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William’s Engravings & Etchings

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Glass Art Spotlight 47 Comments

One of our Facebook group and newsletter subscribers recently sent me some pictures of his beautifully engraved and etched framed glass canvases! He offered to post them here, and I thought they were neat framed art.

These are completed and photographed by William Kolsteren with various techniques.

The first two are sandblast etchings with a symbol and a dragon. The third picture is engraved with a rotary engraving tool showing two wolves, which I thought was really cool.

Framed Emblem Sandblasting
A logo sandblast on glass mirror.

Framed Dragon Sandblast Etching
Dragon engraving with light sandblasting art.

Framed Rotary Engraved Wolf
Engraved glass frame of wolves.

William, thanks for inspiring us with your nicely detailed work! Please leave him a comment below asking him any questions and hit the LIKE button below to show some love. Also, if you’d like to show off your work- just let me know. You can check out some of our past spotlight with other types of glass art.

Now that spring is almost here and getting warmer, I will be getting back into my hobby doing much more sandblast etching (glassetchingsecrets.com/glasssandblasting.html). I am sure others will be doing more also. Leave a comment!


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47 thoughts on “William’s Engravings & Etchings”

  1. michelle says:
    March 17, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    Awesome. What talent.

  2. PoppaTom says:
    March 17, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    WOW!!! William, you definately have an awesome talent and eye for design, balance and texture. Nice work!

  3. katherine says:
    March 17, 2011 at 10:02 pm

    Awesome work

  4. Patrick says:
    March 17, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    Awesome what did you use to etch with?

  5. Eileen says:
    March 17, 2011 at 11:39 pm

    Awesome… I am just beginning but hope to do as beautiful work as you have done in time….Beautiful.

  6. Sumesh Sivasankar says:
    March 18, 2011 at 12:25 am

    Dear William, This is truly inspiring and do exploit yourself for more excellant works.

  7. william says:
    March 18, 2011 at 1:08 am

    For etching I use a rotery tool with a high rpm 40 thousend or more to prevent skipping and diamond bits also thanks for the comments william

  8. Michelle says:
    March 18, 2011 at 1:37 am

    I just love the wolfs. Wonderful detail.

  9. Nick says:
    March 18, 2011 at 3:24 am

    What truly amazing work. I hope that one day I can make something even close to the standard of these. Thanks for letting us see them.

  10. Sally Bartlett says:
    March 18, 2011 at 6:35 am

    Wonderful work. What did you use for the background in the frame?

  11. Dan says:
    March 18, 2011 at 7:22 am

    Great work where did you get your patterns from

  12. Christine says:
    March 18, 2011 at 7:32 am

    They are absolutely gorgeous! How did you get such fine detail? I am trying to learn, but the detailed pictures are very difficult. I want to do something like that for my mother for Christmas. I have a picture, but cant seem to figure out how to make a detailed stencil. Any suggestions?

  13. Amelia says:
    March 18, 2011 at 7:48 am

    Hi,your work is amazing. Congratulations.

  14. Glassartiste says:
    March 18, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Excellent work! Continue to realize your creativity! Take closer fotos of the same work & partial areas to evince your skills as well as to get more foto materials to post on other sites. Beside posting on FB Glass Artist you can also post on FB Glassartiste. Keep on!

  15. Irini Karayianni says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Thanks for sharing your wonderful work. Keep insired!

  16. Glass Pizazz says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:27 am

    Stunning! Amazing detail and composition, you are very talented. How long did it take you to complete the wolves? Please share more of your creations.

  17. Vicki Park says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:27 am

    Wow, what amazing work. Thanks for sharing your incredible work. Keep it up for all to see.

  18. Vilborg Gunnarsdottir says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:55 am

    Very beautiful work.

  19. Connie says:
    March 18, 2011 at 8:56 am

    WOW, Your work is amazing!!. I would love to see more.
    Thank you for allowing your work to be shared 🙂 .

  20. Marina says:
    March 18, 2011 at 9:12 am

    wow! how beautiful! THanks for sharing…..

  21. Sandra says:
    March 18, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Beautiful work….especially fond of the wolf!

  22. Hemant Dandavate says:
    March 18, 2011 at 9:40 am

    Dear William,
    Very excellent work by you,inspiring…its very challenging work,i like engraving(3D)the most,Sir keep on uploading such a beautiful art

  23. Maureen says:
    March 18, 2011 at 9:59 am

    some of the best I have seen. Do you sell? If so, where, I love the dragon

  24. Betty Turney-Turner says:
    March 18, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Beautiful artwork. Hope to see more soon.

  25. LaWatha says:
    March 18, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Beautiful work- such intricate engraving… impressive! Thanks for sharing.

  26. Marvin says:
    March 18, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Exceptional art some of the best i have seen thank you for sharing

  27. Mai Sonbol says:
    March 18, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    like no 2 woooooooooow
    Are they sandblasting or or drilling acids ?

  28. Wendy says:
    March 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    The wolves are beautiful. I’ve done some sandblast etching and carving, but I haven’t done any rotary etching. I can only imaging that it is much harder to control? What type of tool do you use?

    Great work! Thank you for sharing.

  29. Wendy says:
    March 18, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    William, I just saw in an above comment where you answered what type of rotary tool you used. Thank you.
    again, I’m impressed with your work.

  30. Barbara A Jackson says:
    March 18, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Great work. Enjoyed seeing these. Inspiring 🙂

  31. Jen says:
    March 18, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Beautiful work! I especially love the wolves! Keep up the great art 🙂

  32. Amber says:
    March 18, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    Love your work, great detail. I love the Dragon!

  33. Ro says:
    March 18, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    William, Your skill level is AMAZING! Such a talented hand! Really, nice work.
    I always love to see how many different people can create such totally different art with largely the same materiasls.
    Keep it up!

  34. william says:
    March 18, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Thanks to all you wonderful people. To obtain Tools you have to contact Eric.For glass etching i use a rotery high speed rpm.on any thicknes of glass.Most pictures i have out of books of glass etching.take a picture of your dog or cat.blow it up the seize you wanted secure it under glass and follow the lines and take your time. For sandblasting i use Alumm oxide 90 a heavy resist a laser copy mach. ink copier wil not dry on vinel resist for sandblasting you can use all types of glass i use often black fushed glass for etching i spray paint the back with flat acrillic. Most of myn art i donate to non profit organiztion I hope this will help you WILLIAM

  35. Sheila says:
    March 19, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    Thanks for sharing such beautiful. Nice compositions. Love the contrast of the black background. Keep up the good work.

  36. Sheila says:
    March 19, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    I meant to say beautiful work in the above comment.

  37. Anita's Art Glass says:
    March 20, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Very nice work.

  38. Amin Muhammad says:
    March 20, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    Wonderful work of art,

  39. Bob says:
    March 21, 2011 at 1:44 am

    Thanks for the beautiful pieces, how do you creat the shading effect on the wolves, i can’t get the light and dark effects. I’m just learning and greatful for any assistance I can get. I use a high speed dremel with diamond bits.
    Hope to try to come close to your great talent in years to come.
    Bob

  40. Margaret says:
    March 21, 2011 at 11:47 am

    What a talent! Your work is amazing. Just starting to etch, only hope I will be half as good. Thanks for sharing.

  41. william says:
    March 21, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Hi Bob Thanks for your comments and interest.To shade on glass is the same as shading with a pencil on paper.You can only shade faster with a high rpm rotary tool good luck.William

  42. Angela says:
    March 22, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Awesome work! My favorite is the Dragon. They are all so detailed. Good luck in all that you do.

  43. Art says:
    April 2, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Beautiful work William !! Question — how did you get the second color (i.e. gold), on your sandblasted Dragon ?

  44. Shelly says:
    April 6, 2011 at 9:52 am

    WOW! That is amazing!
    If you haven’t all ready you should be having your own exibit!!

  45. Sujith says:
    April 14, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    William, Awesome works!!!!

    I would like to know done the golden shading on Dragon ?

  46. Nadina Piehl says:
    May 20, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    Love the Wolves. Have done something similar by Etching an Owl and placing it in a frame.
    I have never combine a carving tool though or colors, and find the technique fascinating.
    Keep up the beautiful work.

  47. Desmond says:
    August 25, 2012 at 6:43 am

    William, simply fantastic.
    You’re surely created master piece art works!!!!

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