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10 Speed Dremel Rotary Engraving of Dolphin on Bottle

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Glass Art Spotlight 5 Comments

Dolphin engraved bottleAnother subscriber, Frances Haddick, sent in this beautiful rotary engraving of a dolphin on a green glass bottle. Another great use for recycling bottles into art!

As she states below, the first photo shared on the left is before the highlights were added and the second is the completed engraving in a darker photo.

She shared the below helpful details:

I engraved this dolphin with a 10 speed dremel rotary tool, using a wand attached to the dremel that hangs above me for easy handling.

This piece took about 3 hours to engrave.

I did not outline first, as I usually do…this time I decided to start engraving with a green stone cone, working my way from the inside out.

After engraving the entire dolphin with the stone, I switched to a medium diamond ball point burr and started highlighting certain areas of the dolphin to bring some real life features.

I then switched to a blue rubber bullet to enhance the highlighted areas and darken under the fin for a 3-D finish.

In the 1st photo, it shows right before the I added high lights.

The 2nd photo shows the dolphin is now complete.

completed dolphin engraved

Thank you for sharing your photo and how it was done in detail, Frances! If anyone else has a comment or question, please let it below.


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5 thoughts on “10 Speed Dremel Rotary Engraving of Dolphin on Bottle”

  1. Suzanne G. Travelstead says:
    April 20, 2017 at 3:11 am

    Beautiful work Frances.

  2. Joan Hancock says:
    April 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    Wow! is all I can say. The expertise of it overwhelms me.

  3. Sherry Berdahl says:
    April 20, 2017 at 11:55 pm

    Awesome!!

  4. Francine Haddick says:
    April 21, 2017 at 8:17 am

    Thank you Suzanne, Joan and Sherry for your compliments. Thank You Glass Etching Secrets for featuring my work on your website. It’s been a pleasure.

  5. Gavin says:
    August 23, 2017 at 11:10 am

    Great work etching. Mine don’t seem to come out so well. Must keep practicing.

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