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Welcome to the materials overview page! This page is a collection of all the materials used, a small bit of info about them and an example of that material.

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|+Types of Glass
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|[[Flashed Glass]]
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|Flashing glass is where a thin coat of color is applied over another base color. Most often done with clear and a thin layer on top of another color.
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|[[Textured Glass]]
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|Glass that's imprinted with a [[Texture]] at the factory while it's still molten.
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|[[Hand Blown Glass]]
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|Glass that has been [[Glassblowing|blown]] in a [[Hotshop]] to create an object or sheet.
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|[[Hand Made Glass]]
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|Glass that has been handled and mixed by hand rather than entirely automated by machines.
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|[[Machine Made Glass]]
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|Glass that has entirely been made by machine. There is no human interaction with the glass until the finished product comes off the line.
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|[[Fusing Glass]]
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|Specific recipes of glass that are designed, made and tested to be used in a [[Kiln]] with each other and intended to limit problems.
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|[[System 96]]
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|System of [[Fusing Glass]] that has a Coefficient of Expansion of 96 and is chemically compatible with other 96 glasses. Originally started by [[Spectrum Glass]].
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|[[Architectural Glass]]
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|Glass that's generally clear with textures that are intended to obscure or are decorative with specific designs.
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Glass Products
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!How it's used
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|[[Bevel]]
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|Simple modification done to the edge of glass where the edges are beveled, when done on clear glass it results in rainbows being cast.
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|[[Rondel]]
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|[[Hotshop]] made "round" disk of glass, Can be Spun or Blown.
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|[[Bevel Cluster]]
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|Premade sets of bevels that come as a packaged design that you can use as is or modify to your liking. Mix and match!
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Other Materials
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|[[Came]]
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|Placed between two pieces of glass to be held in place once fully surrounded.
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|[[Foil]]
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|Most often made of copper, has an adhesive applied to the back and is wrapped around a single piece of glass. It's copper tape essentially.
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|[[Foil Sheet]]
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|The same as [[Foil]] but in large sheets rather than thin rolls for doing [[Foil Overlay]].
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|[[Copper Wire]]
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|Used in various ways for all sorts of things from reinforcing, stakes, decoration or hanging points depending on the size used.
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|[[Copper Sheet]]
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|An alternative to [[Foil Sheet]] for making overlay or other elements to be attached.
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|[[Rebar]]
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|Most is steel rod or bar that's used for [[External Reinforcement]] on large windows where the overall size isn't capable of holding itself together anymore.
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|[[Restrip]]
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|Medium thickness copper strip that's used for [[Internal Reinforcement]] of mostly [[Foil]] projects as flexibility is required.
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|[[Strong Line]]
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|Copper coated steel that is used for [[Internal Reinforcement]] of [[Foil]] or [[Came]] projects.
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