I took the photograph and using Adobe Illustrator vectored the image. Using this vectored image I hand traced it onto the resist material to be applied to the glass. Carefully I hand cut each piece and then numbered each piece in the order I would be pulling them off. From there it was just a matter of using a blasting pressure of around 15 to 20 pounds and shading each pull to the desired look. Looking closely at the butterfly you will see the tiny dots on the outer edge of the wings. To get this I simply got my hand engraver and placed the dots where needed.
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Beautiful!!!
Thank you Charming Lane Glass
Hi Brad. Funny seeing you here! I like this a lot better.
Hi Doug! Small world isn’t it? 🙂
Back at ya! Butterfly is looking GOOD, wink, wink.
Thanks for posting Brad. This etching is amazing. Would you want to include a larger photo of it?
I can email my newsletter subscribers about it if you’d like.
Thank you Eric. I’d be honored to have you email your newsletter subscribers about my butterfly flower. Love the new changes to the website. Keep up the great work on it.
I like the way you went to your mechanical etcher for the dots. So many times we get stuck in one tool and forget about the others.
very nice Brad, thats the only type of etching I do now
Thank you Dave. I am leaning more to etching than the carving right now. I do enjoy both though.