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What is dichroic glass?

Dichroic = "two colors". The glass appears to be one color when looking through the glass and another color when seeing the light reflected off the surface. This effect is created by applying a thin layer of metal oxide (gold, silver, titanium, etc) onto the surface of glass in a vacuum chamber vapor deposition process.

The above picture is of blue/gold dichro. Blue is the color seen when looking through the glass; gold is the color seen when light reflects off the glass. 

Many types of dichroic glass are available. Thin (1.5 mm) clear glass, thicker glass, textured glass, black glass...
To make interesting jewelry, ínarú cuts and stacks 3 or more layers of glass together and fuses (melts) them together in a kiln. This fused piece is then cut into rough shapes and carefully ground to the desired final form with a wet grinder.

The individual pieces are then put back in the kiln and fired to a temperature that smooths out any scratches without melting the shaped piece into a blob.

Most of ínarú's dichroic jewelry is the result of 3 or more layers of glass, 2 or more firings, and 3 or more days of work.