A list of tutorials for etching, engraving and sandcarving glass art.
Hello all, Kyle Goodwin from Goodwin Glass put together this quick video that shows the process he takes to sandcarve beautiful glass art. It shows how he created an octopus carving in glass by first: Drawing a rough thumbnail sketch on a piece of paper for the client. Then he draws out the design by
We have discussed our candle making kits before with our brand DIY Gateway, but have not show a video tutorial on this yet. Luckily, Lindsey from www.KnockoutHideout.com was willing to try it out and share a video in the below. Candle making it fairly simple but the idea of using our bottle cutters to cut
We are happy to feature a reviewer who tested out our Upcycle EZ-Cut brand of bottle cutters sold on Amazon here. Lindsey at www.KnockoutHideout.com created this video to show how she made a self-watering planter from a wine bottle. Awesome job, Lindsey! Just think of all the ways these could be etched to make them
You may know there are many different ways to spicing up your etching with colors. All the different paints and colorants to use have pros & cons. It really depends on your needs when selecting the perfect way to color your etching. We have discussed using a product called Rub N’ Buff a while back.
If you are familiar with 2 stage sandcarving, the process involves removing the stencil for the deeper stage for sandblasting and then doing the same for the second with a lighter etch. Typically this is sandblasted from the backside and viewed from the front. In this project, I tested the 2 stage process being viewed
Uwe Schwenk was nice enough to write up a great tutorial on how to rotary engrave glass for all of us. Thank you, Uwe! Uwe shared the below project on how it was engraved using a native American warrior pattern on regular glass and colored it. This particular project is part of a series of
Since we aren’t too far away from Halloween, I figured a post about this would be suitable so you can plan to make some cool projects yourself. Many folks think of this day as fun so I decided to do a Halloween project with our fun etching hobby. In this project, I simply etched a
A while back, I was talking about how I cut small but thick pieces of glass. This is the project I was working on for that and I forgot to share it. I hope it gives you some ideas. The idea I want to share here is my favorite item to sandcarve with 2 or
I am rather excited about discussing this today because this idea combined 3 different crafts: Bottle cutting Etching Candle making The process is very easy with the right technique, is fun, very customizable and inexpensive to make these. They can be made for gifts to give friends and family or sold in markets. Step 1:
Jesrina from the Youtube channel Neverending Creations was nice enough to test out our UpCycle EZ-Cut Bottle Cutter recently in the below video. Jesrina’s DIY Home Decor Ideas She created some cool project ideas from the video which were: Decorative Candy Jar– in this project she simply cut a wine bottle and put a modern
I’ve always said that home-made items make the best gifts for loved ones because it shows you put a lot of time and effort into it for them. And with us glass etchers, we can also customize those items with their name and create something elegant. Here is one Valentine’s Day gift DIY idea I
