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Tutorials

A list of tutorials for etching, engraving and sandcarving glass art.

Home Made Glass Bottle Cutter, Personalizing, & Plans

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 34 Comments

I have been doing some fun things with glass bottles lately and upcycling them. In this update, I wanted to show: My latest video that shows how to cut a glass bottle properly with a home made cutter. The idea of personalizing your cut bottle by etching designs into them. Then below you can download

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How to Mirror a Bottle & Etch It

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 24 Comments

I posted a new video which shows how I mirrored a bottle and then etched the front side of it below. I thought this would be an interesting idea to try out which combines both mirroring and glass etching on a bottle. OF course you can use this idea for other glass objects also. It

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2 Layer Technique On Letters with Tip

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples, Tutorials 2 Comments
sandcarved and shaded glass example.

So I have been getting into a lot of fun things lately and recently experimented with my new low cost vacuum on-site sandblasting kit which was inspired by Barry, a fan. I tested this on the scrap piece of glass today because I was perfecting the equipment and I figured it would be great to

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Shadeblasting Mirror and Glass

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Dave Schulte Posted in Blog Content, Glass Art Spotlight, Tutorials 50 Comments

This post is by Dave Schulte. This is a mirror I did for some friends in Texas who lost their prized quail hunting dog and family pet to a Rattlesnake bite. (Large photos are shown below) This project was all hand cut on a regular paper resist that was glued down over masking tape. The

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Removing Silver Backing from Glass Mirror

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 42 Comments
Muriatic acid used to remove silver backing from mirror glass.

How to remove silver backing from glass mirror instead of etching with a sandblaster.

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Champagne Etching & Color Glass Tip

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 1 Comment
Another bad baby gift champagne bottle etching.

An example of a champagne bottle etching gift for to celebrate a baby and my tips to make the glass stand out with dark background and sandcarving.

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How to Sandblast Glass Tutorial

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Eric Robert Posted in Tutorials 53 Comments

Just another simple tutorial on how to sandblast glass with a medeviel pattern. Again, very basic, but please hit like and I will create some more in the spring. Thanks!!!!!

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Positive and Negative Etching

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 6 Comments
Positive etching on a beer mug.

There are many possibilities with this hobby.  Even using the same pattern can result in two different appearances which are known as positive and negative etching.  Positive etching is basically cutting out a stencil such as the black areas and marking that area.  On the other hand, working with the negative, is when you remove

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Another Stencil Cutting Software Fix

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 1 Comment
Second part to changing the stencil software's settings.

Another stencil cutting software fix that can save time.

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Remove Annoying .pvw Files From Stencil Software

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials Leave a comment

How to remove those annoying files in your stencil Cutting software.

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Free Stencil Instructions

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Tutorials 2 Comments
A sample of one of the free glass etching stencils that I provide for people that refer to my site.

A tutorial on applying your free glass etching stencil with step by step instructions.

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