All original Memory Pendants® are made using one layer of iridized fusible glass, one layer of clear fusible glass and one layer of dichroic glass. Linda hand cuts the base piece using black or iridized glass, she then designs the pendant by hand cutting small pieces of different colored dichroic glass and lays each small piece in place to make the design leaving a small vacant area in the center where she places the ash. She also cuts and forms a piece of fine silver wire which is placed under the dichroic glass and will be used to attach the bail to the pendant. A clear glass cap is placed on the top of the pendant which is then moved to Linda's kiln where the glass is fused together by slowly building the temperature to 1500 degrees for several hours, and then allowing the kiln to cool down slowly.  The kiln process can take up to 6 hours or more.                                        

   WHAT IS DICHROIC GLASS?
Dichroic glass is a special glass made in a high temperature vacuum chamber.  The glass is coated with vapors of exotic metals through the use of a high-powered electron  gun.  There can be as many as 60 layers of metals on each piece of glass. The dichroic glass itself  has no color.   The colors ar created by light striking the coating on the glass. Each piece of dichroic glass has three colors associated with it:  a reflected color, a transmitted color, and a third reflective color that can be viewed at a 45-degree angle.  This causes the glass to change color as the light hits it from different angles.  A true work of art.