Laser Glass Art-Dichroic Shells

These items are currently unanavailable due to difficulty in getting the materials .

ARTIST STATEMENT: "Each of Laser Glass Art's Inner-Glow Collection shells is comprised of 45% leaded crystal, compared to the 38% compnenent found in Austrian Crystal. The shells are individually hand-cast using our own adaptation of a casting method originally developed by the ancient Egyptians to make gold jewelry. The crystal shells are molded from actual seashells and exhibit all the fine detailing of nature's orginals. The use of the more expensive 45% leaded crystal enables us to capture such definition. The shells contain a secialized, dichroic coating which gives them their unique inner glow. Dichroically coated glass, which we refer to as LaserGlass,, is an excitingly different material first developed to provide superior reflectivity to ordinary mirrors in industrial laser applications, It is manufactured by evaporating extremely thin layers of metallic oxides, in precise thicknesses, onto glass in a carefully controlled vacuum. Our exacting techniques produce colors of a purity unmatched by any other methods. The artistic combination of natural shapes and optical coatings characterized our unique products."