DICHROIC

The dazzeling range of brilliant colours of dichroic glass are the result of multiple layers of metal oxides. These minutely thin layers cause the glass to sparkle with an almost inner light.

Dichroic glass was developed by NASA for use in satellite mirrors. Multiple ultra-thin layers of different metals (gold, silver, titanium, chromium, aluminium, zitconium, magnesium, silicon) are applied to the surface of the glass in a vacuum chamber.

The dichroic glass can then be fused with other glass in multiple firings. Certain wavelengths of light will either pass through or be reflected, causing an array of colour to be visible. Due to variations in the firing process, individual results can never be exactly reproduced; each piece of fused dichroic glass is unique and no two pieces are ever the same.