Sandcarving Article Archive
Sandcarving is an excellent process for personalizing high-end glass substrates for the awards industry, and it is also used for other substrates, including stone.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Etch Masters
For some time, I have been walking past this slab of green marble in my studio, always just catching it in the corner of my eyes, making a quick mental note of it being there, and then passing it by, not giving it another thought. But, even though I am not...
Monday, April 2, 2012
Etch Masters
Just the other day, I was reminded of a job we have been working on for almost 15 years; yes, I said 15 years! This project must win all awards for being the longest-running project in our business history. You probably wonder what kind of project this could...
Sandcarving: Pieces of Glass
Glass and crystal awards have a luxurious look to them. Photo courtesy of SCT Crystal
What is glass? It’s not really a solid, but it’s not a liquid either. It can be transparent or opaque,...
Monday, August 1, 2011
Etch Masters
We have all heard the saying many times that a picture is worth a thousand words, and it actually sounds somewhat dated as I am writing/saying it, yet we are all working in a visual field where we are trying to advertise, show off, or commemorate a situation, a...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Etching Onto Glass Or Stone
Recently I was approached with requests to etch two photographs, one on glass, the other on stone; both were memorial pieces, one for a human, the other for a canine champion. I thought this would be a good opportunity to come back to some of the...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Etch Masters
The design in glass, two different media, (almost) the same design.
From time to time, we have covered in our articles the possibilities of using some of the well-established blasting techniques on other media than glass; we...