Black Sea Burl Texture
"The most visually dynamic composites in the world for decorative surfacing - the gemstones Opal and Tiger Eye in sheet form."

Looking to purchase Dichrolam?

Looking for individual pieces of Dichrolam Burl or Layered Composites for your projects?
We have several retail distributors:
MakerMaterialSupply.com
RingSupplies.com
And for our new Resin Receptive Burl films:
Domestic - Direct Sales starting at 4 sq. feet
Internationally - HealthofMindArt.com of Australia

Interested in a quote for a commercial job, bulk order or large custom job?
Dichrolam Burl River Table Feel free to reach out to our manufacturing center directly! We quote custom work starting in the low 4 figures and can build a composite product around your specifications. If you can dream it, John and his team can fabricate it!

Looking to purchase dichroic glass panels or impressed textures?
IgorGlass LogoPlease contact our national rep Igor Beaufils at IgorGlass.com. Igor has years of experience with our products, as well as commercial glass, and can help you make an informed decision based on your specific project needs.

Looking to purchase Dichrolam?

Personal Orders and One Offs
Looking for individual pieces of Dichrolam Burl or Layered Composites for your projects?
We have several retail distributors:
MakerMaterialSupply.com
RingSupplies.com
And for our new Resin Receptive Burl films:
Domestic - Direct Sales starting at 4 sq. feet
Internationally - HealthofMindArt.com of Australia
Commercial, Volume and Custom Orders
Interested in a quote for a commercial job, bulk order or large custom job?
Dichrolam Burl River Table Feel free to reach out to our manufacturing center directly! We quote custom work starting in the low 4 figures and can build a composite product around your specifications. If you can dream it, John and his team can fabricate it!
Architectural Glass Buyers
Looking to purchase dichroic glass panels or impressed textures?
IgorGlass LogoPlease contact our national rep Igor Beaufils at IgorGlass.com. Igor has years of experience with our products, as well as commercial glass, and can help you make an informed decision based on your specific project needs.

What is Dichrolam?

Black Sea Burl knife handle

Custom Knife with a Black Sea Burl grip
Design by William Henry Knives

Dichrolam® is the brainchild of furniture designer turned chemist, John Blazy.

From his earliest days in furniture design, John has been fascinated by the optical qualities of the rarest inlay and accent materials such as Abalone, Opal and dichroic glass. But the price, size and fabrication limitations were often impossible to overcome. So, was there a solution for a man made equivalent?

Countless hours of study, research, trial and error, and divine blessing, over a period of twenty years, went into the product development for what we now call Dichrolam. The flagship Burl Textures line involves hand patterned dichroic films combined with hard resins. As you can see, they are actually more vibrant and colorful than traditional Abalone or Opal materials, are significantly more cost effective, and can be produced in sheet stock of ranging sizes and thicknesses.

Red Burl Ring Inlay

Dichrolam Red Burl Ring Inlay

The optical core is HIGHLY saturated with color, and patterned by hand, to reproduce the patterns of Carpathian Elm Burl merged into Australian Black Opal.

The patterning techniques took years of experimentation and hundreds of iterations to master, and have the ability to enhance the vibrant colors within the 3 dimensional swirling burl texture – creating a core layer that is not metal, but magically reflects color which transitions at different viewing angles, a thin film physics quality known as dichroism.

You can explore our Burl Lines in more detail here.

Or venture out to learn about our other product lines including our Layered Composites and our Impressed Textured panels.