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Jane Tivol
Jane produces a series of fused and slumped glass table top items using
dichroic glass as decoration. The word dichroic is Greek -- di means
two and chroic means color. Dichroic glass was developed in the 1960s
for use in high technology applications. It manipulates light in two
ways, transmitting one color while reflecting another. It appears to
change colors when the viewer moves in relation to the piece,
providing a kinetic effect. Dichroic glass offers a new dimension to
contemporary art glass. Dichroic glass has been coated with thin films
of metals. The metals are evaporated and vacuum deposited onto the
glass to such a fine degree of thickness that certain wavelengths of
light will pass through and others will be reflected.
The artist begins each piece by hand cutting elements from high
quality sheet glass, then placing them over handmade molds. After she
has cut and arranged the glass elements in a single sheet or the layers
that will melt and form her preconceived design, the artist places the
glass in the kiln. The glass to be fused or slumped is placed on forms
the artist has made from iron, ceramic, kiln-wool and other materials
that will withstand the high temperature of approximately 1400 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Her work has been shown at museums, fine galleries and juried
exhibitions throughout the United States
dichroic glass as decoration. The word dichroic is Greek -- di means
two and chroic means color. Dichroic glass was developed in the 1960s
for use in high technology applications. It manipulates light in two
ways, transmitting one color while reflecting another. It appears to
change colors when the viewer moves in relation to the piece,
providing a kinetic effect. Dichroic glass offers a new dimension to
contemporary art glass. Dichroic glass has been coated with thin films
of metals. The metals are evaporated and vacuum deposited onto the
glass to such a fine degree of thickness that certain wavelengths of
light will pass through and others will be reflected.
The artist begins each piece by hand cutting elements from high
quality sheet glass, then placing them over handmade molds. After she
has cut and arranged the glass elements in a single sheet or the layers
that will melt and form her preconceived design, the artist places the
glass in the kiln. The glass to be fused or slumped is placed on forms
the artist has made from iron, ceramic, kiln-wool and other materials
that will withstand the high temperature of approximately 1400 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Her work has been shown at museums, fine galleries and juried
exhibitions throughout the United States
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Tivol's art glass.
Tivol's art glass.
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