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As promised, after I sandcarved this marlin in glass, I thought it would be fun to experiment and document the process of using these new glass stain paints on that etching. I am now distributing some of the best permanent glass paints that visually appear like stained glass here. You can see another example of
I tend to find a lot of cool free patterns using the techniques I discussed in the membership site here, and I like to experiment with some of them in sandcarving projects on scrap glass. I recently discovered this pattern of a marlin jumping out of water (I really like etching ocean scenes) and tested
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Many people ask me about “what type of sandblasting equipment is recommended to etch glass,” and it really depends on what your goal is. I discuss this in the ebook/membership site and occasionally throughout the blog, but I don’t think I have explained it in one, concise, detailed post on this blog. After receiving the
Omar Alvarez shared his multi-etched tempered glass which is lit up with an homemade LED frame through the submission form. As you may know, I enjoy lighting up sandblasted glass, especially items that are carved deep. This submission brings up another topic too, because it was sandcarved into tempered glass which is known to break
Ross Wease seems to do a large variety of etchings and sandcarvings! He submitted these sandblasted wood, glass & stone signs in a past submission and now has shared some very large stones that were sandcarved for signs on site! Some stones weight thousands of pounds which would not be ideal to haul around. Large
This featured etching was submitted to us by Brenda Weston. Not only is her theme cool with a Star Wars etched glass, but it is also interesting that she mixed her stained glass hobby in her work. Brenda placed a stained glass border pattern around her etched glass centerpiece. I thought that was a great
I am happy to post about Glenn Kelley. He is sharing a few samples of his sculpted etchings known as sandcarvings which were done on acrylic glass and provides his story on how he got into business doing this. That is always interesting to hear! He shared the below: We started sandcarving items as Christmas
Danny Elser shared these unique sandblasted rocks with various design through the form. I thought they had a unique, clean appearance that I loved and asked him if he polished them of some sort. Danny stated that he grinded the rock surface and used an outdoor sealer, which I am guessing is what give it
Ross Wease sent in these sandblasted projects through the submission form which consists of glass signs, a stone and a wood sign! Technically, I call the stone a sign as well since it displays an establishment. This is a great post because I have been wanting to discuss sandblasting wood signs, so I hope this
This featured sandblasting work was submitted by Cheryl. I thought these were cool and will give you some great ideas! This shows the great variety of items that can be sandblasted. She sandblasted a concrete block which others may call a patio stone, a decorational mirror, pilsner glasses and a shorter glass which might be
For this round, we are featuring Patrick B’s submission. He engraved an eagle with the American flag, by sand carving it into jade. He also used LED lights to light it up. Jade glass is a softer substrate than the common, annealed glass, but can still be etched into. Jade is usually made from various
