Dichroic glass has a special coating that causes it to shimmer and shine. When applied to clear glass, two colors are transmitted and reflected. In other words, the color shifts when the glass is viewed from a different angle. One tiny piece can reflect hundreds of points of light at any given time - depending on the artistry of the person who created it.

Dichroic glass has only been around for a little more than a decade - and was born as a result of NASA and other space-age technologies. As glass and jewellery artists mature in their use of this marvelous material, distinct styles are emerging, and giving the flamework industry some wonderful alternatives to the tired old techniques. It is not a substitute, nor a replacement - but a revolutionary new genre of art glass!

If you are familiar with dichroic glass, you know how hard it is to take pictures of it. To those of us who work with it, and claim to know it intimately, Dichroic is "alive" - and has a spirit of it's own when it comes to this. You could take 100 pictures of the same piece, and each picture would look slightly different - depending on how the light struck it at any given moment.

THAT is the true beauty of Dichroics! It changes constantly across the spectrum of color - as the fleeting fingers of ambient light dance within. It is rivaled only by Opal or Fire Agate in the natural world - but is many times even more complete in its embrace of color than are these.

A picture can only show a glimmer of the real piece represented. It is IMPOSSIBLE to capture the amazing "dichro bling" in a still photo. When you actually see the piece with your own eyes - and touch it with your own spirit - you understand the mystery and depth - as well as the MAGIC - that each piece holds within!