Ross Wease seems to do a large variety of etchings and sandcarvings! He submitted these sandblasted wood, glass & stone signs in a past submission and now has shared some very large stones that were sandcarved for signs on site! Some stones weight thousands of pounds which would not be ideal to haul around. Large
This featured etching was submitted to us by Brenda Weston. Not only is her theme cool with a Star Wars etched glass, but it is also interesting that she mixed her stained glass hobby in her work. Brenda placed a stained glass border pattern around her etched glass centerpiece. I thought that was a great
Here is the latest featured submission to the blog by Diane Lee. She sent in these great pictures of various designs all hand engraved with a diamond scribe tools on mugs and vases. These look so fun! She also provided the below which talks about: what type of patterns she recommends how to hand engrave
If you like glass engraving/etching and antique art that was accomplished in the past history, you will like this post. Randy S. emailed me these pictures to get my opinion on how the design was created into a mirror inside a similar 1910-ish horse drawn Gypsy Wagon that he is restoring. And we need your
Jean Anderson sent over these glass projects of her micro-motor engraved shadings. These are excellent and we don’t really talk much about rotary engraving, so this is a great post! I get questions about how to do shading with a rotary engraver and Jean shares some details on what she uses below. Here are some
I am happy to post about Glenn Kelley. He is sharing a few samples of his sculpted etchings known as sandcarvings which were done on acrylic glass and provides his story on how he got into business doing this. That is always interesting to hear! He shared the below: We started sandcarving items as Christmas
Carl sent this latest post and pictures of his sandblasted glass mugs and pilsner glasses. He also sandblast engraved into some wooden boards. This seems to be catching on more lately. He provided the below details on these projects: The first one shows a bottle with a stencil and the unmasked version which was blasted
Danny Elser shared these unique sandblasted rocks with various design through the form. I thought they had a unique, clean appearance that I loved and asked him if he polished them of some sort. Danny stated that he grinded the rock surface and used an outdoor sealer, which I am guessing is what give it
Ross Wease sent in these sandblasted projects through the submission form which consists of glass signs, a stone and a wood sign! Technically, I call the stone a sign as well since it displays an establishment. This is a great post because I have been wanting to discuss sandblasting wood signs, so I hope this
I am rather excited to share with everyone the new website which has many upgrades: It is now mobile friendly so you can view the website better on mobile and other screen sizes like tablets. We are now featuring the blog posts on the home page! You can now submit your etched glass or any
This featured post shows the work submitted to me by Jay Swartz. She thought that everyone wouldn’t like these since the etchings are specific to Martha’s Vineyard, but I think the overall idea alone will give you some creative project ideas! I haven’t thought of this, but she etched fillable lamps which were then filled
