Since I was a little girl, I have been attracted by beauty of any kind. Especially transparent and shiny objects catch my attention. My love and interest for glass has grown over the years and became a real passion in my life.
During a hot glass demonstration in 2002, I discovered the most beautiful glass I had ever seen, called Dichroic*. I knew right away that I had found the material that I had been always looking for.
Since that day, I have been creating all my jewelry exclusively with Dichroic glass combined with sterling silver findings. I design and handcraft all my pieces. After more than 8 years of fusing experience, I still love working with this amazing glass and getting just as excited about creating and experimenting new ideas than in the beginning of my fusing career.
ZitaGlass jewelry can be found in my home town, Budapest, and in the United States. But as a gift, you may see them all around the world.
About the fusing
Using a kiln forming technique, I stack two or more layers of glass in a kiln, and heat them until they melt and join into a single unit. The results are stunning and always different. Due to the nature of fusing, you will never find two pieces that are exactly alike. After the glass layers fuse together, in order to attain a nice form, I handshape the piece with a diamond coated bit grinder. The final process is fire polishing, in which I reheat the already fused and shaped glass at a lower temperature to smooth out its edges. For finishing the pieces, I set them in a beautiful sterling silver setting. Each of my work is "one of the kind" jewelry.
*Dichroic is a special coating placed on glass by using a highly technical vacuum deposition process, originally produced by NASA for the aerospace industry. The main characteristic of Dichroic glass is that it has a transmitted color and a completely different reflective color. These two colors shift and blend depending on your angle of view. With the play of light, together with its vibrant colors, Dichroic glass is a prime tool used to add interest to any piece of work.
