, surrounded by teal blue squares, with vivid fuchsia purple background. Set in sterling silver, designed by Michele Foster of Libertad!
Bracelet is 1 inch wide at center, graduated sizes of bezel cup-set glass are joined by dual rings so it will not twist, covered in back. 7 inches long when clasped. The clasp is a secure hook and foldover style.
Earrings are 7/8 inches wide, CLIP ON style for all ears, designed to be worn at angle shown.
• Libertad! Bracelet
$309.00
• Libertad! CLIP Earrings
$99.50
[ SOLD ]
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Jeanne Wertman Black Peacock Necklace
$187.00
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An oval FUSED DICHROIC GLASS cabochon at center is dark and richly colored in metallic green, fuchsia, gold and blue. The glass is captured in black peyote stitching with leather back, it overall is about 1-3/8 x 1-5/8 inches.
Micro-macrame helix strands connect the glass to leaves with peacock green and gold beads at their center, an intricate weaving using black mastex nylon cord. More fuchsia and teal blue peacock color beads accent within the macrame. Leaves span the front 7 inches, necklace finishes with extravagant knotting on the back for button closure, 17 inches long.
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Geddes Dichroic Glass Lip Pin
$29.00
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Nancy Geddes fuses glass into beautiful new form, incorporating dichroic glass for the metallic sparkle. This pin measures 1-7/8 x 1-1/2 inches, the colors are vibrant lemon/lime, blue and fuchsia on a primarily dark background. Horizontal barpin clasp.
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Bernard-Sokoloff Freeform Pin
$45.00
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Bernard-Sokoloff freeform shape of fused glass, has a black background and splashed of metallic dichroics in lime, gold, turquoise, royal and fuchsia. 2-1/4 inches with horizontal barpin clasp to wear in direction shown.
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Bernard-Sokoloff Dichroic Mask Pin
$75.00
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Bernard-Sokoloff piece made of fused glass that features the metallic dichroics. Measures 3-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches with a dark background, the abstract mask features are clearly defined by fusing different dichroic colors under clear glass finish. The colors are turquoise, violet and fuchsia. Horizontal barpin clasp.
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