90 COE Crinklized Dichroic by CBS [43]

Original CBS dichroic gives a smooth finish when fused.

CBS's new Crinklized Dichroic™ range is the exact opposite - fusing rough with a brilliantly coloured coarse texture. When fusing with the coating exposed or capped, the dichroic surface crinkles and crystallizes profusely sending thousands of miniature crystalline-like mirrors upward, positioning themselves in different directions. Each minute dichroic surface attracts the light and sends it out in every direction, while the dichroic crystals remain bonded to the surface of the glass exactly like the original CBS product.

The new coating is made of extremely thick crystal layers that are the key to the effects achieved from fusing the Crinklized Dichroic™. For over the past five years now, these new proprietary dichroic coatings have been investigated, developed and tested, and are now available to the eager artist.

To get the best effect, CBS suggest the following tips be followed when firing Crinklized Dichroic.

Crinklized Dichroic™ is MADE to be left exposed. The intrinsic nature of this new coating is much more exaggerated when the coating is allowed to push upwards and crinkle, crystallize and curl.

Many of the Crinklized sheets appear to have an unusual reflective color prior to hotworking, especially when the coating is viewed from the back side of a clear sheet. This all fires away to reveal the same dichroic colors that everyone expects.

Expect similar predictable color shifts when hotworking the new Crinklized Dichroic™ as with CBS original coatings.
“Fire it hot”- For maximum effect, fuse the Crinklized Dichroic™ Coating to a peak temperature around 1475 degrees or higher. (Not applicable to lampworkers and furnace workers)
This crinkled and crystallized effect is maximized when a smooth glass surface is coated. Crinklized Dichroic™ coatings can be ordered on specialty glass or textured glass such as Ripple, Fibroid, Reed, and others, but the crinkled and crystallized effect is less dramatic.

All of the images show the colour on black. The detail pages are progressively being updated to include photographs of actual fired dichroic pieces.