This beautiful sandblasted glass piece was sent in by Steve Davis. He was nice enough to share it on the blog to give us all a little inspiration!
He stated these details on this piece:
- Glass is 8” x 10” x 3/8”
- Base is handmade
As many of you probably know, sandblasting is well known for abrading art into glass in addition to the industrial cleaning industry that is discussed on this blog. In fact, I use my sandblasting equipment a majority of the time for this hobby.
Monogrammed Design
I am a big fan of Steve’s monogrammed etching, and this type of design is my favorite when personalizing items, whether that be on glass or rock. It comprises of the traditional single first letter of a name, a decorative vine design and the full name written through the full monogram letter.
He then added the date below the monogram, which I believe marks a child’s year of birth. Something like this could also be for wedding by using the last name for their family.
Multi-Stage Sandcarving
I also want to add that he multi-stage sandcarved this piece which helps make the vine art stand out in a more three dimensional look. The vines and full name with bars through the monogram are sandblasted deeper so that they don’t get lost in with the rest of the design.
LED Lit Base
Another cool thing about this sandblasted glass piece is its base which holds the glass and has LEDs place on the bottom. Once the LED lights are turned on, it goes through the vertical cross section of the glass which then reflects off the etched pattern and really helps expose the details further. It enhances the etching when it is in both dark and light environments. Steve also shared the below photo of what it looks like in a dark room.
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This is very interesting work. I wonder of several sheets of shelf or contact paper could be run through a Silhouette machine to make the stencils for the blasting.
Interesting work, simple multi-stage makes a huge difference, and simple construction of the base makes the illumination easy. Congratulations
Hi Ted, I live in Brasil, there are very limited options for masks here, For this type of Blasting I find regular vinyl more than adequate, prepare the art on a computer send to the Copyshop to be cut as a stencil , , try it, good luck.