How does she do it!?

[Nurnan]

Can anyone tell me how to achieve such a blended look with the dichroic? Check it out using the links below. Thanks all!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2635081648

or

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2636537898

[Bert Weiss]

Can anyone tell me how to achieve such a blended look with the dichroic? Check it out using the links below. Thanks all!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2635081648

or

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2636537898

I don't know how it's done, but she is getting pretty good money $50 - $100 a square inch or so at auction.

[Kitty]

they look pretty much like mine. the base is something dark, like black, cobalt, fir green. but what makes the dichro look like that is the stacking up of a lot of pieces, different shapes, different colors. when i make pendants and cabochons that look like this, they resemble haystacks before they are fired. if you had not seen the process, you would not think they would fuse down and behave themselves.

the dichroic in question is on thin clear BE (or Uroboros), and it is being used coated side down. stacking dichro colors gives the appearance of opal, and adds depth. when you're organizing a lay-up, you can put the coated side down, all pieces, or you can up them up, all pieces. if you put them up, you'll have to put a clear cap on them. that adds another layer. i like to use dichro coated side down, since the uncoated back side becomes the clear cap.

i buy one color from CBS that serves one purpose only, and that is to create depth. that color is Violet, on thin clear. by itself, it isn't anything. but laid on top of earrings or pendants, it creates a lens effect, and adds quite a bit of "wow" factor.

i should also mention that i have lots of colors, and a considerable investment in full sheets. having a broad color range has a lot to do with greating a good look. i think this particular person might be using silver dichro with other colors. i like her soft look. the bright magenta one is also nice. that color is called Green Magenta Blue.

anyway, that's how i think she does it.

[Kitty]

the buyer of the $102 pendant is a jewelry designer in Pennsylvania. i looked at the website. she also placed three bids in a row at the end of the auction to make a strong effort to buy the piece. since she's a jewelry designer, maybe she bought it to analyze it, much as Nurnan has asked How She Does It.

the price paid is outside the range i am familiar with. cut up four ways for rings, it might work out. i do make cabs and cut unfired dichro-coated glass for a jeweler on Kauai, so maybe it's going to be used that way. who knows?

[Barbara Muth]

This artist gets better prices than most do for her dichro cabs. But she puts a lot more work into them as well. All are ground, many are faceted. She also makes some pretty nice cabs without dichro in them.

I have emailed her to compliment her work in the past and she responded nicely. If you have a question, email her.

Barbara