My Journey: When I first got into glass etching, I was most interested in the sandblasting process and was about to spend over $10,000 on equipment advertised by manufacturers. Just before I was about to make the irrationally quick decision, I decided to research other lower cost solutions and ended up piecing together a great setup for at least 90% less. My goal through our ebook and membership area is to provide this information so you too can save, while still etching like a pro. It is my aim that a small investment in this information will actually save you thousands.
Here is the first featured glass artist of 2015! This marvelous artistic glass bottle was completed by Radivoj Jovanov. He states that it is a special technique through the combination of glass carving, sand blasting and painting (with colors for metal). He provided the following images and the steps he takes to complete this below.
Here is another glass etcher that I wanted to feature named Debbie D. Her ideas are unique which we don’t hear much about. She etched various sayings and sentences in glass. It reminds me when I etched this poem into a glass mug (warning, I used a poor camera to take the photo). Anyway, she
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
I though this was a fun project that Cheryl wanted to share. This is a lot different that what we usually post about so it gives a unique perspective on other things that can be done with etching. It looks like the main goal when etching this project was to roughen up the glass so
This is one of my favorite, featured glass etchers I’ve seen lately. She provided a great explanation and goes into great detail to etch photos for clients. She provided the below. Love it! (Click on any of the photos for an enlarged view) My name is Schelesia Mangus. I am the owner, designer and curator
This project was created because my breakfast restaurant needed some personalized cream containers for those who don’t want to use prepackaged creamers. I cut the bottles below the existing seam in the glass. When I created the containers, there was a part of the bottle left. It sure looked like a bell to me. By
I am pleased to feature our third subscriber. In this post, Mark T. sent over an excellent picture of a mirror he engraved of a wolf. The detail in this engraving is amazing. Just click on the picture to see a close up view of the detail. Mark provided the following details about his work.
Our second featured glass etcher is William Lay. He sent over this etching of his grandson on a stein and gave it to his dad for Father’s Day. He told me that his son really treasures that stein. I have always said that the homemade etchings that are personalized are the best gifts! He shared
Doug Kelly is our first etcher to be featured on the blog in quite a while. He shared these four jar etchings that he did which seems to depict the old west or country feel. This can be an interesting theme to etch and the jars is another idea I’ve never etched! He also shared
I haven’t discussed rock carving much on this website, so I figured this post will share the idea and intrigue you. Some people call it rock sandblasting, rock sandcarving, rock engraving or even etching. The idea of this is to carve text, numbers, logos, or images permanently into a large rock or small stone. This
I wanted to create this post to clear up some information that I placed on my site that is somewhat confusing, and explain another etching cream made by Martha Stewart Crafts. In my free PDF ebook about cream and throughout other pages on this site, I have commented that all etching creams produce fairly similar
