Glass Earrings #3

Kiln fired dichroic glass earrings, gold bails.  Measures 1/4 x 1 inches MY DICHROIC GLASS PROCESS When working with glass, first, I have to think of the colors and design that I want.  I have to fit them together like a puzzle piece!  All the glass must either be COE 90 or COE 96, which is the coefficient of expansion.  If the COE does not match, the glass will not fire and melt together.  Luckily there are only 2 types for dichroic glass!  First, I cut my base glass shape, whether I decide to make a square, rectangle, triangle, little square earrings… etc.  Then I begin my design.  To cut the glass, I first score it with a glass cutter from side to side, then use running pliers to make the actual cut.  With some pieces, I make sure the top dichroic glass fits just right on the base glass.  With others, I make overlapping glass on top of the base glass or stack the glass on top of each other, like layers.  This all depends on the design I am trying to make.  Next, I decide my firing s