Another subscriber, Frances Haddick, sent in this beautiful rotary engraving of a dolphin on a green glass bottle. Another great use for recycling bottles into art! As she states below, the first photo shared on the left is before the highlights were added and the second is the completed engraving in a darker photo. She shared
For this post, I wanted to feature Valerie Berg and her rotary engraved mug of an eagle. She sent this in last year to share but I am just now getting to it. Sorry for the delay. She stated that it was done with rotary engraving tools, various bits and burs. You can see with
In this post, we feature Derek Phillips of Athens, Greece and his beautifully engraved artwork that he sent in awhile ago. I think this post is quite interesting, not only because his work is phenomenal, but also because he engraves with a unique method not talked about much: hand-scribed engraving This engraving process is basically done by
Cheryl was nice enough to share some of her projects with us recently. I haven’t seen as much rotary engraving work done on mugs and rocks, so I thought this was interesting to share some ideas. I typically use sandblasting techniques to engrave mugs as explained in the member’s area. One of her projects was
As you may know, I like to experiment with different types of etchings and patterns that I stumble across. Sometimes a pattern works out and sometimes it doesn’t. A while back, I found an interesting batman pattern online using the search techniques discussed in the membership area. I used my cutter to cut out the
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Tips on How to Score Your Bottle Perfectly Remove label and clean adhesive as best as you can Remember to hold the bottle against the back brace while turning Turn the bottle only once around, but you may go over areas that weren’t scored as well a second time. Apply pressure in between the wheels
A great thing about old wine bottles or even glass jars is they are a great resource to practice etching on. A while back, I experimented with some designs that I laid out in my software to create an anniversary themed stencil which was then etched on a wine bottle, as you can see in
At the moment, we only offer our Rub N” Etch stencil through our Amazon store here. There are positive traits with the Rub N’ Etch stencil type is they are more detailed and the etchings can look much better. The negative traits are that they can only be used once, can only be used with
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We offer a wide selection of reusable glass etching stencils here. These are sold under the brand name, Over n’ Over because they can be reused up to 20-30 times. These stencils are very flexible and easy to use. Follow the instructions shown below. 1. Clean the glass Start off by using a glass cleaner
Steffen from Denmark submitted these photos of his etched mirror welcome sign. We have featured others that used LEDs to light up the etching on mirrors such as this project by Dana and this one by Ernie. The cool thing about Steffen’s project is he used a color changing LED setup. I noticed from the
If you use a inkjet printer, I am sure you will greatly appreciate this post, as it probably saves me hundreds of dollars a year (I print a lot of items with my inkjet). As you may know, the inkjet printer is the most inexpensive option available but the ink cartridges do not last long
