We featured Gilly Saucedo a couple weeks ago here. He was nice enough to share some of his other work in this post of engraved designs done on concrete and stepping stones, and these are really cool. I though others might benefit from this post because it isn’t talked about as much as carving designs into natural rocks. We will eventually be discussing this in the rock blasting member’s area.
The great thing about sandcarving these type of items is they are:
- flat and easy to get a stencil on
- consistent in size and shape so you don’t have to spend time finding one that will work well (like you would have to do hunting for rocks)
- fairly inexpensive
- can be picked up at most home improvement stores nearby
Concrete Stepping Stone vs. Paver
These type of terms you need to be familiar with when searching the home improvement store. They can both be engraved inexpensively. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe a paver is more commonly used when it is pieced together with other pavers to build an outdoor floor or walkway. Where a stepping stone looks good when it is spaced out to create a walkway to step on. Either one of these should work but a stepping stone might look best as a yard decoration on its own.
Gilly shared the below details on his work and photos:
The Jesus is on granite piece. Cowboys logo on a garden step stone 16″×16″×1″. Horse is done on concrete slab.
As I discussed before, sandblasting pet memorials is a great idea! In this example, Gilly carved into what might be a stepping stone or paver which I think is a great idea.
I have always wanted to try this. Here Gilly sandblast engraved a horse design and name into a concrete slab!
Another idea of sandblasting granite. As you can see, sandblasting granite creates a white effect like etching glass. He seemed to use a reverse pattern, aka, intaglio or high relief like this example.
Another view of what the stepping stones looks like with the engraved Cowboys logo.
Thank you so much for sharing your work and ideas, Gilly! Anyone else, please leave him a comment or questions below. Also, if you have other great ideas, please share it below. Thanks all
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What did he use to colorize the Blue (Dalla) and Black for Jesus? What sandblasting equipment is used?
@Carol, I can leave him to answer that. I thought the Jesus was the natural color of the granite- maybe shined up but not sure. The Jesus figure definitely looks darker black than the non-etched outer border but might just be how the light hit when the picture was taken.
These are very nice, but just a heads up. Folks need to be aware that copyrighted logos are just that, and you need permission to reproduce them. Without that you are open to lawsuits, which would make such a project very expensive.
Hey Willie thanks for the heads up brother. But yes im aware of copyright issues. The pieces that i did are just sample pieces of my work they arent for sell and just something i keep at home..appreciate the look out..
Hey Carol for painting stone, concrete or rocks i use Belton Molotow from Art Primo. The Jesus piece is on a black piece of granite so when you blast it removes the black shine and leaves it white so what u see black on the Jesus is the natrul stage of the piece itself. I use for stones, concrete other hard surfeces a pressure pot but in ordrr for this to work well for you, you need to make sure you have a compatible compressor. A 3.5hp or better works good and this is to make sure you have a good consistant air flow and enough pressure to blast hard surface pieces. Hope this info was some what helpful..
I really like the Cowboys Stones, you make so many great things, I would need to see where I can put them stones.Awesome job Gilly
Thanks Laura.
Hi Gilly, awesome. What type and what is the thickness of the stencil that you use.
Hello Jack i used the T226 Anchor vinyl or T116 and 33m thickness.
Hi Jack, I’ve sandblasted marble and painted the depression before removing the vinyl only to find the paint bled into the marble. Next time I try I’ll pre-spray with clear varnish, and see if that stops the bleeding.
thanks i liked it