What is dichroic and fusing glass anyways?

Some people call it dicrylic glass jewelry, some call it acrylic glass jewelry, and some even call it dicroak glass jewelry, but the proper name is dichroic glass jewelry.  Dichroic fused glass art jewelry is the specialty of this blog.

 The raw glass used in the construction of each wearable artwork comes in small sheets from the factory.  Each different design has either a very thin coating of oxidized/iridized metal or opaque color patterning on the surface.  

The hand tools seen here are necessary for the proper manipulation of the raw glass.  Shaping and cutting are done primarily by scoring the sheets with a diamond tipped glass cutter and then breaking along that score using pliers.