e30-21GL Hanging Galaxy Long Leg Spider

Size: 4 x3 inches

Handmade, lamp worked Hanging Glass Spider with Galaxy in Abdomen

There are so many people who are repulsed, even afraid of, in our opinion, the beautiful arachnids. However, when they see our dichroic spiders... they have to have one. I think what captures them the most is the abdomen of the spider. We swirl the dichro so that it appears to be a Galaxy. We weave the web of this spider by using the torchwork technique to shape soft glass and dichroic glass. After 30 minutes or so of bending, pushing and pulling the Long-legged Galaxy Glass Spider is formed!! The Galaxy in this Spider has various colors and the depth of a real universe. Get lost in the wonders of the Galaxy Spider!!


The Dichroic Glass is produced in big vacuum chambers. During the 2 hour coating process, the walls of the chamber have to withstand a 128 Ton Pressure. Six separate computers are controlling the process. A 10,000 Volt Beam Gun Vaporates a mix of quartz and metal oxides in a crucible inside the vacuum camber. While certain gases are emitted into the chamber by layering 15-30 coats of this vapor onto the glass, the different colors are achieved. The outcome of these colors also depend on the time, they are exposed to the beam gun. After this process the vapors mixed with the gases attach onto the glass surface in form of crystal structure.