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.
I recently got this question about glass cutters and oil. “I just received the Toyo glass cutter (which was suggested in my bottle cutter plans). It’s oil filled. How can that work based on the position of the cutter in the guide? Oil does not run uphill. Thanks in advance, Jim” My response: The oil
I created this quick video which shows you how to register through the member’s area and view all the tutorials on etching and sandcarving. Please press the play button below to view and ask me any questions in the comments area. The topics covered in the video are: Registering (link here) Member’s access & finding
Attention: After helping a few others sell their etching equipment, I have been getting other people emailing me. I am happy to help out my subscribers, so here is another person (Sam) who is selling a Jet Stream Two sandblasting system. Again, I am not affiliated with this so please do your own research. Thanks
A man named Mike sent me these pictures of an interesting lion etched in a medium sized thick glass. Two reasons for this post: 1- We want to know if anyone knows about this etching and a possible artist named Holder (as seen in the signature). 2- He is trying to sell this, so let
Sand Carving Equipment – Now Sold Note: This is a classified ad that someone provided me. She asked me if I knew anyone that would be interested so I offered to let others know about it. I have no affiliation with her and am just relaying the message. Please contact her directly or leave a
I recently opened up a small bottle of etching cream and noticed it was getting thick. Some parts were almost hardening to a point of being solid crystals! This is fairly common if you haven’t used it in awhile and sometimes the bottle can even be shipped with crystals. To dilute thick cream or prevent
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I recently received a question from one of my subscribers asking: how do you get 2 different textures, light and dark with etching cream? Most people know that this can be done with rotary engraving and I have been doing 2 tone etchings with sandblasting through the use of either 2 stage sandcarving or shade
Hi All, I wanted to feature some amazing works of art that Diane Pfister sent me by email. Her unique art uses various forms of materials along with glass that have been etched. I love seeing people mix glass etching with other forms of art because it is unique and a creative way to think
I just wanted to share this video which I made a long time ago which features Kyle Goodwin’s sandcarving work. Back when I first connected with Kyle, I was very impressed with his work so I offered to create a video for him. It basically just showcases items he sandcarved which varies from small gift
It has been a while since I posted and a subscriber who is newer to etching sent me some of her first etchings, so I offered to feature her. A lot of these are Christmas themed projects and are very simple, but they may give you some ideas for the holidays. Her name is Davida
A while back, I asked my newsletter subscribers to submit some questions that they were interested in and I would try to make some tutorials. A subscriber named David asked me to do a tutorial on how to autograph glass by etching. Basically he wanted to add his signature to his stained glass projects after
