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Sandcarving Examples

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Multistage Flower Sandcarving

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Glass Art Spotlight, Sandcarving Examples 16 Comments

A fellow subscriber, Steve Davis, sent over this recent multi-stage sandcarving of a couple of flowers. He is looking for feedback on this project, so please leave him a response in the comment section at the end of this post. I personally think it looks awesome, but he would like any tips on things he

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Personalized Beer Pint Glasses by Etching with Initial & Animal Shaped Iconography

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 11 Comments

Here is one of the latest projects I did which will hopefully give you some more ideas. This time I etched a beer pint glass on both sides, as I think it really gives some character to the full glass. First, I searched for an interesting design of the letter “R” which is personalized for

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Rock Sandblasting Ideas & Selling Places

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 7 Comments
rock sandblasting flea markets

In this post, we are featuring Dominique from Carving Marvin and their sandblasted rock projects. She replied to our email newsletter about engraving large rocks with ways to transport them. She sent in these photos of her engraved rocks of all sizes and was happy to be featured! The below photo shows Dominique with her

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Sandblast Engraving Large Rocks & Easy Transportation Techniques

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Questions About Products, Etching, & Sandcarving, Sandcarving Examples 10 Comments
Sandblasting large landscaping rock with address.

I recently sandblast engraved this larger rock project, and boy did I forget how heavy these are to pickup and maneuver. It isn’t overly enormous like some of the boulders Ross shared with us here. He actually sandblasted some of those on-site. It is more ideal to transport your pressure pot and gas-powered air compressor

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Sandblasting Glass with Fine vs. Course Abrasive

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 6 Comments
personal mug sandcarved

I recently did a deep sandblasting, which I sometimes consider single stage sandcarving, if it’s a engraved a considerable amount more than surface etching. This time I decided to test how the glass would look after blasting a very course aluminum oxide abrasive- I believe it was around 30-50 grit in my pressure pot system.

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How to Sandblast Stone Signs with Address Numbers & Graphics

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples, Tutorials 5 Comments
sandblast stone sign with address, flowers and hummingbird.

I wanted to share with you a simple project I did a while back and explain the steps of how to sandblast stone signs to display an home address in a decorative way. These rocks can be big or small to add to your landscape to give it character and make your front yard unique

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Sandcarving LED Glass Stands

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 8 Comments
butterfly sandcarving on glass stand.

Gilly Saucedo sent over some of his latest sandcarving items that I thought were cool. He used some nice looking blue LEDs that were placed in glass holder stands and frames. I also want to discuss the interesting idea he used of sandblast-carving designs into LED glass stands. I have worked with these LED stands

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Carving Engraved Designs into Concrete, Stepping Stones or Pavers

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Glass Art Spotlight, Sandcarving Examples 11 Comments
sandcaving on stepping stone

We featured Gilly Saucedo a couple weeks ago here. He was nice enough to share some of his other work in this post of engraved designs done on concrete and stepping stones, and these are really cool. I though others might benefit from this post because it isn’t talked about as much as carving designs

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Sandblasting Pet Memorials on Rocks

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 1 Comment
Pet memorial on rocks.

We have talked a little bit about carving designs into rocks in the past such as this simple example, a fun pet carved rock here, Russ’ large boulders here and some listed here, Danny’s landscape rocks here, Ernie’s memorial headstone here, Glen’s sculpture rocks here, and Cheryl’s concrete blocks here. Since this site is mostly

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Tips on Lighting up Large Sandcarvings

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 5 Comments
bengals led sandcarving

A while back, I did this simple sandcarving of the Cincinnati Bengals logo on a large piece of glass. I had a wood frame that wasn’t being used so I cut the glass to size. By the way, this nice large sheet of glass was acquired free using the technique discussed here. After the logo

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Sandcarved Batman Etching

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Eric Robert Posted in Blog Content, Sandcarving Examples 5 Comments

As you may know, I like to experiment with different types of etchings and patterns that I stumble across. Sometimes a pattern works out and sometimes it doesn’t. A while back, I found an interesting batman pattern online using the search techniques discussed in the membership area. I used my cutter to cut out the

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