Engraving on Dichroic Glass.
By HotPot Norge, Jul 20 2015 09:00AM
Chances are if you go to an art and craft fair these days you'll come across some dichroic jewelry for sale.
This colorful, iridescent glass experienced a surge in popularity a few years ago, and the craze shows no signs of stopping any time soon.
The best thing about dichroic glass is that you can make your own jewelry with a HotPot microwave kiln.
A good way of personalizing your jewelry even more is to engrave the dichroic glass with your very own design. It is simply removing a part of the dichroic layer to reveal the image you want.
This can be anything from flowers, trees, tribal motives to letters and numbers and so on.
If there is a Dremel in the house, your life becomes much easier. However, engraving can also be done with any sharp iron item like a nail or a screw.
To etch the glass:
1) Drag the tip of your instrument over the surface - this will scratch / remove the dichroic layer.
The deeper you go, the stronger your lines. Vary the line depth for a more dynamic look.
2) Wipe the glass particles off your etching to reveal your design.
3) Fuse the dichroic glass in your piece as normal and you'll end up with a highly personalized piece.
This etching can be done with Dichroic on Black and Dichroic on Clear glass.
Useful tip:
The deeper you go, the stronger your lines. Vary the line depth for a more dynamic look.

