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 materials such as limestone, sand, sodium carbonate, etc. Many glass awards for special events use jade. See his etchings below and click the photos for an enlarged view.
Patrick shared that this project was originally completed for fun, but then turned into a retirement monument for someone. I can attest that people want one every time I etch an interesting project too 🙂 He used white LEDs in the left version, then blue and red LED’s in the right to light up the effects. Very cool!
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Very nice. Can you please pass on info on the type of led lights that you used please. I have been asking around for some info and I receive different answers. Like I’m suppose to use a certain type of acrylic and lites. Looking for led lights with a control and also battery operated. I do a lot of evening events and I want to be able to put in a display. Thank you for any advise you can pass on.
otimo trabalho muito exemplar. fiquei muito satisfeito com oque eu vi parabéns.
Nice job! Love it
UM BELO TRABALHO MESMO.
That is great job
VERY NICE
I too would like more info on mounting lights and where do you get them. Absolutely Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your art its beautiful.I always enjoy seeing what an artist can do in our field.
very nicely done, I would like to know which film or foil you used to sandblast and where you buy your foil .
I sandblast mirrors with Deko film but that wheres off much too quickly even on low pressure
Very beautiful work. Has anyone noticed the flag is flying backward?
Hey, you’re work is TOTALLY impressive! Now I do have a question for you…… How do you get the lights on there? Like what I mean is, how do you get an item to light up….. I looked at this a bit ago and it didn’t seem to be a real option yet I would love to do it, can you tell me HOW you did it??? Thanks!
Rick
Very straight fowrrad info on bottle blasting. Here in Hawaii we have abrasive material derived from lava. I will have to do some research to find out if it has silica in it. Seems like if it doesn’t, it might be good to use in a sandblaster. Regards, John
Sunnest 16.4ft 5M Waterproof Flexible LED Strip Lights 5050SMD RGB 300 LED Color Changing LED Strip Kit with 44Key Remote+12V 5A Power Supply+IR Control Box
Sold by: Sunnest
They also sell battery powered leds
Bought on amazon