MicroMotor Engraved Birds by William
Great engravings of a hummingbird and eagle by William K. Also shows a engraving tool called the micromotor.
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Butterfly Flower Sandblasted Shaded Glass Art
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
Stencils for Sandblasting Glass
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Wood Base LED Example
Another subscriber sent me a slightly different LED example. Ron was happy to share his NASCAR etching with Jimmie Johnson’s logo here on the blog. I thought it would be good to share this with everyone else also because it is slightly different from the other two previous posts: Framed LED display here and the
Using Mirrors & Adding LED
After my last LED post, Ernie Robinson shared an interesting example that he lit up with the use of these light emitting diodes. I asked him if he would be interested in sharing it with others on the blog, which he agreed. But as you can see, this LED glass was etched on a mirror.
LED Etched Glass
I wanted to share another idea to help you enhance your etched glass. A few people are familiar with this topic, but some aren’t, so I figured I would share the idea of using LED lights to help light up the etching. Currently, I am working on putting together a tutorial in my members only
Tips To Getting Cheap or Free Glass
I wanted to share with everyone some ways to find cheap or possibly free glass to help save you money. One way is to ask local glass manufacturers, window installers or even other glass artists for their scraps. This is what I did this weekend, and they didn’t mind giving me a bunch of free
Share Your Glass Projects
Okay, so we have had an active blog here, but I figured I would open it up as an information resource for all people to: Share their etched glass work and be acknowledged for it. Build up a community & build up a resource of unique glass work to help inspire us. If you’d like
Photo Sandblasting Question
Get information on the Photo Sandblast Etching process and a customers question that may be helpful to you. Check it out and let me know what you think.
